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A Mercedes Mystery

A Mercedes Mystery

  • A Mercedes Mystery

This impressive photo was taken in the nineteen-thirties and was sent to us by Stefan Vrancken. Behind the wheel we see his Great-uncle Jef Vrancken (1908 - 1958). Stefan told us that the car belonged to Garage Vrancken, which was owned by his great-grandfather Léon Vrancken (1875 - 1937) who also had a taxi service.

The car appears to be a Mercedes. But can someone tell us more about this particular model? Is there anyone who recognizes this actual car, and can maybe tell us what happened to it?

 

Pubblicato:
lunedì marzo 29th, 2021

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David GREEN
31 Marzo 2021, 13:53
First, the date. The car has split rims. Very much about 1925. The door handle is a slight throw-back, but not impossibly so for a sedate town car. In favour of a Mercedes is the V-radiator and an embossed decal on the header tank, possibly a Mercedes star. Worrying features? The pronounced radiator hinge, the radiator bars, and the hub-caps. The hub-caps are quite unusual and much more in keeping with a Gräf & Stift, or possibly an Austro-Daimler. The tyres are obviously balloon tyres, which must have seemed wonderful after the high pressures of beaded edge. They look about 33" or 34" to me. 33" would give a wheelbase length of about 3.7(6) metres, compatible with a Gräf & Stift S3 of about 1925.
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Tamas
29 Marzo 2021, 11:45
Hi Prewarcar,

I think this is Mercedes 28/60 Landaulet.
https://mercedes-benz-publicarchive.com/marsClassic/en/instance/picture/Mercedes-2860-PS.xhtml?oid=63236
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