The Bad-Ass Mercedes Benzes of the Western Addition – Taking Negative Camber Too Far

This aging, 1971 or 1972 W108 Mercedes Benz 300SEL 4.5 lives in the Western Addition, but not in one of those new microneighborhoods so it’s not considered blight or anything.

Can’t tell if it’s operational (that rear left wheel has quite the gangster lean), but this ride certainly looks bad-ass:

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2 Responses to “The Bad-Ass Mercedes Benzes of the Western Addition – Taking Negative Camber Too Far”

  1. reza says:
    December 22, 2010 at 12:13 am

    Only thing that does not compute is the UCSB frame on the license plate.

  2. sfcitizen says:
    December 22, 2010 at 5:42 am

    Yeah, I noticed that one. Mmmm.

    Understand that the 300SEL 6.3 is a maintenance nightmare. The 4.5 is probably no picnic either…