1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLS Porter Special [W198 I]

1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLS Porter Special [W198 I] in On the Beach, Movie, 1959

Class: Cars, Racecar — Model origin: — Built in:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
Wampa-One ◊ 2008-06-26 17:25	vilero wrote From videos of this movie...is this car the Ferrari 166 MM, listed but with no image to display? As background white car on left with...number 161? And first on right And white car at left
Zophos1979 ◊ 2008-06-26 19:07	The white car in the background looks like a Mercedes-Benz a competition version of the 300SL, though not a 300SLR, as that would have only a single bulge, on the righthand side (seen from the driver) with an oval mesh at the beginning of it -- Last edit: 2008-06-26 19:11:29
fortengo ◊ 2008-06-27 09:14	Zophos1979 wrote The white car in the background looks like a Mercedes-Benz a competition version of the 300SL Yes, it seems to be the 1956 300 SLS Porter Special. http://www.mercedes300sls-porter.de/index.htm
Zophos1979 ◊ 2008-06-27 16:16	bullseye... perfect
vilero ◊ 2010-05-25 19:10	-- Last edit: 2010-05-25 19:37:00
Porter ◊ 2010-11-04 23:27	The Mercedes was my Dad's car. He built it from a burned-out Mercedes Gullwing. The number is 181, but I think they changed it for the movie. He called it an "SLS"; S being for scrap http://www.chuck-porter.com
dsl ◊ 2019-12-06 20:36	Avenue (= Autocult) 1:43 resin model of this 300 SLS.
993cc ◊ 2023-12-05 01:46	/vehicles_make-Mercedes-Benz_model-300+SLS+Porter+Special.html