Rudolf Uhlenhaut was a British-German engineer, driving engineer for Mercedes-Benz, and the father of Mercedes-Benz 300 SL and 300 SLR. He had a long association with the Mercedes-Benz racing programm
Uhlenhaut's 300SLR coupé, in the Mercedes-Benz museum in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim
Gull-wing doors, as used on the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL introduced a year earlier, were a signature feature of the Uhlenhaut Coupé
The Mercedes-Benz 300 SL is a two-seat sports car that was produced by Mercedes-Benz from 1954 to 1957 as a gullwinged coupé and from 1957 to 1963 as a roadster. The road going 1954 fuel injected 300
Rudolf Uhlenhaut
…Rudolf Uhlenhaut (15 July 1906 – 8 May 1989) was a British-German engineer, driving engineer for Mercedes-Benz, and the father of Mercedes-Benz 300 SL and 300 SLR. He had a long association with the Mercedes-Benz racing programme of the 1930s and 1950s, and is best known for his road legal Uhlenhaut…
300 SL roadster and gullwinged coupé
Prototype for the early 1952 Mercedes-Benz W194 racing cars, still with small "gullwing windows"
1953 300 SL prototype for the 1954 W198 road car, with large doors and vents
1953 prototype at Pebble Beach in 2012