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| At the urging of the Mercedes-Benz U.S. importer Max Hoffman - whose customers frequently ask for more comfort, a larger trunk and a convertible - in 1957, before driving the 300 SL Roadster (W 198 II) and the convertible. |
The body of the 300 SL is mostly made of high quality steel, the hood, the trunk lid, the door sills and the skin but from aluminum. On request and at a relatively low cost was the entire body made of light metal, which made the car around 80 kg lighter. But this option is indulged only 29 SL customers - today these cars are highly sought after.
The trellis frame - designed by Rudolf Uhlenhaut - combines maximum stability with minimal weight. Very thin tubes are assembled into triangles - the finished frame is extremely rigid and is subjected to pressure and train. In the standard SL the frame weighs only 82 kilograms, the entire road-going car, including spare wheel, tools and fuel 1295 kg.
Conventional doors did not work
The doors had a compelling, construction aspects: the aluminum skin of the 300 SL covers a frame which extends far to the vehicle's flanks to the benefit of stability up - conventional doors could not accommodate itself. Sun invented one entry from above. In the English-speaking world, the 300 SL was because of his outstretched wing doors nicknamed "Gullwing" (gull wing). The doors have not via conventional door handles - instead released a pivoting rod from the lock body, and supported by a telescopic spring door swings upward.
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