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Marshfield, Mass. -It looks as if plucked out of it WAS an old, glamorous, black-and-white Hollywood film. But the gleaming, silver 1936 Mercedes-Benz convertible leather inside With the WAS network built in Marshfield Joe Johnson’s garage.

“You will not see anything like it,” I said.

That’s Because Johnson built a replica – an exact replica – of the German antique car from scratch.

With Nothing but I Took photographs and Measurements from an original roadster at a car show in Reno, Nev… Johnson, 73, set out to replicate the rare Mercedes-Benz for Himself.

I’ve always said Johnson Been A “car person.” As a kid, I had a knack for building hot rods and customizing cars.

Then, in the mid-1970s, Johnson saw a photograph of a 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster.

“I saw it, and I Knew I Had to build one for myself,” I said. “The style, shape, and graceful, flowing lines make it a beautiful, handmade car.”

Out of the 25 original 540K roadsters, there are now only 15 in the world. In the 1930s, the car cost $ 10,500. At That Time, a Ford cost $ 600.

The rarity of the car appeals to Johnson.

“I like that it is unique, and there were not many built very,” I said.

For 20 years, Johnson Collected NECESSARY to make the parts to reproduction. I started building it 18 years ago.

Car Enthusiasts can buy parts and build it and Plans from a kit. WAS Johnson’s much more painstaking endeavor.

“This is not a kit car,” Johnson said.

I started by making a full-sized model of the car out of wood.

When meat is making the car to Actually out of metal, something as small as the chrome molding affixing to the sides of the car Took hours, Johnson said, and the front fender perfectly Placing Took a week. A minor scratch in the paint the project in September several days back.

The most frustrating part convertible roof WAS the wiring so it Worked, According To Johnson.

Everything aesthetic, from the mother-of-pearl to the rumble seat dashboard, is based on the original. Decided to put Johnson in a modern V-8 engine and brakes to make it Easier to drive, And Also added automatic windows.

What started as a hobby Turn Into a full-fledged business, Classics Revived?

“Every penny I Have That car is in,” Johnson said.

His investment paid off you.

For a little less Than a million dollars, Johnson Sold His replies to a buyer in California, owned one of eleven Who the rare originals. The most recent original roadster sold for $ 8.5 million, Johnson said.

Before I ship it out West, Johnson said he’ll take for a spin Mercedes historical around Marshfield.

Johnson is proud of have said Decades-long historical work, But Will be sending it off to relief.

“I’m going to miss it, but I’m going to build another one,” I said.

Johnson Thinks It Will only takes him one or two years to build His next car.

 

Tremendous power thanks to the experience of the engineers Bra bus V12 engine in Developing from Mercedes-Benz S600 is modified in all parts of the maximum, starting from a special crankshaft, pistons made? Larger cylinder bore and cylinder heads to be improved version to optimize the Camshafts mix of sport. Plus, Iturbi That system has 4 water-to-water intercooler That Declared by the turbo-charged.

With a big change, the original rose 5.5 liters engine capacity to 6.3 liters. In Addition to 800 HP power, maximum torque of 1420 Nm, But is electronically limited to 1100 Nm in order to have a long durability.

The maximum speed of the car 5-speed automatic transmission is estimated to reach 400 miles per hour. But, especially for cabriolet limited to 370 miles per hour. When Accelerate from 0-100 miles per hour in 3.7 seconds Reached, while 0-200 kHz 9.9 seconds Takes 300 miles per hour and 23.9 seconds.

To offset the great power, Bra bus also perfected the legs. Recalibrate As with Adjustable suspension dampers. Also Included That Replace the brake system has high performance. Mercedes-Benz E-Class Modification.

For three days and more than 1,500 miles of travel, participate in the F-CELL World Drive Mercedes-Benz, a world tour that began in late January-29 January to be precise, in Germany, with presence of Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Dr. Dieter Setscrew MB. Already toured France, Spain and Portugal. Follow the U.S. from coast to coast, from Miami to Seattle across the Canadian border and arriving in Vancouver to jump then air, as in every intercontinental, Australia. From there go to Asia, where from China, through Kazakhstan and Russia return to Europe via Scandinavia to finish again in Germany, where about 200 vehicles are made equal, in a limited production now.

The tour will take longer than it took Phi leas Fog and Passé partout, characters from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, a total of 125 days. Each represents the years that have passed since the invention of the first car, a symbol showing that we are in a new era.

Three cars, three journalists in each way three days, and logistics which includes about 15 support vehicles, more trucks carrying a mobile workshop, tubes hydrogen supplied by Lined AG, and about 50 people make up the caravan. Undoubtedly better off than our English friend and fellow Frenchman.

Together with my colleague and friend Javier Moat and Todd of Columbus, Ohio, from Fort Lauderdale bound for Jacksonville, with a refueling outage at the Kennedy Space Center, a museum of the future in the recent past, in keeping with the innovation means this technology. The second day we came to DeFuniak Springs, a small town, almost leaving the state of Florida. In the last section we come to New Orleans and Louisiana.

Along the road still looks green color on the three cars with placards referring also identified, and at each stop all come to ask with real interest, demonstrating the well-received that a mode of private passenger transport clean awakens in people.