{"product_id":"cmc-m-189-mercedes-benz-sskl-1931-gp-germany-12-otto-merz-1-18-le-1-000","title":"CMC M-189 Mercedes-Benz SSKL, 1931 GP Germany # 12 Otto Merz, 1:18, LE 1,000","description":"\u003cstyle\u003eimg{max-width:100%}\u003c\/style\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eModel # M-189\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCMC M-189 Mercedes-Benz SSKL, 1931 GP Germany # 12 Otto Merz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"\u003eScale 1:18\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eLimited Edition: 600 Units World Wide\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:\n107%;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif'\u003eAuthorised Distributor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eBRAND NEW - FACTORY SEALED - MINT CONDITION IN\nBOX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"color: rgb(239, 0, 253); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eFree Shipping Australia Wide.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#00ae5f\"\u003eFor added security all orders are sent with tracking number \u0026amp; signature on delivery. \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"\"\u003eCMC M-189 Mercedes-Benz SSKL, 1931 GP Germany # 12 Otto Merz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cfont style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bolder;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\" style=\"\"\u003e Scale 1:18\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003eThe SSKL often went by the affectionate nickname of “White\nElephant.” On the one hand, this could be attributed to its seemingly unruly\npower and colossal size. On the other, it had much to do with the German racing\nlivery that Rudolf Caracciola, Hans Stuck and Otto Merz had on their SSKLs and\nthe plethora of honors they won in racing the SSKLs.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\" face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eModel Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"\"\u003e\u003cul style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px rgba(90, 90, 90, 0.4); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: outside none; letter-spacing: 0.8px; text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cli style=\"font-size: inherit; text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px rgba(90, 90, 90, 0.4); font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e• Hand-crafted metal precision model built from more than\n1700 parts\u003cbr\u003e\n• Authentically and true to scale formed car body\u003cbr\u003e\n• Originally reproduced lightweight steel frame\u003cbr\u003e\n• Grille and rock guard in superior quality metal finish\u003cbr\u003e\n• Split mid hinged bonnet with leather-belt fastenings\u003cbr\u003e\n• Rear bonnet fastenings finished in metal\u003cbr\u003e\n• Inline six cylinder complete with peripherical components, piping and cabling\u003cbr\u003e\n• Exhausts finished in metal hosed flexible pipes\u003cbr\u003e\n• Perfectly crafted wheels with alloy rims and by hand mounted stainless steel\nspokes and nipples, painted matte black\u003cbr\u003e\n• Removable center lock wheel fasteners\u003cbr\u003e\n• Spare wheel mounted with a locking handle, detachable\u003cbr\u003e\n• Leaf springs finished in metal on front and rear axle\u003cbr\u003e\n• Hinged fuel filler finished in stainless steel\u003cbr\u003e\n• Moveable throttle-\/ignition lever mounted at the steering wheel\u003cbr\u003e\n• Authentic replication of the cockpit and its gauges\u003cbr\u003e\n• Both seats covered with real leather\u003cbr\u003e\n• Wind deflector on the driver’s side, moveable windscreen on the co-driver’s\nside\u003cbr\u003e\n• Brake drums in the authentic copper design with cooling fins\u003cbr\u003e\n• Starting numbers at both sides authentically replicated as a clothed print\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003co:p style=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eHistory (Original Vehicle)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 11.4pt; line-height: 15.6pt; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 0.6pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\" style=\"\" face=\"Arial\"\u003eFrom\nthe mid to late 1920s and even in 1931, the world racing scene was largely\ndominated by one au-tomotive marque: Mercedes-Benz, especially with its\nSSK\/SSKL models that is empowered by the le-gendary 7.1 liter compressor.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 11.4pt; line-height: 15.6pt; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 0.6pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\" face=\"Arial\"\u003eThe\nSSKL often went by the affectionate nickname of “White Elephant.” On the one\nhand, this could be attributed to its seemingly unruly power and colossal size.\nOn the other, it had much to do with the German racing livery that Rudolf\nCaracciola, Hans Stuck and Otto Merz had on their SSKLs and the plethora of\nhonors they won in racing the SSKLs. Despite the global economic crisis and\nlimited support from the Daimler-Benz factory in Stuttgart Untertürkheim,\nRudolf Caracciola and his two teammates ma-naged to keep up their chins and brave\nthrough the hardships. In addition to his victory at the 1931 Mille Miglia,\nCaracciola finished first in the 1931 Grand Prix of Germany, whereas Otto Merz\nand Hans Stuck took a fifth and sixth places in the same race.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 11.4pt; line-height: 15.6pt; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 0.6pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\" face=\"Arial\"\u003eCMC\nhas already replicated Caracciola‘s winning car with starting number 8. This\nyear we would like to pay tribute to the achievements made by Otto Merz and\nHans Stuck at the German Grand Prix on July 19, 1931. With that in mind, CMC\nwill develop and make available authentic detailed replicas of their SSKL\nracers in 1:18 scale.