That's what I have :
This is Chassis #154133, spent for a MB-Sindelfingen W29-540K Cabriolet-A, rebodied in the early 50s. In the 70s this car was painted gold and mendaciously called 'The Eva Braun Car'.
Quote:
"Fact: the so-called “Eva Braun car” is a creation commissioned by the late Tom Barrett to get people’s attention at the time he started his car auction business. ( now Barret-Jackson)
According to Frank Barrett (no relation) of Toad Hall Books, who published for years “The Star” in the USA for the MBUSA-Club-members, in all likelyhood the car was made in a bodyshop in California, perhaps on a old 540K chassis, however, since Tom Barrett never let anyone get too close to the car, even that can not be ascertained for sure. Neither is it known if this car had an engine or not.
Frank Barrett told me that he had seen the car exhibited, and saw right away that it was a fake.
All claims regarding the so-called golden “Eva Braun car” are absolutely preposterous, and technical nonsens.
Attached, the only picture I could find of Tom Barrett’s creation,….. which by the way had been repainted from gold to red….you bet that if it had really been gold plated, the car would have been left as is…much more in-your-face appeal than a mere red, don’t you think ?"
