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Solved - MJW #1088 - Mercedes-Benz Typ S FHC by Curtis 1929
« on: January 04, 2013, 02:45:14 AM »
Identify the marque, model (I'm not sure of this), year and coachbuilder for a point.

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Re: MJW #1088
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2013, 12:38:25 AM »
Expertise required

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Re: MJW #1088
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2013, 03:44:39 AM »
Voisin?

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Re: MJW #1088
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2013, 06:20:01 AM »
Is the base car German?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: MJW #1088
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2013, 07:16:28 AM »
1929 Mercedes-Benz Typ S Coupe  by Curtis?

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Re: MJW #1088
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2013, 03:44:01 PM »
1929 Mercedes-Benz Typ S Coupe  by Curtis?

Yes Ray, well found!

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Re: Solved - MJW #1088 - Mercedes-Benz Typ S FHC by Curtis 1929
« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2013, 06:27:50 PM »
Thank you.  I've gotten behind with things and had almost resigned myself to not catching up for a month (which still might happen), so it was nice to see that this one was correct.  I remembered seeing it on one of the books on my shelves and it didn't take long after I remembered which book.  :)


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Re: Solved - MJW #1088 - Mercedes-Benz Typ S FHC by Curtis 1929
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2013, 04:27:06 AM »
It is an almost unbearably bad effort from the side of the coachbuilder... :o

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Re: Solved - MJW #1088 - Mercedes-Benz Typ S FHC by Curtis 1929
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2013, 07:15:23 AM »
It is an almost unbearably bad effort from the side of the coachbuilder... :o
I agree.
When I first saw it I thought there must have been something wrong with the camera lens as it looks so distorted....
Presumably the car no longer exists or has been rebodied.
I wonder if there are any other views?