I’m going to change the heater valve in the American version of this vehicle.

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i have seen this car ....it is a very beautiful car

Thank you for sharing this video,

Dam good to remember this great old track, i went there a lot in the 1960s

beautiful work from the master restorer . well done mr Ziggy and God Bless

I rallied one of these (white) with original wheels in Targa Tasmania 1993 with my mate and navigator/engineer John Spilsbury The Grosser was fast, very comfortable and handled beautifully. A joy to drive and steer, mainly with one hand. The 600 really moves. Occasionally brakes would overheat on long downhill sections which would slow us down a little (for 15 secs or so) approaching bends Only a few very fast cars would catch up to us in Targa stages during the five day rally. Exploded two near new Michelin tyres at the end of day four, which lost us a trophy (plate)

Spencer Martin as I recall was the man to beat in his BP Boomerang FX Holden (not sure but think linked to a service station on Concord Road ) I think my first Catalina race had Bob Jane in his Jag battling it out with Norm Beechy in his Impala with the gaggle of FX Holdens and Bruce McPhee’s lime green FE behind. Spencer mentioned Warren Weldon as his main rival along with Barry Seton and Des West. I wonder if he remembers Keith Burge a mate of Warren Weldon’s who drove a bright red FX with gold wheels. He was a carpenter that I happened to work with once. A bit of trivia on Warren Weldon who’s step sons are mates of my son. Apparently the offer to drive for the Holden Dealer Team was offered to him before Brock but he’d turned it down in loyalty to Studebaker Dealer Bert Needham. Warren Weldon passed away some years ago from prostate cancer. The mention of Max Stahl’s accident brought back memories I was right there to witness it. Max did a lot to promote car racing creating the magazine Racing Car News and he had a Saturday morning radio show on 2CH as well. I recall soon after his Catalina Park accident seeing him in the motor registry at Kogarah. He was blinking a lot as if it was an affliction ( maybe a result of the accident) Also was present across from the corner at the end of the straight to see Bob Jane’s Mustang crash. That was like something out of NASCAR before it ended flipping over the fence and starting a grass fire. Bob appeared to only have a bloodied elbow. The Daily Mirror’s front page featured a spectacular photo the following day. Listening to this video Spencer appears genuinely humble as he did when I by chance met him delivering concrete in his Ready Mix truck to a job site at the Menia Reactor. That was over fifty years ago when in my early twenties. He was surprised someone recognised him. He’d reached the top level of Australian racing. Driving for David McKay in the LM 250 Ferrari and the Repco Brabham Climax, Bob Jane’s lightweight E Type Jag in that classic race with Neil Allen and Kevin Bartlett. For anyone reading this you’ll find some memories on KZbin Bill’s Build and Race which I only discovered recently. Some best preserved race film that he took of that era. 👍

How fascinating, an old race track that still exists. Wouldn`t it be great to get it up and running again and get the old appendix J cars back out, Minis, Holdens and the like.

Ziggy, I have a W143 and would like a way to contact you

That was my dad's best car when I was a kid. Loved to travel with his 280 in the 70s. Super comfortable, fast and beautiful.

I had a 1967 250s...black with red interior...4 on the floor. Was a daily driver for a few years...even in winter. The heater was not quite up to par. Nice to look at but better driving.

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We went to every meeting at this track, wet, dry and fogged in. Once arrived in the fog, sat all day in the fog and drove home 'in the fog.' Can remember Spencer and all the mob he spoke of. We spent a weekend in Katoomba in 1980 and I took my wife down to the circuit and surprisingly got onto the track. After doing a couple of laps to see where any shrubs were on the track I opened up, did one lap [ beautiful] then had to leave as anything making 'noise' down there could be heard for miles. 41 years ago the track was nowhere near as over grown as these clips show!

Beautiful work 😊

The reporters comment at 12:27… 🙈

beautiful condition! Regards from a W116 owner from Germany

wow

Is there a part 3?

Very cool looking car!

Wow what a beautiful piece of history. The W136 and W191 are really cool. Cool to see an OM636

I have 8 mercs, this is my favorite

hahaha gold!!

Bro , I just bought a 05 silver with alcantera , exhaust bypass cats paid 23 for it very clean ...CLS63 rims . Everything you did has been done also ... Love ur car , Im tempted to seek out a few more , they are way under valued ...

Stuck on this right now. How did you get it out?

Great guy. Highly recommend watching his series on his SL65 👌🏼

Amazing video and content!

Too clever Ziggy. What amazing work to keep these cars alive. Thanks for the show Vince

Very clever man

Hi there I would like to join the club thank you

Bloke interviewing hasn’t done any homework interviewing one of the greats….

what is that tank next to the spare?

You've made that beautiful car look ridiculous.

My dream

excellent car wow!!

Very amazing. I'd love to take her for a spin on a sunny day

Lovely. I got the link for this from your letter in the Mercedes Benz Club Gazette in the UK. The car is fabulous. Well done

love to see a full walk around video and engine/mod tour =)

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Now if Mercedes went back to building them like this................ This car is almost not of this earth in it's cool and status factors. It's time for Maybach to try this again, maybe as an EV so it would sell.

Wunderbarr

Right Hand driving, left slide open the Motor. Does anybody know, how many right Hand driving W116 450 6.9 produced Mercedes?

wow wow True Rockstar 💥💥💥

Das Auto ist Wunderbar aber das Lenkrad rechts sieht Scheisse aus.

I remember this car from my days at the NSW MBC. As good if not better than you can see in Germany or the US.

omg. Alloy wheels + 600 = NoGo

You should keep it is original as possible! Let it detail and keep as much original parts as possible, most parts will live very long if in conditioned storage.

That’s a stunning car, but the headlights look different then the one I know. Are they aftermarket parts or something?