John Z. Goriup Posted August 21, 2022 Share #18261 Â Posted August 21, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) hektor, re the black new puzzle car....could it be we are looking at a pre-war Audi ? JZG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 21, 2022 Posted August 21, 2022 Hi John Z. Goriup, Take a look here Name this car..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Rona!d Posted August 21, 2022 Share #18262  Posted August 21, 2022 Wilson, tyres are becoming a problem indeed. Even the diagonal ply tyres (Firestone Whitewalls) on my beetle got a crazy price punch, IF I can get them. A set was around 800,-€ in 2008. Now nearly double the price. I consider taking 356 wheels and 165 Vredestein Sprint Classics if I can get some (without whitewalls). And keeping the old Firestone whitewalls which are still fine as the car is the queen of darkness in my garage and driven rarely. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted August 22, 2022 Share #18263 Â Posted August 22, 2022 21 hours ago, John Z. Goriup said: Hektor, re the black new puzzle car....could it be we are looking at a pre-war Audi ? JZG Dear John, Not an Audi of any year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted August 22, 2022 Share #18264  Posted August 22, 2022 (edited) Try this one, which originally did not have chromed wire wheels or cup-holders: 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! Edited August 22, 2022 by hektor 1 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=4495113'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 23, 2022 Share #18265  Posted August 23, 2022 Hektor, Could it be an Auburn (with the chrome flexy pipes). Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted August 23, 2022 Share #18266  Posted August 23, 2022 (edited) Hello Wilson, Not an Auburn. Shot taken at 2006 Meadowbrooke is that helps. Has a straight eight engine, and was seventy years old at the time.  Edited August 23, 2022 by hektor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted August 23, 2022 Share #18267 Â Posted August 23, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) 540K Vanderbilt I thought. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted August 23, 2022 Share #18268  Posted August 23, 2022 Your additional info I haven‘t seen might proof my guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted August 23, 2022 Share #18269  Posted August 23, 2022 8 minutes ago, Rona!d said: 540K Vanderbilt I thought. Never called Vanderbilt or owned by a Vanderbilt, but is a late 1936 W129 540K See page 82 of Volume 1 of Jan Melin: Mercedes-Benz 8 and page 250 of Volume 2. https://www.conceptcarz.com/profile/11574,10063/1936-mercedes-benz-540k.aspx 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! 2 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=4495337'>More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted August 23, 2022 Share #18270 Â Posted August 23, 2022 I thought it was made for the grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt but the owner family Burden married to Vanderbilts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted August 23, 2022 Share #18271  Posted August 23, 2022 Amazing Rona!d. You are spot on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._M._Burden "Once, while visiting Paris, he had a private secretary in New York order seven new Mercedes-Benzes — one to be delivered within a few hours" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted August 23, 2022 Share #18272 Â Posted August 23, 2022 https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/mo14/monterey/lots/r121-1936-mercedes-benz-540-k-special-cabriolet-by-sindelfingen/181116 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted August 23, 2022 Share #18273  Posted August 23, 2022 hektor, that was a good one with the „french“ touch radiator and MB Autobahnkurier details. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted August 23, 2022 Share #18274  Posted August 23, 2022 And here the next one. I would like to know maker and model.   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! 1 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=4495430'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 23, 2022 Share #18275  Posted August 23, 2022 Ronald, Could that be the back of one of the many variants of a Porsche 550 Spyder, maybe a Bergspyder. Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted August 23, 2022 Share #18276  Posted August 23, 2022 vor einer Stunde schrieb wlaidlaw: Ronald, Could that be the back of one of the many variants of a Porsche 550 Spyder, maybe a Bergspyder. Wilson Wilson, similar concept but not a 550. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted August 24, 2022 Share #18277 Â Posted August 24, 2022 serial made, hundreds of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted August 24, 2022 Share #18278 Â Posted August 24, 2022 Is the 'Donor Vehicle' VW Typ-1 based?............ Philip. Â Â Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted August 25, 2022 Share #18279 Â Posted August 25, 2022 vor 8 Stunden schrieb pippy: Is the 'Donor Vehicle' VW Typ-1 based?............ Philip. Â Â Sure! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted August 25, 2022 Share #18280 Â Posted August 25, 2022 The curved-boxy rear decklid is something like that of an Enzmann 506 Coupe/Spyder but, rather annoyingly, I can't find / no longer have my book on Coachbuilt VW's so can't verify that this particualr air-intake design is from such a car. Philip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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