Author Topic: SOLVED: FW #192: Mercedes 170 S Shooting Brake by Massey, 1954  (Read 4249 times)

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Please identify this car for one point: Make? Type? Coachbuilder?
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Re: FW #192
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2022, 12:26:11 PM »
Experts?

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Re: FW #192
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2022, 12:30:04 PM »
Mercedes?
Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer.

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Re: FW #192
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2022, 03:15:45 PM »
Yes

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Re: FW #192
« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2022, 03:22:56 PM »
German coachbuilder?
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Re: FW #192
« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2022, 03:25:12 PM »
No

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Re: FW #192
« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2022, 03:26:00 PM »
British coachwork?
Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer.

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Re: FW #192
« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2022, 05:11:17 PM »
Yes

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Re: FW #192
« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2022, 04:24:35 AM »
W142?
Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer.

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Re: FW #192
« Reply #9 on: August 12, 2022, 08:50:09 AM »
No

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Re: FW #192
« Reply #10 on: August 12, 2022, 09:04:24 AM »
W138?
Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer.

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Re: FW #192
« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2022, 11:46:22 AM »
No

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Re: FW #192
« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2022, 11:49:18 AM »
Who's left...
W143/153?
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Re: FW #192
« Reply #13 on: August 12, 2022, 12:40:24 PM »
No

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Re: FW #192
« Reply #14 on: August 13, 2022, 11:13:29 AM »
170V(W136)?
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Re: FW #192
« Reply #15 on: August 13, 2022, 11:32:01 AM »
Yes, W136. 170Vb or 170S

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Re: FW #192
« Reply #16 on: August 18, 2022, 03:52:22 AM »
Professionals?

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Re: FW #192
« Reply #17 on: August 26, 2022, 10:39:55 AM »
Whitacres from Stoke-on-Trent?

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Re: FW #192
« Reply #18 on: August 26, 2022, 11:32:03 AM »
No

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Re: FW #192
« Reply #19 on: December 03, 2022, 04:24:07 AM »
Masters?

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Re: FW #192
« Reply #20 on: December 03, 2022, 08:41:44 AM »
1948?
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Re: FW #192
« Reply #21 on: December 03, 2022, 01:02:23 PM »
It's out of a 'modern' magazine and years younger than 1948

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Re: FW #192
« Reply #22 on: March 19, 2023, 10:14:53 AM »
Is this coachbuilder known for other woodies ?

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Re: FW #192
« Reply #23 on: March 19, 2023, 12:28:45 PM »
They built some of them, but that wasn't their main business

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Re: FW #192
« Reply #24 on: March 20, 2023, 06:20:20 AM »
Freestone & Webb ?