President Marcos' Mercedes Benz

[Lorenzo]

134 Mercedes 600 Saloon (1970)
Mercedes 600 (1964-81) Engine 6332 cc V8 DOC power 250 bhp with sequential Bosch fuel injection Production 2677 Power assisted disc brakes, four speed automatic transmission, Power assisted steering, Front suspension = Double wishbone, air suspension,rubber springs and stabilizing bars. Rear suspension = Low pivot swing axle, radius arms, self levelling air suspension, rubber springs and stabilising bars. Dry /loaded weight 2600/3050 kg Pullman 2770/3440 kg. Fuel tank 112 litres.
Introduced September 1963 with production staring 1964 the 600 was always intended as a chauffeur driven limousine at the time of introduction it was the most expensive car in the world. Featuring an internal power window to separate the driver from the driven. Most of the cars were produced between 1964-72 after the 1972 oil crisis demand and production slowed appreciably but continued until 1981
The Pullman is a nine seater variant of 20 foot length.
Famous owners are myriad but included: Coco Channel, Aristotle Onassis, Frank Packer, Elvis Presley, John Lennon, George Harrison, Nicolea Ceausescu, Josef Tito, Pol Pot, Fidel Castro, Leonid Brezhnev, Kim II-Sung,, Idi Amin Dada, Jomo Kenyatta, Ferdinand Marcos, The Shah of Iran, F.W. De Clerk, Eamon De Valera and Jeremy Clarkson
Shot at the Aviva Classic, Silverstone 20.09.2009 Ref 47-134

[chicogon]

Akoy tig hugas ani sa una, bwahahaha 

[Lorenzo]

Politics aside, I must say that Pres. Marcos had very fine taste. Fine taste in food, cars, and even in women (he preferred the best of the best; A Visayan Woman (Imelda was a Leytena ; was crowned Ms. Tacloban)]

[Lorenzo]

Even tho Marcos was Ilokano, he did not marry an Ilokana.

Instead he married a Visayan. A Leytena, to be exact.

[Lorenzo]

I wonder why he did not marry an Ilokana. Seguro kai kuripot ang mga Ilokano?

[chicogon]

Even tho Marcos was Ilokano, he did not marry an Ilokana.

Instead he married a Visayan. A Leytena, to be exact.

Imelda Remualdez was too beautiful to resist in her younger days... ask Bay Hubs 

[Lorenzo]

hahaha. maybe gi testingan na ni sija ni manong hubag.

[Lorenzo]

Imelda Remualdez was too beautiful to resist in her younger days... ask Bay Hubs 

Remualdez diay iyang apelido? Isn't that the same family that operates and owns a law school in Leyte? When I was driving through Leyte last summer, I saw alot of 'Attorney Remauldezes' in Tacloban.

Related ba to sila ni Imelda?