Author Topic: SOLVED: FW #377: Mercedes 280SE 3,5 Hearse, Walter D. Hadley, Australia (Read 1198 times)

fromwien · « **on:** October 03, 2022, 02:48:14 PM »

Please identify this car: Make? Type? Coachbuilder?

fromwien · « **Reply #1 on:** October 24, 2022, 11:54:37 AM »

Experts?

D-type · « **Reply #2 on:** October 24, 2022, 02:28:24 PM »

Mercedes Benz 600 based hearse?

fromwien · « **Reply #3 on:** October 24, 2022, 03:04:41 PM »

Mercedes-Benz: Yes
600: No
Hearse: Yes

D-type · « **Reply #4 on:** October 24, 2022, 03:22:57 PM »

Mercedes 300 based?
I've no idea of the coachbuilder - German?

fromwien · « **Reply #5 on:** October 24, 2022, 03:42:56 PM »

Quote from: D-type on October 24, 2022, 03:22:57 PM

Mercedes 300 based?
I've no idea of the coachbuilder - German?

Not 300 based
Not German coachbuilder

BattlePorQ · « **Reply #6 on:** October 24, 2022, 04:15:55 PM »

W111?

fromwien · « **Reply #7 on:** October 24, 2022, 04:21:24 PM »

BattlePorQ · « **Reply #8 on:** October 24, 2022, 04:30:42 PM »

W108? Still hope that it's a Mercedes )

sichel · « **Reply #9 on:** October 24, 2022, 04:48:34 PM »

W114 / W 115

fromwien · « **Reply #10 on:** October 24, 2022, 05:39:10 PM »

Quote from: BattlePorQ on October 24, 2022, 04:30:42 PM

W108? Still hope that it's a Mercedes )

Yes

Quote from: sichel on October 24, 2022, 04:48:34 PM

W114 / W 115

No

BattlePorQ · « **Reply #11 on:** October 24, 2022, 05:47:56 PM »

Australian Motor Industries?

Alfa_Japan · « **Reply #12 on:** October 24, 2022, 11:12:25 PM »

1972 Mercedes Type 230 Hearse by the Dottridge Brothers Limited of London (UK). Below two 1972 magazine advertisements. One of these Dottridge Brothers hearses made an appearance in the 1974 movie Akenfeld.

Alfa_Japan · « **Reply #13 on:** October 25, 2022, 12:21:19 AM »

Second advertisement

fromwien · « **Reply #14 on:** October 25, 2022, 04:38:21 AM »

Quote from: BattlePorQ on October 24, 2022, 05:47:56 PM

Australian Motor Industries?

No

Quote from: Alfa_Japan on October 24, 2022, 11:12:25 PM

1972 Mercedes Type 230 Hearse by the Dottridge Brothers Limited of London (UK). Below two 1972 magazine advertisements. One of these Dottridge Brothers hearses made an appearance in the 1974 movie Akenfeld.

No. As stated previously, not based on W114/115, but W108

BattlePorQ · « **Reply #15 on:** October 25, 2022, 04:49:42 AM »

European coachbuilder?

fromwien · « **Reply #16 on:** October 25, 2022, 05:04:03 AM »

No, with your previous reply, you found the right continent

Alfa_Japan · « **Reply #17 on:** October 25, 2022, 05:21:22 AM »

W.D. Hadley of Smithfield, New South Wales (Australia)?

fromwien · « **Reply #18 on:** October 25, 2022, 05:24:49 AM »

Yes. LOCKED for you to find the exact type of the base car

Alfa_Japan · « **Reply #19 on:** October 25, 2022, 07:03:16 AM »

280 SE (registration number JLF - 897, another (or same) W.D. Hadey hearse available with registration number LF- 023)

fromwien · « **Reply #20 on:** October 25, 2022, 07:27:37 AM »

Yes, a 280 SE, but a special smooth and quietly running variant

Alfa_Japan · « **Reply #21 on:** October 25, 2022, 07:45:00 AM »

The air suspension variant?

fromwien · « **Reply #22 on:** October 25, 2022, 07:49:04 AM »

Think about engine please..

Alfa_Japan · « **Reply #23 on:** October 25, 2022, 08:50:46 AM »

3.5 Liter V8 of the M 116 Type?

fromwien · « **Reply #24 on:** October 25, 2022, 11:16:36 AM »

Yes, that's it! One more point for you!

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