During the 1970s, two Swedish car enthusiasts explored Poland and Czechoslovakia in search of hidden away gems. While visiting Poznan, Alf Johansson and Birger J. Nillsen came across a Mercedes-Benz 500 K Spezial Roadster that had been carefully dismantled. It appeared remar>>>
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One of an estimated 25 500 Ks fitted by the factory with the range-topping Spezial Roadster bodywork, this example was ordered new by a Mr W. L. Quartermaine after he had seen an earlier example at the 1935 Earls Court Motor Show. An insurance broker by trade, Quartermaine s>>>
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This Mercedes-Benz 500 K was entrusted to the 'Sonderwagen' (special vehicles) department of the in-house coach-work factory in Sindelfingen. Here it was fitted with the most exclusive 'Spezial Roadster' design penned by head of department Hermann Ahrens. It was sold new to >>>
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