You’d think that by now everything has been said and written about the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL: its development, race history, driving impressions, test reports, technical essays.
But still, during last year’s Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este at Italy’s Lake Como, there was a buzz from visitors and press alike surrounding Munich owner Erich Oswald’s bright-yellow 300SL Roadster.
The cause for the …