Solved: Wendax 1950 - Mercedes-Benz 200 V Geländesportwagen

[Wendax]

Could be an easy rookie point.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

[Wendax]

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[Bill Murray]

This one is a bit complicated.

It is a Mercedes off road sports car built in very limited quantities in 1938/1939.

There were two variants, the 230S/SV and the 170S/SV and they looked almost identical from what I have seen.

I will guess that the puzzle car is a 1938/9 230S/SV.

Bill

[Wendax]

You are close, but it is neither of the two you proposed.

[Bill Murray]

I looked at my source materiel again.
Perhaps a 170VS instead of SV?

Bill

[Wendax]

Not any kind of 170

[Bill Murray]

Well, a bit more research turned up a 1938 Mercedes 200V  Geländesport roadster.
Can it be this one?
Bill

[Wendax]

That's the one! About 30 Geländesportwagen of the Type W149 were built. Those with off-road suspension and tyres were called 170SV, the ones with street specification were known as 200V.

[Bill Murray]

Thanks.  I just did not read far enough and the translation was a bit dodgy.

Edit:  Here is a museum photo of one.

Bill

[Wendax]

The unmodified puzzle picture: