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50 years of the Mercedes-Benz “Stroke/8” saloons

Roy Spencer
January 20, 2018
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50 years of the Mercedes-Benz “Stroke/8” saloons The 68 revolution in the upper medium-size category Precisely 50 years ago, on 9 and 10 January 1968, Mercedes-Benz unveiled the completely redeveloped…

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220, 240, 250, 280, e class, stroke 8
Mercedes Heritage

The “Stroke 8” – 114/115 series

Roy Spencer
December 16, 2016
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The  new “mid-size” MB Predecessor to the E-Class February 1968 The new Mercedes-Benz models of the mid-size series 115 and 114 made a clean break with the “tailfin” era with…

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114, 115, 220, 240d, 250, 250c, 250ce, 280c, 380, stroke 8
Mercedes Heritage

Post-war renaissance: 220 debuts

Roy Spencer
August 7, 2016
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Mercedes-Benz 220 187 series (1951 to 1954) At the first Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA) held in April 1951, Daimler-Benz presented the 220 model in addition to the 300 model,…

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187, 220, coupe
Classic Mercedes Culture

Yard Finds: 190SL & 220

Roy Spencer
March 2, 2016
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Classic MB’s Unearthed 220 and 190SL March 2016 Among the usual phone calls I received late last year was an intriguing request to buy two MB classics that had been…

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190sl, 220, barn find, ponton, yard
Classic Mercedes Culture

Stroke 8’s: Hip at Last

Roy Spencer
December 29, 2013
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Riding Low and Slow Bagging and Posing Back in the early ’80s one of my older brothers owned a spotless 1976 300D finished in eye popping 568 signal red with…

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114, 115, 220, 280c, low and slow, low rider, slammed
Mercedes Heritage

Making a case for the ‘Stroke 8’

Roy Spencer
October 1, 2010
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Making a case for the ‘Stroke 8’ 1968 Brings us the 200 Sedan How about a slight, well…large departure from the usual focus on gullwings, 280SLs, 6.3s, the new SLS…

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114, 115, 200, 220, 240d, 250c, 280c, 300d, stroke 8
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