1895 Benz Velo
On a recent visit to the Southward Car Museum in Wellington I was surprised to find that New Zealand's first automobile was a Benz, a Benz Velocipede to be exact. Apparently one of only [...]
A Tale of Two Journeys
Part One - Techno Classica & Retro Classics 2018 Going back a few years some eight guys from Auckland, Hamilton and Adelaide, including myself, went on a “Boys trip” to [...]
Peking to Paris Prep
You will have previously read about Garry Boyce and Ken Williams' epic 'Adventure Before Dementia' competing in the 2016 Rally of the Incas. Far from being the end of [...]
How did the new National President get to own a Mercedes-Benz?
So how did we get to own our two Mercedes-Benz? Not a long story but some may relate. Five years ago my darling husband was going through a small midlife [...]
SL500 Track Debut
On the day the Auckland Mercedes Club were doing their Top Down run I couldn’t make it as I was commentating at the Historic Racing Clubs meeting at Bruce McLaren [...]
Mercedes Benz 300 SL Roadsters 60th Anniversary
Identical pair of 1957 300 SL Roadsters to be judged together in a worldwide first The Mercedes Benz 300 SL Roadster was introduced at the Genève Motor show in April [...]
Australia, Asbestos and Collector Cars
If you're thinking of sending a car to Australia, think again... As appeared in: Sheehan-Online—July 15, 2017 issue by Michael Sheehan Our story begins in 2003 when the Australian government [...]
Weekend of a lifetime with the SL-Club Pagode Germany
What’s the start of a fairy tale again? It just fits so perfectly, this story has to begin like one… Once upon a time, or mid-July this year, Andru, Claudia [...]
The Mercedes-Benz W 125 made its debut 80 years ago
German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, 25 July 1937, shortly after the start 1937: the golden season of the W 125 Silver Arrow On 9 May 1937, the [...]
Garry and Ken’s 2016 Rally of the Incas Blog
REPORT ONE - Buenos Aires, November 2016 Hello everybody, we've just finished the last of the formalities.Today we started with scrutineering, I think it went very well. The scrutineer asked [...]