Saturday, February 28, 2015

1959 Mercedes-Benz  300d with divider window (one of less than 40 ??)
Sold at Mecum auction 2/28/2015






















LOT S73 // ROGERS' CLASSIC CAR MUSEUM 2015 // FEB 27-28NO RESERVE
1959 MERCEDES-BENZ 300 ADENAUER SEDAN
FEWER THAN 50 WERE BUILT WITH FACTORY DIVIDER

CATALOG
  • Mecum Auctions presents the Rogers Classic Car Museum Collection offered at no reserve
1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Sedan Fewer than 50 were Built with Factory Divider presented as lot S73 at Las Vegas, NV 2015 - image1
1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Sedan Fewer than 50 were Built with Factory Divider presented as lot S73 at Las Vegas, NV 2015 - image2
1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Sedan Fewer than 50 were Built with Factory Divider presented as lot S73 at Las Vegas, NV 2015 - image3
1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Sedan Fewer than 50 were Built with Factory Divider presented as lot S73 at Las Vegas, NV 2015 - image4
1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Sedan Fewer than 50 were Built with Factory Divider presented as lot S73 at Las Vegas, NV 2015 - image5
1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Sedan Fewer than 50 were Built with Factory Divider presented as lot S73 at Las Vegas, NV 2015 - image6
1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Sedan Fewer than 50 were Built with Factory Divider presented as lot S73 at Las Vegas, NV 2015 - image7
1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Sedan Fewer than 50 were Built with Factory Divider presented as lot S73 at Las Vegas, NV 2015 - image8
1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Sedan Fewer than 50 were Built with Factory Divider presented as lot S73 at Las Vegas, NV 2015 - image9
1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Sedan Fewer than 50 were Built with Factory Divider presented as lot S73 at Las Vegas, NV 2015 - image10
1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Sedan Fewer than 50 were Built with Factory Divider presented as lot S73 at Las Vegas, NV 2015 - image11
1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Sedan Fewer than 50 were Built with Factory Divider presented as lot S73 at Las Vegas, NV 2015 - image12
1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Sedan Fewer than 50 were Built with Factory Divider presented as lot S73 at Las Vegas, NV 2015 - thumbail image1
1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Sedan Fewer than 50 were Built with Factory Divider presented as lot S73 at Las Vegas, NV 2015 - thumbail image2
1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Sedan Fewer than 50 were Built with Factory Divider presented as lot S73 at Las Vegas, NV 2015 - thumbail image3
1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Sedan Fewer than 50 were Built with Factory Divider presented as lot S73 at Las Vegas, NV 2015 - thumbail image4
1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Sedan Fewer than 50 were Built with Factory Divider presented as lot S73 at Las Vegas, NV 2015 - thumbail image5
1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Sedan Fewer than 50 were Built with Factory Divider presented as lot S73 at Las Vegas, NV 2015 - thumbail image6
1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Sedan Fewer than 50 were Built with Factory Divider presented as lot S73 at Las Vegas, NV 2015 - thumbail image7
1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Sedan Fewer than 50 were Built with Factory Divider presented as lot S73 at Las Vegas, NV 2015 - thumbail image8
1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Sedan Fewer than 50 were Built with Factory Divider presented as lot S73 at Las Vegas, NV 2015 - thumbail image9
1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Sedan Fewer than 50 were Built with Factory Divider presented as lot S73 at Las Vegas, NV 2015 - thumbail image10
1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Sedan Fewer than 50 were Built with Factory Divider presented as lot S73 at Las Vegas, NV 2015 - thumbail image11
1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer Sedan Fewer than 50 were Built with Factory Divider presented as lot S73 at Las Vegas, NV 2015 - thumbail image12
  • Engine
    3.0/180 HP
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  • Trans
    Automatic
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  • Color
    White
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  • Interior
    Red

ESTIMATE: $40,000 - $60,000 

HIGHLIGHTS


- Car has been started in the last two weeks
- May still need mechanical and fuel system maintenance
- Car has not been driven
- Runs off starting fluid
- Fuel injection needs sorting
- Engine sounds mechanically sound
- Equal in price to the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud but with superior performance
- Named after Konrad Adenauer, the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Often used by heads of sate
- Chancellor Adenauer employed six custom convertible, hardtop, and landaulet versions during his tenure
- 3.0/180 HP single overhead cam inline-6
- Automatic transmission
- White with Red leather interior
- Fewer than 50 built with factory divider
- Wood dash and window trim
- Carved passenger grab handle
- Full instrumentation
- Updated Motorola push button radio
- Central in-dash clock
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