Voitures Anciennes
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RobertArthur
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Voitures Anciennes
Keep smiling gentlemen, imagine: " You and me and this car on the road ....maybe caught for hours.....so happy together, the three of us...."
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RobertArthur
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Voitures Anciennes
You’d need a lot more horsepower than Ben Hur to beat this car’s sheer power.
* Model: Mercedes-Benz ‘S’ model (W 06 series).
* Registration number on the black and white photograph, around 1928, IIIA-14762 . An old German registration number from what was then the Kingdom/Free People’s State of Württemberg with Stuttgart as its capital, the days of the Weimar Republic. Under the German number plate system of the time (introduced in 1906), Roman numerals denoted the various major federal states. The breakdown and structure of this specific number plate are as follows:
a/ State code (III), the Roman numeral III stood for the state of Württemberg.
b/ Region/District (A). The letter A immediately following the Roman numeral (IIIA) indicated the specific region, in this case the capital, Stuttgart, and its immediate surroundings.
c/ Serial number (14762): the number after the dash was the vehicle’s unique identification number.
d/ This one is from the same region. By the way, the tyre tread is quite deep.
• Engine type: 6.8-litre (6740 cc) six-cylinder in-line engine (M06) with single overhead camshaft (SOHC).
• Supercharger: Roots-type supercharger which engages mechanically as soon as the accelerator pedal is fully depressed.
• Power output without supercharger: 120 HP at 3,000 rpm.
• Power with supercharger: 180 HP at 3,000 rpm (press the accelerator pedal all the way down).
• Transmission: 4-speed manual gearbox.
• Suspension: rigid axles with semi-elliptical leaf springs and friction dampers at the front and rear.
• Brakes: mechanical drum brakes on all four wheels, fitted with power assistance.
• Top speed: approximately 170 to 175 km/h, not too bad for its time.
* Furthermore: I don’t think we can expect those two young ladies to fit new tyres with a deeper tread themselves.
* Model: Mercedes-Benz ‘S’ model (W 06 series).
* Registration number on the black and white photograph, around 1928, IIIA-14762 . An old German registration number from what was then the Kingdom/Free People’s State of Württemberg with Stuttgart as its capital, the days of the Weimar Republic. Under the German number plate system of the time (introduced in 1906), Roman numerals denoted the various major federal states. The breakdown and structure of this specific number plate are as follows:
a/ State code (III), the Roman numeral III stood for the state of Württemberg.
b/ Region/District (A). The letter A immediately following the Roman numeral (IIIA) indicated the specific region, in this case the capital, Stuttgart, and its immediate surroundings.
c/ Serial number (14762): the number after the dash was the vehicle’s unique identification number.
d/ This one is from the same region. By the way, the tyre tread is quite deep.
• Engine type: 6.8-litre (6740 cc) six-cylinder in-line engine (M06) with single overhead camshaft (SOHC).
• Supercharger: Roots-type supercharger which engages mechanically as soon as the accelerator pedal is fully depressed.
• Power output without supercharger: 120 HP at 3,000 rpm.
• Power with supercharger: 180 HP at 3,000 rpm (press the accelerator pedal all the way down).
• Transmission: 4-speed manual gearbox.
• Suspension: rigid axles with semi-elliptical leaf springs and friction dampers at the front and rear.
• Brakes: mechanical drum brakes on all four wheels, fitted with power assistance.
• Top speed: approximately 170 to 175 km/h, not too bad for its time.
* Furthermore: I don’t think we can expect those two young ladies to fit new tyres with a deeper tread themselves.