20 September 2011

Recycled homage to an iconic Merc

Hunk of junk ... the scrap metal recreation of one of the 1955 classic Mercedes ''Uhlenhaut Coupe''
Hunk of junk ... the scrap metal recreation of one of the 1955 classic Mercedes ''Uhlenhaut Coupe''

A GROUP of friends have recreated an iconic 1955 Mercedes race car worth £60K – out of JUNK.

The three car-loving men took seven months to reinvent the classic 300 SLR ''Uhlenhaut Coupe'' using 10,000 pieces of scrap metal that they had painstakingly sourced.

Although their incredible hunk of junk can't be driven, it's still worth a whopping £60,000.

The German pals - Armin Ciesielski, Peter Brakel and Walter Willer – all work at Giganten aus Stahl which translates as Giants of Steel.

The original Uhlenhaut reached an unprecedented 180mph when it was tested in 1955 – and would have been the fastest car in the world if Mercedes had put it into production.

But the speedy roadster was deemed too fast at the time and only two prototypes still exist at the Mercedes museum in Germany.

Armin said: "The Uhlenhaut is a really special Mercedes and we wanted to make a replica.

Rebirth ... the greatest car ever scrapped is reinvented - out of scrap
Rebirth ... the greatest car ever scrapped is reinvented - out of scrap

"It took me and my friends seven months of hard work to perfect and we used more than 10,000 pieces of metal.

"The car was a very difficult model to make because of all the intricate details and we made the engine look identical to the original. It weighs nearly 1,000kg."

Paku tertusuk ke dalam kepala


GAMBAR X-ray menunjukkan sebatang paku tertusuk ke dalam kepala Dina.

URUMQI, China - Seorang budak perempuan berusia tujuh tahun, Dina dibedah di sebuah hospital di sini untuk mengeluarkan paku sepanjang lima sentimeter di kepalanya, lapor sebuah akhbar kelmarin.

Kejadian itu berlaku selepas seorang pekerja pembinaan di rumah ibu Dina di wilayah Xinjiang tertembak sebatang paku dengan menggunakan pistol paku ke arah kepala budak perempuan tersebut semasa sedang bekerja.

Sebelum itu, dia secara berjenaka mengacukan pistol tersebut ke arah sekumpulan kanak-kanak termasuk Dina sambil berkata: "Pergi jauh-jauh".

"Dia menjerit dan kami dapat melihat lubang kecil pada kepalanya dengan darah mengalir keluar. Bapanya segera membawanya ke hospital," kata ibu Dina, Ha Mina. - Agensi

Kereta Ferrari putus dua


BAHAGIAN belakang kereta Ferrari yang terputus.


LOS ANGELES – Seorang penumpang kereta Ferrari terbunuh manakala pemandunya cedera teruk apabila kereta yang mereka dinaiki putus dua setelah melanggar sebatang tiang elektrik sebelum terjatuh ke tebing curam, lapor sebuah akhbar semalam.

Penumpang itu, Basil Max Price III, 23, dari Los Angeles, tercampak dari kereta dan mati di tempat kejadian.

Pemandunya Vladimir Skortsov, 24, dari Upland berada dalam keadaan kritikal dan mendapat rawatan di Pusat Perubatan UCLA di sini.

Polis memberitahu, Ferrari 350 M keluaran 1999 yang kini bernilai sekitar AS$100,000 (RM311,375) terjunam ke dalam tebing curam di tepi pantai pada awal pagi di Lebuh Raya Pantau Pasifik.

Tiang elektrik itu patah dua.

Kenderaan tersebut dilaporkan hilang kawalan semasa dipandu pada awal kelmarin.

Beberapa pegawai berkata, bekalan elektrik terputus buat sementara waktu ekoran tiang elektrik tersebut patah. – Agensi

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