Fangio’s W196 Restoration – Video

 

The Mercedes-Benz W196 was a Formula One racing car produced by Mercedes-Benz for the 1954 and 1955 F1 seasons. Successor to the W194, in the hands of Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss it won 9 of 12 races entered and captured the only two world championships in which it competed.

Mercedes-Benz Classic has set the engineers at Brixworth the task of re-manufacturing the inlet exhaust valves of the legendary W196.