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J. Huber

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Long Lost Uncle?
« on: May 26, 2008, 13:09:39 »
Not everyday my car gets to be the new kid on the block...





And here is my attempt at art!...


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Re: Long Lost Uncle?
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2008, 22:51:02 »
James,

Beautiful ponton sedan, give us the story.  Did you just double your collection?

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Re: Long Lost Uncle?
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2008, 08:03:58 »
No Pete, nothing that exciting. I spotted the car in Nevada City a few weeks back, and yesterday while on my Memorial Day Drive, saw it again and whipped in for a picture. It appears original (ie could use some interior work) but is very complete. Body & chrome very decent I'd say. It is in the lot of a old muffler shop, perhaps waiting for some new pipes. Any one want me to pry? (the owner not the door lock...)

Its a 190D -- would that make it about a 1959 or 1960?
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Re: Long Lost Uncle?
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2008, 10:17:10 »
And here I thought I was the only one who would pull up next to cool old cars owned by complete strangers and take pictures...  :mrgreen:

Perhaps it's time to start a thread entitled "My pagoda next to..."
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Re: Long Lost Uncle?
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2008, 11:24:54 »
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Hello James,


last weekend was the meeting of IG Ponton in Wetzlar, the oldest Mercedes-Mark-Club in Germany. Check here in my forum.





http://www.vdcm.de/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1737


Regards from Bad Homburg,

Detlef

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Re: Long Lost Uncle?
« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2008, 14:15:25 »
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Originally posted by waqas

And here I thought I was the only one who would pull up next to cool old cars owned by complete strangers and take pictures...  :mrgreen:

Perhaps it's time to start a thread entitled "My pagoda next to..."



Hey Waqas, what's worse is when I see a Pagoda parked, and then whip an immediate u-turn and promptly crawl underneath to see what the floorpans look like. The kids think I am whacked... (the wife knows it!  :oops: )

And thanks for the link Detlef. This was the first one I ever actually looked at upclose. Very cool. In fact, stopped by there today because the place was open. A frankly crabby mechanic said it was not his but a customer getting brakes. Not for sale that I could gather...
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