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 11.4pt; line-height: 15.6pt; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 0.6pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\" face=\"Arial\"\u003eThe\nrace was held in two groups. Group I was for vehicles over 1100 cc, which were\nto run 22 laps (22x 22.81 km), covering a total distance of 501.82 km. Group II\nwas for vehicles up to 1100 cc, which were to run 18 laps (18 x 22.81 km),\nequivalent to a total distance of 410.58 km.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 11.4pt; line-height: 15.6pt; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 0.6pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\" face=\"Arial\"\u003eAll\nracing cars started off at the same time. It was assumed that the two groups\nwould finish the race around the same time. To distinguish them visually for\nthe pit crews and the spectators, Group I cars we-re marked with a wide black\nhorizontal stripe over the hood, whereas Group II cars used a wide white stripe\ninstead. Since many of the small-displacement race cars were native to Germany\nand had a white-finished body, the white stripes on them were outlined in a\nblack color additionally.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 11.4pt; line-height: 15.6pt; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 0.6pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\" face=\"Arial\"\u003eThe\nMercedes team set itself up at the Nürburgring two weeks earlier. Before long,\nit buckled down to test driving under the direction of Alfred Neubauer. Apart\nfrom the practices of racing, the training program also included how to change\ntires with a newly-developed jack and manage the refueling pro-cess, etc. This\ntype of training went so far that together with his mechanic, Caracciola was\nable to com-plete a tire change in a minute and 10 seconds. His teammates were\nnot much slower.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 11.4pt; line-height: 15.6pt; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 0.6pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\" face=\"Arial\"\u003e48\nentrants of Groups I and II from 10 different nations were ready to start off\non the rainy day of July 19, 1931. Mercedes fielded its SSK and weight-reduced\nSSKL vehicles, and the latter were primarily saved for its famous pilots like\nCaracciola, Branditsch, Merz, Stuck, and Spandel. The main rivals were from the\nother well-known marques, such as Bugatti, Maserati and Alfa Romeo, which\nprovided much lighter and better engineed vehicles to their\ninternationally-renowned pilots, such as Chiron, Varzi, Fagioli or Nuvo-lari.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 11.4pt; line-height: 15.6pt; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 11.4pt; line-height: 15.6pt; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 0.6pt;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThe\nrace proved to be a clear win for Rudolf Caracciola, who dominated from the\nstart to the finish. Only after the 13th lap, when it stopped raining, was\nLouis Chiron able to start undercutting Caracciola’s lead in a Bugatti. But it\nwas too late, for Caracciola was so far ahead. The other two Mercedes pilots,\nOtto Merz with starting number 12 and Hans Stuck with starting number 10, drove\na consistent and canculated race to take the respectable fifth and sixth places.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(25, 25, 25);\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\" face=\"Arial\"\u003eTechnical Data (Original Vehicle)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cfont size=\"4\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(25, 25, 25); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 47.25pt; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003c!--[if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; letter-spacing: 0.6pt;\"\u003e·\u003cspan style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; letter-spacing: 0.6pt;\"\u003eSix\ncylinder in-line-engine with overhead camshaft\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 47.25pt; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003c!--[if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; letter-spacing: 0.6pt;\"\u003e·\u003cspan style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; letter-spacing: 0.6pt;\"\u003eCompressor\nthat can be activated when required\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 47.25pt; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Frutiger LT W01_45 Ligh1475730\",serif;\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:black;mso-themecolor:text1;letter-spacing:.6pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(25, 25, 25); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e• Output without compressor: 240 hp at 3,300 \/min\u003cbr\u003eOutput with activated \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003ecompressor\u003c\/span\u003e: 300 hp at 3,300 \/min\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; text-align: center;\"\u003eDisplacement: 7,056 ccm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; text-align: center;\"\u003eTop Speed: 235 km\/h\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; text-align: center;\"\u003eWheel base: 2,950 mm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; text-align: center;\"\u003eTotal length: 4,250 mm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; text-align: center;\"\u003eTrack front: 1,470 mm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; text-align: center;\"\u003eTrack rear: 1,460 mm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"CMC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45784681054291,"sku":"CMC M-189","price":875.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/2412\/0659\/files\/57_8303767d-7757-417b-bf1b-af05524e1cfe.png?v=1783199496","url":"https:\/\/strawhatjim.com.au\/products\/cmc-m-189-mercedes-benz-sskl-1931-gp-germany-12-otto-merz-1-18-le-1-000","provider":"Straw Hat Jim","version":"1.0","type":"link"}