This Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR looks every inch a race car ... too large to fit within the 16-inch wheels, the drum brakes ended up mounted inboard both front and rear. The W196 won at the Mille ...

However, the Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut ... at the rear. The brakes used drums on both axles, but they were mounted inboard to reduce unsprung weight. Photo: Mercedes-Benz AG A 3.0-liter M 196 ...

In the case of the famous World Championship Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, the veil has been lifted ... and those enormous chassis-mounted inboard brakes, with their turbo cooling fins, can be clapped ...

I was fortunate enough to participate in this year’s Mille Miglia in a Mercedes-Benz sponsored 300 SL, a roadgoing spinoff of Moss’s 300 SLR ... Four-wheel drum brakes are imperfect ...