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MC #465 - Mercedes-Benz 220S / Wernher von Braun / Huntsville, Alabama
« on: May 15, 2013, 04:22:18 AM »
How can I make this car faster? ;)

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Re: A Man and his Car #465
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2013, 03:25:22 AM »
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Re: A Man and his Car #465
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2013, 05:40:21 AM »
Well, it's obviously a Mercedes-Benz 220S - is that Rudi Uhlenhaut ?
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Re: A Man and his Car #465
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2013, 06:17:51 AM »
OP is always very clever in his puzzles...........

The car in the background looks very American, a 1953 Ford I think.
The registration plate is not the American style but I don't think it is a true registration plate, perhaps some advertising.
The parking place striping is also typically something you see in the US, not in Germany for example.

Other than that, I haven't a clue.
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Re: A Man and his Car #465
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2013, 06:41:55 AM »
The car in the background could be a Taunus.... And there's a "fintail" next to the puzzle car. Having said that, in my haste I didn't notice the "conference accreditation" attached to the mystery man's pocket.

Is "our man" in the US on business ?
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Re: A Man and his Car #465
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2013, 07:02:59 AM »
Good eye, canary, I missed the fin.
I will stay with a 1953 Ford for the moment, look at the "frenched" headlamps. Also the size of the car is more in line with my suggestion.

Now, I am no good with Photoshop, and the photo is a bit unclear, but are those not also sealed beam headlamps on the Benz??

I too have been noodling the ID badge but have nothing yet.  The style of dress reminds me exactly of what my dad wore in the 1950's so that may be a clue also.
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Re: A Man and his Car #465
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2013, 08:24:19 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on May 28, 2013, 05:40:21 AM
Well, it's obviously a Mercedes-Benz 220S - is that Rudi Uhlenhaut ?

Not him
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Re: A Man and his Car #465
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2013, 09:25:12 AM »
We're not getting very far. It's not Max Hoffman. Is this an American person ?
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Re: A Man and his Car #465
« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2013, 10:53:06 AM »
This man was not born in the US.
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Re: A Man and his Car #465
« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2013, 11:02:48 AM »
Werner von Braun, the NASA Apollo rocket designer
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Re: A Man and his Car #465
« Reply #10 on: May 28, 2013, 11:23:49 AM »
Sorry, I'm stealing again.

1957 Mercedes-Benz 220S, Werner von Braun outside the HQ of Army Ballistic Missile Agency in Huntsville, Alabama.

He was apparently a director of M-B in North America, and thus had numerous "company cars".

(The photo ID on his jacket was the high-tech method of the day. No retina/iris ID or fingerprint pads !)
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Re: A Man and his Car #465
« Reply #11 on: May 28, 2013, 11:39:14 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on May 28, 2013, 11:23:49 AM
Sorry, I'm stealing again.

1957 Mercedes-Benz 220S, Werner von Braun outside the HQ of Army Ballistic Missile Agency in Huntsville, Alabama.

Correct
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Re: MC #465 - Mercedes-Benz 220S / Werner von Braun / Huntsville, Alabama
« Reply #12 on: May 28, 2013, 02:34:20 PM »
For the risk of being pedantic, his name was Wernher von Braun.
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Re: MC #465 - Mercedes-Benz 220S / Werner von Braun / Huntsville, Alabama
« Reply #13 on: May 28, 2013, 02:43:44 PM »
Quote from: Wendax on May 28, 2013, 02:34:20 PM
For the risk of being pedantic, his name was Wernher von Braun.

That's not pedantic!
This is pedantic:

He was born "Wernher Magnus Maximilian, Freiherr von Braun"!!
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Re: MC #465 - Mercedes-Benz 220S / Werner von Braun / Huntsville, Alabama
« Reply #14 on: May 28, 2013, 02:56:21 PM »
Despite his gentleman looks he was another whitewashed nazi...
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Re: MC #465 - Mercedes-Benz 220S / Werner von Braun / Huntsville, Alabama
« Reply #15 on: May 28, 2013, 03:11:27 PM »
Quote from: Allemano on May 28, 2013, 02:56:21 PM
Despite his gentleman looks he was another whitewashed nazi...

Some things are conveniently forgotten when there's a space-race going on. Having said that, best leave politics out of this site, I reckon.
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Re: MC #465 - Mercedes-Benz 220S / Werner von Braun / Huntsville, Alabama
« Reply #16 on: May 28, 2013, 03:14:09 PM »
Quote from: nicanary on May 28, 2013, 03:11:27 PM
(...) Having said that, best leave politics out of this site, I reckon.
Definetely! :thumbsup:
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Re: MC #465 - Mercedes-Benz 220S / Werner von Braun / Huntsville, Alabama
« Reply #17 on: May 28, 2013, 03:22:41 PM »
Quote from: Wendax on May 28, 2013, 02:34:20 PM
For the risk of being pedantic, his name was Wernher von Braun.

Corrected in header.
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