Wim,
Sorry I can't help on the model type. But interesting to see that it was converted for rail use.
Regards,
Michael
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Well the first car has 3 windows on each side and the Mercedes-Benz limousine type 200 (W 21) has 2. The first has suicide doors and the other one doesn't seem to (black car color & low quality photo not sure). The first car has a longer wheel base. The radiator grill on the first car is much flater. Mounting location of the headlights is lower. I see many other small differences. I would say the first car is a earlier car. So if they are the same model, the first car is some years earlier.
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
Thanks guys for your kind answers. The three windows I had not noticed.
I know the first 200's came in about 1933 or so. Of course this type has been
changed while it was used on railroad tracks (Schienenauto). Maybe the
car was a derived 200 "lang" (which often were in use as a taxi) and must have
been for a higher ranked official, due to the fact the car is guarded by a member
from the Bahnschutzpolizei.
The shown car with post 1 looks quite new, in my opinion, but must be from about
1938/1939 or so, due to the symbol as positioned onto the door. The used symbol
came into being not earlier then 1938, which I cannot reveal here, due to the use
of this photo in a planned book.
Hi Wim,
I think that the car itself may be earlier, from perhaps the beginning of the decade, the type was extant from 1928 to 1936 in a vast array of different versions, including body styles and wheel base lengths. The car WAS also offered in bare chassis form for customers wishing to purchase a car body from an independent coach builder, hence my suggestion it wears a custom/coach built body.
Regards, Ned.
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We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
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In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
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