{"id":56117,"date":"2009-11-30T19:28:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T00:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/11\/30\/essen-2009-1-050-hp-1956-mercedes-gullwing-drag-car\/"},"modified":"2009-11-30T19:28:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-01T00:28:00","slug":"essen-2009-1050-hp-1956-mercedes-gullwing-drag-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/56117","title":{"rendered":"Essen 2009: 1,050-hp 1956 Mercedes Gullwing drag car"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Motorsports<\/a>, Mercedes-Benz<\/a>, Misc. Auto Shows<\/a>, Specialty<\/a><\/p>\n

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Gullwing dragster – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nThis ungainly little creature had an area all to itself at this year’s Essen Motor Show. Built over four years by Swiss drag racer Stefan Winter<\/a> – who is a roofer by trade – the most important thing to say is this: Winter did not mangle a genuine 1956 Mercedes 300 SL to create this beast, and we can thank all the gods that be for that. He copied the body in fiberglass and placed it over a tube chassis, hiding a small block Chevy in front that’s been bored out to 422 cubic inches.<\/p>\n

With modified pistons, crankshaft, cylinder heads, and a bit more black-art-ness, the gullwinged monster puts 1,050 horsepower to the ground through a 3-speed transmission and rear tires 15 inches across. The 1\/4-mile rolls off in 8.1 seconds at 166 mph. If nothing else, at that speed he shouldn’t have any problem with keeping the car’s interior cool, a problem the originals were known for…<\/p>\n

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Gallery: Essen 2009: Mercedes Gullwing Dragster<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n[Source: Das Auto Blog<\/a> (translated<\/a>) via Autoblog.nl<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Filed under: Motorsports, Mercedes-Benz, Misc. Auto Shows, Specialty Gullwing dragster – Click above for high-res image gallery This ungainly little creature had an area all to itself at this year’s Essen Motor Show. Built over four years by Swiss drag racer Stefan Winter – who is a roofer by trade – the most important thing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}