Pictures ***Classic Mercedes-Benz Car Show Schwabmühlhausen 2019***

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All photos can be seen in the link below. Enjoy.

FULL ALBUM: Wimmer Fotografie

Some of the more interesting cars on display were...

My favorite car at the show was this 220S! Why? Because of the three 1950s-1960s era dolls in the background. I saw this car pull into the show grounds and assume that this was a family with three beautiful young daughters. As I approached the car I saw that the "daughters" were dolls. They are wearing period correct clothing and hairstyles. They are dressed in their "Sunday best" clothing and this is pretty much how a well-to-do German family of the post-war era would have driven around on a weekend.

Another highlight was this! The oldest car at the show with an interesting history. This is a 1938 Mercedes-Benz 230 Cabriolet B which was first delivered to a customer in Argentina. It returned to Europe sometime in the late 1960s with a Swiss businessman and then ended up abandoned for a few years. The current owner bought it and had it restored. Lovely car.

Mercedes Benz Schwabmühlhausen Vintage (245) — Postimage.org

 

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It's perplexing how cars went from scultupred like a Formula E car to blocky in 1970-1980s

 

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The W188 300S coupes and cabriolets were the absolute embodiment of "German Luxury Grand Touring" in the postwar 1950s'. The most expensive German automobiles of the day, I believe. Especially the special coachwork (and extremely rare) Wendler W188 coupe with its' characteristic "panorama" rear window is a precious gem of an era luxury classic.

 

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The W188 300S coupes and cabriolets were the absolute embodiment of "German Luxury Grand Touring" in the postwar 1950s'. The most expensive German automobiles of the day, I believe. Especially the special coachwork (and extremely rare) Wendler W188 coupe with its' characteristic "panorama" rear window is a precious gem of an era luxury classic.

They were indeed. Mercedes are trying to resurect the same glamour with the S650 Maybach Cabrio.

 

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They were indeed. Mercedes are trying to resurect the same glamour with the S650 Maybach Cabrio.

I think that Mercedes-Benz went a bit too far on the S650 Maybach cabriolet. Excessive bling and glitter do not necessarily benefit the asthetics of an automobile. I've never liked that particular car.

 

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The W188 300S coupes and cabriolets were the absolute embodiment of "German Luxury Grand Touring" in the postwar 1950s'. The most expensive German automobiles of the day, I believe. Especially the special coachwork (and extremely rare) Wendler W188 coupe with its' characteristic "panorama" rear window is a precious gem of an era luxury classic.

Indeed. They were also quite rare.

In 1953 a humble 180 "Ponton" (W120 B I) cost a hefty 9,950 Deutschmarks. A 300S Coupe/Convertible cost 34,500 Deutschmarks.

A basic Volkswagen Käfer in 1953 cost "only" 3,790 Deutschmarks.