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Mercedes W120 Ponton design proposal, 1/5 scale model
« on: November 10, 2010, 03:16:55 PM »
Who knows this car?
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Re: grob: black concept
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2010, 12:58:51 PM »
Nxt stp

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Re: grob: black concept
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2010, 01:26:26 PM »
:popcorn:

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Re: grob: black concept
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2010, 03:44:10 PM »
 ;)

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Re: grob: black concept
« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2010, 03:30:56 PM »
Citroen?

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Re: grob: black concept
« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2010, 03:41:52 PM »
Not a Citroen.

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Re: grob: black concept
« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2010, 05:13:57 AM »
Reminds me of a Hindustan Ambassador......

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Re: grob: black concept
« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2010, 12:36:22 PM »
Noooooo...


The first guess was geographically nearer by far!

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Re: grob: black concept
« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2010, 12:06:11 AM »
Simca maybe?

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Re: grob: black concept
« Reply #9 on: November 26, 2010, 12:58:51 AM »
Wrong country...

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Re: grob: black concept
« Reply #10 on: November 26, 2010, 02:00:04 AM »
German?

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Re: grob: black concept
« Reply #11 on: November 26, 2010, 01:29:08 PM »
 :thumbsup:

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Re: grob: black concept
« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2010, 05:03:08 PM »
This will be very easy pro´s food. So hurry up, experts!

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Re: grob: black concept
« Reply #13 on: December 08, 2010, 08:24:11 PM »
Difficult to gauge the size of the car but is it a Maico?

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Re: grob: black concept
« Reply #14 on: December 09, 2010, 12:55:16 AM »
Not a Maico.

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Re: grob: black concept
« Reply #15 on: December 09, 2010, 02:07:54 AM »
Goliath perhaps?

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Re: grob: black concept
« Reply #16 on: December 09, 2010, 06:33:34 AM »
Not Goliath.

From a still very well known and active brand!

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Re: grob: black concept
« Reply #17 on: December 09, 2010, 07:35:57 AM »
Opel?
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Re: grob: black concept
« Reply #18 on: December 09, 2010, 10:08:09 AM »
Is it one of the Mercedes-Benz small car proposals from the 50s?

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Re: grob: black concept
« Reply #19 on: December 09, 2010, 02:25:54 PM »
LOCKED for you!

Mercedes benz is perfect.

And this was a proposal for a certain MB car line - which one?

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Re: grob: black concept
« Reply #20 on: December 09, 2010, 02:37:22 PM »
Could it be a proposal for the replacement for the W136 series, that was later called the W122?

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Re: grob: black concept
« Reply #21 on: December 09, 2010, 03:27:56 PM »
Still locked for you.

You´ve name the solution indirectly:

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Could it be a proposal for the replacement for the W136 series

but it is not the W122 range which came much later.
So give me another model range  code or name and you will get your point.


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Re: grob: black concept
« Reply #22 on: December 09, 2010, 04:00:30 PM »
W120?

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Re: grob: black concept
« Reply #23 on: December 09, 2010, 04:10:48 PM »
Here we are. It was one of several design proposals for the Ponton-line.

I´ve taken those picture of a 1/5 scale mock-up in the fabulous Mercedes Benz Museum at Stuttgart just after its first opening: