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21/01/2021 10:35 am
For the 1924 Targa Florio and Coppa Florio races in Sicily, Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft hired Ferdinand Porsche as their chief designer who designed the 2.0 liter, supercharged engine to attain 125 to 150 HP that gave #10 driver Christian Werner a double win for those events. Rather that paint the car in German Racing White, it was painted in Italian Red as a disguise so the locals wouldn't be throwing rocks at it as they were known to target both white (Germans) and blue (French) entrants.
CMC has re-released this model that was originally limited to 600 pieces with the difference being a change to external copper fuel lines. I've seen this on various photos of the 1:1
but I don't know when this change was made. I would assume this was pre-race during testing as the lines would be easily ruptured with a mere side swipe leading to a catastrophic fire. However, the restored car in the Mercedes Benz Museum does have the external fuel lines.
27/01/2021 3:47 am
Here is a picture of the new version from CMC, in which it can be seen the external fuel lines.
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27/01/2021 10:29 am
@m3d1an CMC keeps finding some way to keep re-releasing the same models that were touted as a 'limited editions'. I realize it's all about the money, but it's getting really irritating.
27/01/2021 12:44 pm
Boy, that is one remarkable model...... What an absolute jewel.
29/01/2021 7:25 am
@m3d1an CMC keeps finding some way to keep re-releasing the same models that were touted as a 'limited editions'. I realize it's all about the money, but it's getting really irritating.
You're probably right. I believe all "big names" use this strategy. Check lately Almost Real, Rovers over Rover, Merc after Merc and so on. Autoart reissues in ABS....