Octane | October 2016
LIVING WITH A 300SL GULLWING
The Sixties. London is in full swing and Delwyn Mallett is at the centre of it, geographically at least. As he and his friends stroll from our advertising agency office towards Harrods, they come to an abrupt halt. A bright orange Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing, the first he has seen ‘in the tin’, pulls up outside the famous Knightsbridge store. The passenger door springs up and a gorgeous creature, wearing what will come to be known as hot pants, unwinds herself from the interior. Traffic stops. Jaws drop. At that moment, Mallett vows to get one (a Gullwing, that is). Little does he know, then, that he will end up owning that very car.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Octane October 2016.