That mythic Mercedes Gullwing
BOY, FACTS sure can ruin a good story. Guess that's why Jan Richter of classicdriver.com didn't bother to look for any before reporting on a photographer's pursuit of the Mercedes Gullwing in Cuba. According to Richter's Dec. 12 account , Piotr Degler Jablonksi had heard only rumours of the rusted-beyond-repair Gullwing before setting out to capture images of the island's classic cars for the 2015 edition of his art calendar . "After weeks of unsuccessful searching," writes the Zurich-based Richter, "he was ready to accept it was a mere myth – until he caught a glimpse of something silver under a tree… " Michael E. Ware photo, used by permission Other websites, from Road & Track to Popular Mechanics, have repeated Richter's story, some with further embroidery. Top Gear suggests Degler knew nothing of the Gullwing before he arrived, but "soon got wind of a ‘legendary' 300SL rumoured by locals to lay (sic) ...