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Solved: Wendax 1950 - Mercedes-Benz 200 V Geländesportwagen
« on: May 30, 2016, 02:19:42 AM »
Could be an easy rookie point.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.
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Re: Wendax 1950
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2016, 02:29:38 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1950
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2016, 04:33:12 AM »
This one is a bit complicated.

It is a Mercedes off road sports car built in very limited quantities in 1938/1939.

There were two variants, the 230S/SV and the 170S/SV and they looked almost identical from what I have seen.

I will guess that the puzzle car is a 1938/9 230S/SV.

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Re: Wendax 1950
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2016, 04:45:23 AM »
You are close, but it is neither of the two you proposed.
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Re: Wendax 1950
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2016, 04:56:16 AM »
I looked at my source materiel again.
Perhaps a 170VS instead of SV?

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Re: Wendax 1950
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2016, 05:50:22 AM »
Not any kind of 170
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Re: Wendax 1950
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2016, 06:18:01 AM »
Well, a bit more research turned up a 1938 Mercedes 200V  Geländesport roadster.
Can it be this one?
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Re: Wendax 1950
« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2016, 06:35:34 AM »
That's the one! About 30 Geländesportwagen of the Type W149 were built. Those with off-road suspension and tyres were called 170SV, the ones with street specification were known as 200V.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 1950 - Mercedes-Benz 200 V Geländesportwagen
« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2016, 06:55:53 AM »
Thanks.  I just did not read far enough and the translation was a bit dodgy.

Edit:  Here is a museum photo of one.

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Re: Solved: Wendax 1950 - Mercedes-Benz 200 V Geländesportwagen
« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2016, 03:01:37 PM »
The unmodified puzzle picture:
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