Gents,
Thanks for all the kind words.
1) As we all know pictures can be misleading; however if anyone wants to see the winner, I will be driving her down to Joe Alexander's for our Tech Session in July. You can look at in on and underneath to your heart's content.
2) Who was I parked next to? The 250CE that was recently highlighted in the Star magazine, and a Porshe 911SC. Now understand that "our" MBCA Concours this year was held in conjunction with the "Eyes on Design" Concours; three MBCA member's cars were invited to the "Eyes on Design" Concours (a 1931 2-seat Mannheim Coupe; a 1957 300SL Roadster, and my 280SL) and thus these three cars were displayed in the "postwar German" class. The 300SL Roadster won several prizes; the Mannheim as well. The Mannheim was the winner of our MBCA Show category--but was trailered there...I drove mine of course--through the rain to get to the venue.
Michael Salemi
1969 280SL
Signal Red w/Black Leather
Restored