snub-nose 28's '61 MB 190SL - BIMMERPOST Garage

General Details

Year: '61
Model: MB 190SL
Color: Schwartz
Transmission: MB 4mt

Interior seat/trim color: Red leather all surfaces inc. dash top and inside the glove box

Package Options: I highly recommend converting to dual throat Weber side-drafts x2. Utterly transforms this otherwise humble 2.0 liter into a surprisingly lively but heavy-flywheeled cruiser. Loved 90+mph

Exterior Modifications

Purchased from original owner; sold by Phil Smart, during 1961 a salesman working for Tad Davies Corvette-Studebaker! Becomes Phil Smart Mercedes-Benz downtown Seattle. He vividly remembered delivering this vehicle-
RIP sir

Interior Modifications

All original remarkable build-quality throughout the vehicle
Door frames: cast aluminum, skin alloy
Original with 300SL grille and bumper

Performance Modifications

Wheels/Tires:
Photo: 70k miles from new. In the spare tire well, original tire, wide whitewall, oem Dunlop

Suspension: Wooly; swing-axle suspension, Robust brakes; bias ply tires, nuff said

Engine/Drivetrain Modifications:
Dual side-draft Webers-period modification, an absolute necessity or, just leave it in the garage

Exhaust: Original