DAY AT THE MUSEUM
Oct 07, 2020
5 minutes
WORDS TOM FORD
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHILIP PRUPPRECHT
“THE MINDERS TURNED A BLIND EYE. I IMMEDIATELY BECAME POWER CRAZED”
f you had to pick any historic Mercedes-Benz from its deep and diverse back catalogue to drive, what would it be? You can run up to anything not in current production, and you can include weirdos and prototypes if you want. A Gullwing would probably be in there somewhere, legend that it is. Probably the 300SL Roadster too, given that they cost millions and make you feel like Frank Sinatra/Grace Kelly (delete as applicable), except with more power than the 190SL they drove in . You’d probably want a go in a 320N Combination Coupé from the late Thirties – an original fast Merc. Or you could be drawn to something with historical significance, like the Benz Patent
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