Rona!d Posted March 27, 2017 Share #9501 Posted March 27, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) That would be too small. There are some models above. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rona!d Posted March 28, 2017 Share #9502 Posted March 28, 2017 OK, you guys need the whole car? Mercedes we know. Now the model, coach builder and year please! Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3243342'>More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted March 28, 2017 Share #9503 Posted March 28, 2017 MAybe a 680 - but that's a pure guess. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted March 28, 2017 Share #9504 Posted March 28, 2017 Michael, size is above a 170 and below a 540K. A 680 (late 1920s-early 1930s) would be larger and one decade prior to them. With the "full shot" it should be easy now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. No Posted March 28, 2017 Share #9505 Posted March 28, 2017 Mercedes-Benz Typ 320 Cabriolet A (1938) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted March 28, 2017 Share #9506 Posted March 28, 2017 Could the coachbuilder be Wendler? They seem to show up lots at that time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted March 28, 2017 Share #9507 Posted March 28, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Sorry, not a 320* and not a Wendler. * I do remember a fully restored 320 Cabriolet, lovely car except I felt a bit claustrophobic behind the steering wheel when the top was closed and it rained. The frontscreen was like an observation slit of a tank but in my eyes the 320 A Cabriolet has the nicest look of that Benz era. Not a big "Führerwagen" like the 500 series trucks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted March 29, 2017 Share #9508 Posted March 29, 2017 OK, seems you guys have no idea what it is, even with a full car photo. Interesting that a car of such a well known maker was such a hard nut ;-) Mercedes 230 Graber Cabriolet, 1939 Here some details from a Bonhams auction in 2014, held at the MB museum in Stuttgart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted March 29, 2017 Share #9509 Posted March 29, 2017 Anybody is invited to post the next car! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted March 29, 2017 Share #9510 Posted March 29, 2017 Thanks very much. It appears bigger than a "230" would suggest. Also, coachbuilt models on Mercedes chassis also seem to be rarer than for (say) Rolls Royce at that time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 29, 2017 Share #9511 Posted March 29, 2017 Thanks very much. It appears bigger than a "230" would suggest. Also, coachbuilt models on Mercedes chassis also seem to be rarer than for (say) Rolls Royce at that time. Rolls Royce did not offer bodies on their cars until after the war. They were I believe considering it for the Silver Wraith (1938 onwards), the successor to the 25/30 but WW2 got in the way. After the war, steel was in very short supply for car bodies in the UK, to the extent you had to go on a waiting list for a permit to be allowed to acquire a new steel bodied car. My father put in for a permit in late 1945, as by then his 1938 Vauxhall was in a poor state, having been used to tow the town fire pump trailer all through WW2, as a delivery truck for his factory products and as troop transport for both home guard and reservists. While he was waiting for his Mark V Jaguar, he bought an AC Buckland 2 Litre saloon, which as it was alloy bodied, (there was a surplus of aluminium alloy from scrapped aircraft) could be bought without a permit. Rolls Royce was encouraged to export most of their post war Silver Wraith production as rolling chassis, again to save steel. It was not until the Silver Dawn of 1949, that RR finally produced their own bodies for the Dawn, the successor to the Wraith. Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted March 29, 2017 Share #9512 Posted March 29, 2017 Thanks very much. It appears bigger than a "230" would suggest. Also, coachbuilt models on Mercedes chassis also seem to be rarer than for (say) Rolls Royce at that time. Thanks to Graber who used a lot of design elements of his "grand french vehicles". OK, this car is rare, really rare. Unique hit´s the nail. Todays condition not as good as described. Typically 1980s restauration I´d say. Damages from just parking, mechanically and body. Needs a loving and careful owner with some play money. Not sure if it would need a complete new restauration. Can remain in it´s current condition as well. Just mechincal overhaul. Not sure if it has found a new owner since I saw it beginning this year. Doubt it has sold in 2014 at the Bonhams auction (could be checked). Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonzo Posted March 29, 2017 Share #9513 Posted March 29, 2017 Any idea, which car this is ? Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3244400'>More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted March 29, 2017 Share #9514 Posted March 29, 2017 Hello Wonzo, Could this be a German car?Best Regards, Michael Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonzo Posted March 29, 2017 Share #9515 Posted March 29, 2017 no, Michael, it isn`t. Best Regards, Wonzo Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 29, 2017 Share #9516 Posted March 29, 2017 Might it be an Alfa? Perhaps a Giulietta Coupe or GTV? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. No Posted March 29, 2017 Share #9517 Posted March 29, 2017 (edited) Maserati Sebring (60s) Edited March 29, 2017 by Dr. No Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonzo Posted March 29, 2017 Share #9518 Posted March 29, 2017 no, but it`s a European car ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 29, 2017 Share #9519 Posted March 29, 2017 Pegaso? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonzo Posted March 29, 2017 Share #9520 Posted March 29, 2017 No, but the company doesn't exist anymore ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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