Post-War Beauty

Here’s an interesting question.  How many of you, O My Readers, would be up for this little piece of German engineering (assuming funds etc. and all the stuff that goes along with my hypotheticals):

I, for one, find it quite charming.  And if like me you’re sick of driving all the wind-tunnel identicars of today, this would certainly make a personal statement.

Remember, it would be a toy, not an everyday drive — but it would certainly put a smile on my face every time I stepped into the garage.

9 comments

  1. That’s going to get you a lot of “Nice Car!!!” at the next MB Club tour or dinner, but little beyond that. (
    … and you’ll be very late to the next stop ) but an early Post war MB — that car does not do it for me, If i’m going to go to all the trouble of owning a Mercedes Benz that old, I’d prefer a pre war car as a toy and a show car. And if I’m going to do that, there really is only one choice and that’s a 500 / 540 K…….. it’s a little ( OK .. a lot ) more expensive, but you didn’t add any limits

  2. This is TEXAS, Kim. If I had room and money for a toy car, it would be something American, like say an early 50’s Chevrolet Apache 5-window truck. Or maybe a mint mid-60’s El Camino.

    Oh well, to each his own.

    1. Don, I hate to say this to you, but those early 1950 Apaches were lovely, but also among the most uncomfortable trucks (or cars, even) to ride in. I rode in a fully-restored-to-spec model once, bounced all over the place, and even the restorer admitted that suspension might well have been an “optional extra” on those trucks.

      1. Don’t doubt it, I drove a 63 Ford F-100 for several years in my youth with the same issue. The concept here is “toy”, not daily driver. But point taken. There’s been several outfits that take the old truck bodies and put them on new truck (or car) frames for better ride and reliability. If you’re dropping $100k or more on a toy, might as well go that route and have something drivable.

  3. It’s awfully pretty, but how would it be driving it? The throw on that shift lever looks to be horrendously long, so it’s not exactly a “sports car”, more of a “touring” car in which you sedately glide along in a sort of ghostly silence…until (as GT3Ted notes) something goes wrong.

    Out here in NW Wyoming the nearest MB dealer is over a hundred miles away. Of course, if I could afford that car I could certainly afford the fully-enclosed trailer (complete with ramp and internal winch) and ginormous turbo-diesel dually pickup truck necessary to transport it over and through the mountains to the dealer.

    Heck, one of the (many, many) reasons I bought a Tundra rather than a Fix-Or-Repair-Daily was that the “local” Toyota dealer is only 27 miles away from our house…next door by WY standards.

  4. Lovely car, but in my opinion it’s looks are ruined by the lowered soft top hanging off the back looking like the canvas inspiration for the 930’s spoiler years later. Blech. I realize it’s a big top to fold up, but with this car I’d rather the hardtop, please.

  5. As gorgeous as it looks, I’m not sure if I could get my legs under that steering wheel.

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