Some old-school AMG E-Class goodness...
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Some old-school AMG E-Class goodness...
A bit OT - but I know a few of the people that hang out here will appreciate these pictures of the older brother to our beloved W211 AMGs...
Here are some pictures of a friends W124 E-Class AMG:
Here are some pictures of a friends W124 E-Class AMG:
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Seems only 30 of the hammers were built, and one wagon.
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/01/i...86-amg-hammer/
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/01/i...86-amg-hammer/
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Not as old as the Hammer but this was my first AMG sporting the ever so popular back then Lorinser rear spoiler. 
You have to admit BBS LM's were great back then and are still great today!!!
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LMs look perfect on the W210.
If you don't mind me asking, why was/is the Lorinser spoiler so popular?
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Some still like Lorinser- I used to like some of their wheels but their body kits scared me.
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Seems only 30 of the hammers were built, and one wagon.
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/01/i...86-amg-hammer/
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/01/i...86-amg-hammer/
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The 500E was a Benz/Porsche build, but not a "Hammer" as "hammer" was an AMG term and the 500E had zero to do with AMG. This was supposed to be Mercedes factory answer to the Hammer.
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E500/500E used the SL500 production motor so this was not a AMG Car. Besides production was before AMG was bought outright by MB in 1998, three years after production of the E500/500E stopped.
However AMG did make a E60 of the same platform
However AMG did make a E60 of the same platform
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This is correct. The Hammer was purely an AMG product long before Mercedes even thought of acquiring them. The term "Hammer" was actually coined by an American journalist who wrote for Car and Driver back in 1986 and the name stuck. All Hammer cars were based on the W124 chassis and had varying engines from twin cam 5.4L to twin cam 6.0L and some mix and match block \ head combos...there were a few W124 Hammer Wagons also built. I luckily still have alot of the AMG literature from this era and should scan it and share it (giving away my age here...laughing!).
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This is correct. The Hammer was purely an AMG product long before Mercedes even thought of acquiring them. The term "Hammer" was actually coined by an American journalist who wrote for Car and Driver back in 1986 and the name stuck. All Hammer cars were based on the W124 chassis and had varying engines from twin cam 5.4L to twin cam 6.0L and some mix and match block \ head combos...there were a few W124 Hammer Wagons also built. I luckily still have alot of the AMG literature from this era and should scan it and share it (giving away my age here...laughing!).
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Found some more pictures of my friends' old AMGs:
Sorry they aren't pictures of E-Class AMGs.
The Hammer had a pretty positive welcome, and am hoping these do too....
The guy that owns the AMG Hammer from above also owns the black W126 AMG coupe. Its an early M117 5 liter V8 with AMG solid lifters - it loves to rev! The car makes a fantastic noise at WOT as it passes the stock redline the M117 was built for.
He is trying to close the deal on another tuned W124 today... I will post some pictures of it later today, after he signs the papers and closes the deal.
Sorry they aren't pictures of E-Class AMGs.
The Hammer had a pretty positive welcome, and am hoping these do too....The guy that owns the AMG Hammer from above also owns the black W126 AMG coupe. Its an early M117 5 liter V8 with AMG solid lifters - it loves to rev! The car makes a fantastic noise at WOT as it passes the stock redline the M117 was built for.
He is trying to close the deal on another tuned W124 today... I will post some pictures of it later today, after he signs the papers and closes the deal.
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I would love a amg 126 coupe. I used to work with someone that worked with amg when they were near Chicago back in the day. He had some stories He said that they built a "hammer" version of a 201 for a customer who later died in the car hitting a off ramp too fast or something like that 
He said that they built a "hammer" version of a 201 for a customer who later died in the car hitting a off ramp too fast or something like that
