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Sunday, October 21st, 2007Source: SL Market Letter #329 Author: John Olson While crunching price trends numbers for the SL MARKET LETTER other information crops up. About a third of sellers include their car's mileage in ads — usually those people with the lowest mileage. Other people either don't know their car's mileage or wish they didn't. As many [...]
Car Auctions, Buyer Beware
Friday, September 21st, 2007Source: SL Market Letter #311 Author: John Olson I still remember my early auction experience 25 years ago, trying to buy a 300SL at a well publicized annual extravaganza then held in Oklahoma City.The car had a magnificent paint job, but was buttoned up tight with only a number on its windshield announcing its auction [...]
Vintage Mercedes-Benz Fuel Injection 1954-1971
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007Source: SL Market Letter #223 Author: John Olson THE FIRST CARS SOLD to the public with fuel injection were Mercedes-Benz 260D (diesels) in 1936. Gasoline applications were more difficult, though M-B's Racing Department was planning its introduction for the 1940 Grand Prix racing season. The outbreak of WWII. circumvented M-B's 1940 participation. Within three years [...]
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