[W126 Coupe] off topic 1938 550mk

[Hovsep Dovlatian]

Thanks Chris?? Chris didnt post that I DID me HOVSEP
Thanks me not Chris!!! I I I 

--- Tom Oelsner <toelsner at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Thanks Chris.  What an awesome set of pictures.  Too
> bad they don't show the
> interior.
> Tom
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com
> [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com]On Behalf Of
> Hovsep Dovlatian
> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 1:58 PM
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> Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] off topic 1938 550mk
> 
> 
> Here is a link i ran into today may help:
>
http://www.seriouswheels.com/top-Mercedes-Benz-380-500-540-K.htm
> 
> 
> --- chris schafer <cjschafer at voyager.net> wrote:
> 
> > 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
> > > >
> > > >
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