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Title: SA#1237 : Stude-Benz prototype by Jack Ryan 1961
Post by: SACO on December 06, 2017, 02:55:27 AM
What is this car , for 1 point ?  :)
Title: Re: SA#1237
Post by: SACO on December 12, 2017, 03:00:25 AM
Experts !
Title: Re: SA#1237
Post by: richard cuyler on December 18, 2017, 07:23:39 AM
Is it a Mercedes Benz 190sl base?


Title: Re: SA#1237
Post by: FrontMan on December 18, 2017, 04:30:47 PM
.....or a Citroen 15/6 special?
Title: Re: SA#1237
Post by: SACO on December 19, 2017, 02:13:50 AM
Yes ! Mercedes Benz  base !
Title: Re: SA#1237
Post by: tobytwirl on December 27, 2017, 04:58:51 PM
Is it by Wendler?
Title: Re: SA#1237
Post by: SACO on January 01, 2018, 05:09:00 AM
Not by Wendler !
Title: Re: SA#1237
Post by: SACO on January 03, 2018, 09:47:52 AM
Pros !
Title: Re: SA#1237
Post by: Wendax on January 03, 2018, 10:07:25 AM
Is it a one-off body on a prewar chassis using 190 SL parts?
Title: Re: SA#1237
Post by: SACO on January 03, 2018, 11:30:06 AM
Not a prewar chassis , but some Mercedes parts !
Title: Re: SA#1237
Post by: SACO on January 06, 2018, 08:31:28 AM
An other view of the car :
Title: Re: SA#1237
Post by: tobytwirl on January 07, 2018, 07:29:18 AM
Is that some Studebaker in the mix? Does that help?
Title: Re: SA#1237
Post by: SACO on January 07, 2018, 09:02:11 AM
 :thumbsup:
Locked for you !
Title: Re: SA#1237 : Locked
Post by: tobytwirl on January 07, 2018, 07:17:47 PM
Cannot find actual car, so I would guess that someone has taken a Loewy designed Studebaket of the type that has the vertical grille, chopped the top off, and substituted a Mercedes grille and air vent, plus of course the expected mods to make it look like a showstopper. Studebaker Packard at one point were about to add Mercedes Benz to their dealerships, so there is some natural synergy.
My guess would be that it is a Studebaker Hawk GT that has been sacrificed.
Title: Re: SA#1237 : Locked
Post by: SACO on January 08, 2018, 04:58:34 AM
Yes ! it's the Stude-Benz prototype by the designer Jack Ryan ( husband of Zsa Zsa Gabor) in 1961 !
1 point for  tobytwirl ! :)
Title: Re: SA#1237 : Stude-Benz prototype by Jack Ryan 1961
Post by: richard cuyler on January 08, 2018, 09:12:59 AM
Ah. Can you hear that humming noise? It's Raymond spinning at 6000rpm in his grave. ;D
Title: Re: SA#1237 : Locked
Post by: Allan L on January 08, 2018, 12:53:56 PM
Quote from: SACO on January 08, 2018, 04:58:34 AM
Yes ! it's the Stude-Benz prototype by the designer Jack Ryan (the husband of Zsa Zsa Gabor) in 1961 !
Husband of Zsa Zsa Gabor is hardly a unique descriptor as I recall. . . Ryan was the sixth (January 21, 1975 – August 24, 1976 it says somewhere) and there were three more.
Title: Re: SA#1237 : Stude-Benz prototype by Jack Ryan 1961
Post by: SACO on January 08, 2018, 02:07:15 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: SA#1237 : Stude-Benz prototype by Jack Ryan 1961
Post by: richard cuyler on January 09, 2018, 09:28:42 AM
Can you blame her? Divorce was the only option:

"Darlink, I voodent be zeen det in zat orrible theeng!"
Title: Re: SA#1237 : Stude-Benz prototype by Jack Ryan 1961
Post by: Allan L on January 09, 2018, 05:31:54 PM
Quote from: richard cuyler on January 09, 2018, 09:28:42 AM
Can you blame her? Divorce was the only option:

"Darlink, I voodent be zeen det in zat orrible theeng!"
At this point in the digression I shall remind you that she is said to have described herself as a housekeeper - "whenever I have a divorce, I keep the house!"