Slot Classics CJ45KPP  1952 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Coupe PAINTED  KIT 

Custom-made cast-resin body with etched-metal parts. Painted body, clear windows with complete unassembled chassis with metal wheels.

This Mercedes-Benz 300SL coupe is a replica of a  little-known Mercedes, the first car to use a hinge-forward pivoted panel on the rear deck to act as an air brake---the car was tested at the Hockenheim Ring track and at LeMans in 1952 but the panel did not work well enough and the car was not raced in this form. The air brake panel was developed and used very successfully on the 300SLR roadsters that raced at LeMans in 1955. A 300SL coupe number 22 with a green band around the nose did race at LeMans in 1952 but it retired in the ninth hour. Slot Classics produced replicas of 1952 LeMans-wining 300SL coupe number 21 about ten years ago but they are no longer available.