Comments on: A Visit to the Mercedes-Benz Museum circa 1962 https://velocetoday.com/a-visit-to-the-mercedes-benz-museum-in-1962/ The Online Magazine for Italian and French Classic Car Enthusiasts Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:52:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: pete https://velocetoday.com/a-visit-to-the-mercedes-benz-museum-in-1962/comment-page-1/#comment-96899 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:19:48 +0000 https://velocetoday.com/?p=173186#comment-96899 In reply to Richard Henry.

Richard, thanks and we’ll check on that.

Pete

]]> By: Richard Henry https://velocetoday.com/a-visit-to-the-mercedes-benz-museum-in-1962/comment-page-1/#comment-96894 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:29:59 +0000 https://velocetoday.com/?p=173186#comment-96894 I think the car is picture #8 is miscaptioned. It’s actually a type 125, the original straight eight 5.6 litre engine of the 750-kilogram formula. The type 154 had the 3 litre V-12 engine, which was both lower and wider than the type 125 engine, and required a new chassis to accommodate the new engine. It did receive a body change in 1939 (as seen on photo #10’s unnumbered car) to a smaller low oval radiator opening than that found on the 1938 version of the body.

]]> By: Jan Schlabowske https://velocetoday.com/a-visit-to-the-mercedes-benz-museum-in-1962/comment-page-1/#comment-96891 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:06:08 +0000 https://velocetoday.com/?p=173186#comment-96891 In 1956 and 57 I was stationed with the 11th Airborne Division in Munich. A friend and I made a visit to the Deutsch Museum, where a 300SLR was 0n display. Being a young brash GI, I sat in the car with no Docent around to chastise me. Sadly we took no photos. There is a lot more to my story of my beginning love for sports cars, that began there in Germany.

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