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NeedSpeed
06-21-2012, 12:43pm
:willy:

£1.5m Mercedes left in garage for 60 years | The Sun |News (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4382379/15m-Mercedes-left-in-garage-for-60-years.html)
Yerf Dog
06-21-2012, 1:07pm
http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01531/old-car_1531734a.jpg

:cool1:
Jobaka
06-21-2012, 1:09pm
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/LowFlyrVette/1928_Mercedes.jpg


I only purchase collectables in pairs. If he had two, I'd make him an offer.




Able to reach 100mph, the S-Type Mercedes Benz was among the world's fastest when it came off the production line in 1928.

I wonder how stable that thing is at 100mph. I'm betting a pucker factor of about 9.7.
Kerrmudgeon
06-21-2012, 1:13pm
Hey!! that reminds me of John Steed's Bentley from the Avengers TV series......

http://www.actwin.com/toaph/life/cars/tv/avengers_bentley.jpg

I bet it was hidden in there when they were at war with Germany.
The Brits would have probably wrecked it if they saw it, and that sentiment lasted for years after the war.
ApexOversteer
06-21-2012, 3:10pm
Hey!! that reminds me of John Steed's Bentley from the Avengers TV series......

http://www.actwin.com/toaph/life/cars/tv/avengers_bentley.jpg

I bet it was hidden in there when they were at war with Germany.
The Brits would have probably wrecked it if they saw it, and that sentiment lasted for years after the war.

... Or it was "borrowed" from Germany after the war and hidden. Lots of stories about race cars, luxury cars, yachts, etc disappearing from the Continent, and reappearing decades later in Britain...
Nemesis
06-21-2012, 8:47pm
I recognize that picture. There was a really long goose chase for this car. I'll look for the story after i run some errands.
Fastguy
06-21-2012, 9:45pm
... Or it was "borrowed" from Germany after the war and hidden. Lots of stories about race cars, luxury cars, yachts, etc disappearing from the Continent, and reappearing decades later in Britain...

Story said it was a one owner car purchased new in England.
Kerrmudgeon
06-21-2012, 9:59pm
... Or it was "borrowed" from Germany after the war and hidden. Lots of stories about race cars, luxury cars, yachts, etc disappearing from the Continent, and reappearing decades later in Britain...

Article said it was purchased at Mercedes of London. :seasix:
Mirroredshades
06-21-2012, 10:41pm
I know where there is a nearly flawless Model T that some weirdo eccentric built a house on top of it around 1930. The guy who bought the house in 2005 wanted to do some renovations and knocked a hole in the floor to get in the crawl space and found the car. Too bad Model T's aren't worth much.

:rofl: