I uploaded this butt-shot of a naked Mercedes Benz W 196 R Grand Prix car taken at the factory in 1954 to the primotipo Facebook page the other day, with interest levels as crazy as a frog-in-a-sock since…
So I’ve updated the piece with the shot and a few others from Mercedes’ archive, see here; https://primotipo.com/2015/10/09/mercedes-benz-w196-french-gp-1954/
The photograph shows the spaceframe chassis, two inboard brake drums and rear mounted 5-speed transaxle. The rear suspension comprises swing axles and tubular shocks with the spring medium longitudinally mounted torsion bars, which are not in view.
Credits…
Mercedes Benz
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