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One French clan has bonded with this little Lambretta over half a century.
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1987 Mercedes-Benz AMG Hammer Wagon: Six Liters Of Grocery-Smashing German Power
I’ll venture to say.. from my point of view,obviously entirely personal opinion, this rendition of an other wise functionally classic work-wag,turns my stomach to see butchered with Hollywood tinsel ornamentation . Plus Hollywood boy here needs to tweak his passion for rev’s and get off public country roads. He’ll never get it until,he losses a loved one when out peddle biking gets taken out by some self rightous ‘entitled’ rich kid in an overpowered grocery cart .
Back when these cars first came out, I was at Willow Springs watching a Alfa Romeo event. This big CBS tractor trailer rolls up. The back door opens and a F-40 backs out. This fellow gets in, fires it up and cranks ( I guess personally installed stereo). Does maybe 2 hot laps. Rolls it back in the trailer and drives away. These cars were not street legal if I recall. Anyway’s, it was quite a thrill to see one along with all those SWEET ALFAS!
I have an idea for an episode. My friend grew up around Alfa Romeos. His Italian father had a 58 spider, a bunch of 60’s spiders, and 70’s sedans. His son, my friend was given the 58 Giulietta, rebuilt it in the 80’s and is finishing rebuilding it now, Motor just went in.
His dad Hector, had lost his automotive way and had veered into the evil ways of Lexus. But just this month, perhaps inspired by his son, or perhaps by his son’s daughter Giulia, took the plunge and bought a new Giulia! Hector is back!
The only thing that bothers me about this site is the negativity guitarslinger provides. He always says something negative which tarnished the website experience. It’s like telling a beautiful woman she’s beautiful except her teeth are a bit uneven
Like a woman it’s about the total package, and this website is the total package.
1) The correct term boys is … Estate .. not wagon !
2) Though the music sucks its apposite to the car’s era .. so two thumbs up
3) The video ? Decent
4) The car ? If you’ve ever driven any of the ‘ Hammer ‘ iterations you know damn full well the beasts are awesome ( one of the few cars the word actually applies to with nary a modicum of hyperbole )
5) The owner ? Hard to make final judgment based on a 5 minute plus video but from what I’m seeing and hearing … I like the guy
So Rock On – Drive On ( in a fit of Miami Vice era madness ) – Remain Calm ( despite all that AMG power under the hood ) and do Carry On … keeping this monster where it belongs … on the road ! 😎
It must have been 1989, I was a teenager, and was crazy about motorbikes. Back then, 300km/h on road-legal bikes was a bit of an impossibility, so there was this small Japanese bike magazine (and this rider who was absolutely obsessed with 300km/h) decided to take on the challenge. I was super excited about it, so bought every issue and followed the progress. I recall they used GSX-R1100 slingshot as a base, modified but totally road-legal. Of course, they can’t test it in Japan, so they shipped it to Germany. Just such an excitement for a teenager, you see, and admiring the rider and his obsession, totally loving it. And he would do it, he cracked 300km/h barrier, but he reported that while he was doing a tad over 300, what looked to be a normal Mercedes 300 casually flashed and passed him by. He would try to follow but he couldn’t and he realized that it was an AMG Hammer. And that, from the pages of a rather minor bike magazine that I first learned about AMG Hammer.
