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GG-52 Wartburg-Mercedes 170V by Schwarze
« on: September 05, 2009, 03:01:16 PM »
What's the story behind this car?
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Re: GG-52
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2009, 04:06:37 PM »
Too late, rookies  ;)
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Re: GG-52
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2009, 05:59:43 PM »
I know that this car is a Mercedes-Wartburg made to be a taxi isn“t it??
The Mercedes-Wartburg was intended for the local taxi trade and a 25cm extension to the bonnet and wings was necessary to cover the 170V chassis. The Wartburg 311 shell must have been gutted and filleted in the process but apart from the slight stretch and the bigger 16 inch wheels you could almost mistake it for a Wartburg – if you ignored the Mercedes radiator grille. Bearing in mind the age of the 170V, this was probably not a cosmetic item.
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Re: GG-52
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2009, 01:05:53 AM »
Yes, you've got it!
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Re: GG-52 Wartburg-Mercedes 170V
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2011, 07:35:25 AM »
't was made by Gorlitz firm of Schwarz
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Re: GG-52 Wartburg-Mercedes 170V
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2011, 04:26:13 PM »
A magazine article from 1968 showing a coupe body
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Re: GG-52 Wartburg-Mercedes 170V
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2011, 04:31:03 PM »
What is the story?  Was this was made by Wartburg in East Germany using 170V chassis and running gear supplied by Daimler-Benz in West Germany.  Or was it done by a company independent of both?
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Re: GG-52 Wartburg-Mercedes 170V
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2011, 04:37:56 PM »
Between 1956 and 1960 the coachbuilder Schwarze from Görlitz, Eastern Germany, built around 20 of these rebodied pre-war Mercedes-Benz 170 V using Wartburg 311 bodies. They were mostly used as taxis. Schwarze built even one convertible Wartburg-Mercedes.
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Re: GG-52 Wartburg-Mercedes 170V
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2011, 04:56:29 PM »
Yeah, but nobody seems to listen ;) (joking)
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Re: GG-52 Wartburg-Mercedes 170V
« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2012, 01:59:14 PM »
Quote from: Wendax on April 04, 2011, 04:37:56 PM
Schwarze built even one convertible Wartburg-Mercedes.
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Re: GG-52 Wartburg-Mercedes 170V by Schwarze
« Reply #10 on: April 25, 2021, 02:44:39 AM »
Even prettier in two-tone:
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Re: GG-52 Wartburg-Mercedes 170V by Schwarze
« Reply #11 on: April 25, 2021, 02:45:20 AM »
At least two cars still exist:
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Re: GG-52 Wartburg-Mercedes 170V by Schwarze
« Reply #12 on: January 13, 2022, 02:15:17 AM »
And another one:
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