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SOLVED: WTH # 250 - 1972 Mercedes-Benz 350SL w 4-rotor engine for Felix Wankel
« on: June 23, 2013, 03:15:30 AM »
For one point, what car is this, what made it unique, and who was it built for?
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Re: WTH # 250
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2013, 04:41:28 PM »
Up!

Do the Experts recognize this finely crafted auto?
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Re: WTH # 250
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2013, 02:23:55 PM »
Mercedes?
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Re: WTH # 250
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2013, 03:43:14 PM »
The car is in fact, a Mercedes-Benz.
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Re: WTH # 250
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2013, 02:45:51 PM »
SLC with a diesel engine
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Re: WTH # 250
« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2013, 08:00:38 PM »
It is an SL, but the engine is not a diesel
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Re: WTH # 250
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2013, 09:34:38 AM »
The intake tract is robust. Is this a supercharged engine?
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Re: WTH # 250
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2013, 11:37:16 AM »
Not supercharged, or turbocharged.
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Re: WTH # 250
« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2013, 02:00:48 PM »
Are those pipes fuel injection engine pipes
« Last Edit: July 01, 2013, 04:30:29 PM by wingroad »
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Re: WTH # 250
« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2013, 03:54:11 PM »
that's a rotary engine , and the car is an early 70's mercedes w107.
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Re: WTH # 250
« Reply #10 on: July 01, 2013, 04:00:26 PM »
by doing more research that's the only mercedes wankel i got so i think  , its from the C111 , M 950 F Three-Rotor Wankel.
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Re: WTH # 250
« Reply #11 on: July 01, 2013, 07:53:58 PM »
LOCKED for foxawy.

The C111 actually had a 4-rotor wankel.  That is the incredible engine placed in this Mercedes coupe.

To earn your point, tell us for whom this car was created.
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Re: WTH # 250
« Reply #12 on: July 02, 2013, 01:39:02 PM »
felix wankel ??
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Re: WTH # 250
« Reply #13 on: July 02, 2013, 03:08:53 PM »
And the point goes to Foxawy for the correct answer.
« Last Edit: July 02, 2013, 03:10:59 PM by sixtee5cuda »
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