A peek inside Mercedes-Benz's secret garage of misfit toys

[KarlC]

The world does not contain enough drool.

http://www.roadandtrack.com/go/car-...s-and-classic-center-workshop-mobile-friendly

 

[gerryvz]

Thanks for sharing !!

Anyone can see the showroom at the German Classic Center ... I visit every year (and I will be visiting there yet again next Friday morning Oct. 17th). I think I've published photos a few times from my Euro Tours...

If you ask REALLY nicely, have a connection, call in advance, or "know someone" you can get a tour of the workshop and the "holy halls" as R&T calls them. I've only had two tours of the workshop and halls, but that's where the action is.

In the not-too-distant future, MB is going to be moving this facility from where it's been since its inception in the 1990s (90 Stuttgarter Straße in Fellbach) down the hill to the main MB HQ & Museum facilities in Untertürkheim.

Nice to see it in R&T though....

Cheers,
Gerry

 

[Maui]

Rumor has it the MBCC in Irvine is moving to Long Beach and a much larger facility.

 

[gerryvz]

I heard those rumors, but I also saw more recently an interview with Mike Kunz (who runs the Irvine CC) and he said that they were staying put.

 

[Maui]

Thanks for sharing !!

Anyone can see the showroom at the German Classic Center ... I visit every year (and I will be visiting there yet again next Friday morning Oct. 17th). I think I've published photos a few times from my Euro Tours...

You lucky dog!

 

[036]

Well, not sooo exiting as BMW secret garage couple of years ago...Anyway thanks for sharing.
I´d prefer to see this...

 

[550Maranello]

Gerry,

Have a good trip and enjoy your visit.

Cheers,

 

[jeff0093]

I've been in BMW secret garage in Munich it's very impressive.

 

[Klink]

I've been in BMW secret garage in Munich it's very impressive.

Why didn't you smuggle that M8 out of there for me?

 

[Stevester 500E]

I will take the 1937 w125 race car as my daily driver. Put on the aviator goggles and I'd be on the road again . . .

 

[gerryvz]

Here are a few photos taken at the Classic Center in Fellbach this morning.

First a nice, cherry 230E four-banger for Clark Vader and GSXR to fight over....





And a couple of other rarities ... A limited edition R129 (10 made) in an unusual color and a nice, cherry silver 1970 6.3 for Klink...













And for those who have never seen the outside of the Classic Center...










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[gerryvz]

And a few more various & sundry photos.

Crash test car of the new W205 C-class..





New G-class diesel at the Stuttgart Niederlassung...







And something I bet none of you have seen before ... This is posted for W201 aficionados Glen & captruff ... A factory W201 convertible !!!








Quick shot inside of the Porsche Museum. They haven't put the E500E back in the museum since I saw it there several summers ago



And one last one for Klink ... A freshly restored, cherry 6.3 awaiting its owner in the Kundencenter (Customer Delivery Center) in Sindelfingen.



Cheers,
Gerry


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[clarkz71]

Here are a few photos taken at the Classic Center in Fellbach this morning.

First a nice, cherry 230E four-banger for Clark Vader and GSXR to fight over....

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Not a chance, the W109 is all me, all day.

I really like the W108/109 period cars. The 6.3 is my favorite
after the 280SE 3.5 Cabriolet


.

 

[Glen]

That convertible 190E is pretty cool. Interesting where they moved the fuel filler door. Thanks for posting!

 

[sheward]

Very nice! thanks for posting.

drew

 

[gerryvz]

Couple photos of my weekend rental ride. I'm en route back home now, but will be back in Paris & the Fatherland for the first 10 days of November...











I spent the late afternoon on Saturday walking around the large grounds of the Schloss Nymphenburg in Munich. What a place. Here's the back side of the palace.




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