[W126 Coupe] off topic 1938 550mk

[chris schafer]

Have I got a story for you.
I live in the country just outside of Columbus, Ohio and about ten or
twelve years ago I had a neighbor by the name of CJ.

CJ was a rough long haired hard workin guy from the hills, he worked on
cars at his home and he had a car hauler.

One day he shows up with a pre war MB roadster on the truck.

I rushed right over.

CJ tells me he's hauled these old cars before, has a special customer
who likes them. It's kind of a secret so I don't ask anymore questions.

This was an unrestored car and I got to look it over pretty closely.
Loved it!

Well don't you know, CJ shows up three or four more times hauling more
pre-war MB 2 seaters. I think he stopped by once with one on the truck
and one on a trailer.

Don't know where they came from, don't know where they went. 

Got pictures around here somewhere, I think.

Cheers all!
Hope to see some MB drivers at Mid Ohio this weekend.
Chris Schafer
Millersport, Ohio  

> I don't know about a 38, but I have been in a '37 MB
> 500K that belonged to Laurl and Hardy (one of them). 
> That had mother of pearl dash, and all the accents
> inside that looked like chrome were sterling silver. 
> Car was a beaut.  This was about 10-12 years ago, and
> it was going for $1.3M
> 
> David
> 
> --- Tom Oelsner <toelsner at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> > A couple of nights ago there was a show on the
> > Discovery Channel about WWII
> > cars.  One of the cars was a 1938 MBZ 550MK
> > (MK550?).  This car was about
> > the most gorgeous car I have ever seen with what
> > appeared to be a mother of
> > pearl dashboard.  Has anybody heard of this car?  A
> > Google search showed
> > nothing.  Also shown was a 770 series that was a
> > large luxury vehicle
> > (usually chauffer driven).  There were only about
> > 300 made and many of them
> > went to ruin, scavenged for parts and just left by
> > the side of the road as
> > the war wore down.
> > Tom Oelsner
> > 
> > 
> > The MB Coupes Website!
> > W126 SEC Mailing List
> > Postings remain property of MB Coupes, L.L.C.
> > 
> 
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