SA#1237 : Stude-Benz prototype by Jack Ryan 1961

[SACO]

What is this car , for 1 point ? 

[SACO]

Experts !

[richard cuyler]

Is it a Mercedes Benz 190sl base?

[FrontMan]

.....or a Citroen 15/6 special?

[SACO]

Yes ! Mercedes Benz  base !

[tobytwirl]

Is it by Wendler?

[SACO]

Not by Wendler !

[SACO]

Pros !

[Wendax]

Is it a one-off body on a prewar chassis using 190 SL parts?

[SACO]

Not a prewar chassis , but some Mercedes parts !

[SACO]

An other view of the car :

[tobytwirl]

Is that some Studebaker in the mix? Does that help?

[SACO]

 
Locked for you !

[tobytwirl]

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.

[SACO]

Yes ! it's the Stude-Benz prototype by the designer Jack Ryan ( husband of Zsa Zsa Gabor) in 1961 !
1 point for  tobytwirl !

[richard cuyler]

Ah. Can you hear that humming noise? It's Raymond spinning at 6000rpm in his grave.

[Allan L]

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.

[SACO]

 

[richard cuyler]

Can you blame her? Divorce was the only option:

"Darlink, I voodent be zeen det in zat orrible theeng!"

[Allan L]

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!"