Mercedes 60s at Brooklands

Some idea of the potential of this greatest of all veteran cars can be obtained from some of their lap-speeds at Brooklands, where they were popular before the First World War, in later years frequently entered, re-bodied and specially-prepared by Gordon Watney:—

1909 W. Jochens ………. 76.59 m.p.h.

1910 L. Collinge …………. 74.98 m.p.h.

1911 F. Samson …………. 82.86 m.p.h.

1911 F. Brown …………… 77.93 m.p.h.

1912 G.W. Brown ………. 87.84 m.p.h.

1912 J. Smith ……………. 78.43 m.p.h.

1912 A. Cumming ………. 77.45 m.p.h.

1912 E. Yano …………….. 74.22 m.p.h.

1912 C.V. Stewart ………. 73.46 m.p.h.

1913 F. Samson …………. 85.13 m.p.h.

1913 T.F. Usher ………….. 82.18 m.p.h.

1914 M. Laurent …………. 89.41 m.p.h.

1914 H. Darly ……………. 89.01 m.p.h.

1914 J.H. Toop ………….. 82.86 m.p.h,