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bentleybob 58 solved: Mercedes-Benz 770(K) by Keibl
« on: June 28, 2012, 09:42:30 AM »
Streamlined looks, but by whom, on which make and type chassis, from when and for whom?
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Re: bentleybob 58
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2012, 05:53:14 AM »
Up, ;)

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Re: bentleybob 58
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2012, 05:48:32 PM »
I appreciate the look of this car, with its six side windows. Is it from England?

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Re: bentleybob 58
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2012, 09:05:42 PM »
no

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Re: bentleybob 58
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2012, 10:36:06 PM »
German?

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Re: bentleybob 58
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2012, 05:04:48 AM »
Partly

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Re: bentleybob 58
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2012, 10:54:41 AM »
German base car with coachwork from another country?

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Re: bentleybob 58
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2012, 11:31:16 AM »
Clever, very clever ;)

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Re: bentleybob 58
« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2012, 09:32:22 PM »
Clever, very clever ;)

It wasn't intended to be "clever", just to determine which path to follow.  But I'll ask if the base car is a Mercedes-Benz.

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Re: bentleybob 58
« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2012, 06:17:25 AM »
Yes, it is.

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Re: bentleybob 58
« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2012, 08:21:15 PM »
770 (Grosser) bodied by Mayfair?

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Re: bentleybob 58
« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2012, 03:36:40 AM »
Not by Mayfair

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Re: bentleybob 58
« Reply #12 on: August 07, 2012, 01:49:22 AM »
770 by Binder?

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Re: bentleybob 58
« Reply #13 on: August 07, 2012, 06:17:05 AM »
Not by Binder

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Re: bentleybob 58
« Reply #14 on: August 07, 2012, 06:15:56 PM »
Well, hell.  I'm just gonna have to let this one go so I can get the final stuff finished and leave for the salt flats.

Good luck to everyone on it.

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Re: bentleybob 58
« Reply #15 on: August 30, 2012, 06:02:16 AM »
Up, again..

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Re: bentleybob 58
« Reply #16 on: August 30, 2012, 06:25:57 AM »
French coachwork?

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Re: bentleybob 58
« Reply #17 on: August 30, 2012, 09:07:49 AM »
nope

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Re: bentleybob 58
« Reply #18 on: August 30, 2012, 09:33:12 AM »
Coachwork by Lancefield?

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Re: bentleybob 58
« Reply #19 on: August 30, 2012, 12:21:06 PM »
No, it isn't

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Re: bentleybob 58
« Reply #20 on: August 30, 2012, 04:11:16 PM »
Is the coachbuilder from an Eastern bloc country?

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Re: bentleybob 58
« Reply #21 on: August 30, 2012, 06:23:44 PM »
THe eastern bloc didn't come into existence until 1945. And since this car is obviously from before WW2, the answer is no.

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Re: bentleybob 58
« Reply #22 on: August 31, 2012, 12:01:44 AM »
THe eastern bloc didn't come into existence until 1945. And since this car is obviously from before WW2, the answer is no.
Fair enough.
I will re-phrase the question then by asking if it's by a Czechoslovakian coachbuilder?

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Re: bentleybob 58
« Reply #23 on: August 31, 2012, 07:32:43 AM »
Not czechoslowakian, no

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Re: bentleybob 58
« Reply #24 on: August 31, 2012, 11:39:06 AM »
1935 Mercedes-Benz Nürburg by Ferdinand Keibl?