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Sep 15, 2011 | 08:48 PM

Kerrmudgeon

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Settle an argument guys........

I know this isn't or most likely isn't Corvette, but my father thinks this is a Fraser Nash sports car or a British car, and I say it's an old Benz! What sayest thou, o learned ones???

Sep 15, 2011 | 08:51 PM

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I know this isn't or most likely isn't Corvette, but my father thinks this is a Fraser Nash sports car or a British car, and I say it's an old Benz! What sayest thou, o learned ones???

I'm gonna have to go with you bro. Benz........sorry Pops..

Sep 15, 2011 | 08:53 PM

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Eyebrow over the wheel well suggest Mercedes 300 SL

Sep 15, 2011 | 09:12 PM

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Eyebrow over the wheel well suggest Mercedes 300 SL

Which "eyebrow" are you talking about....

Sep 15, 2011 | 09:14 PM

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Which "eyebrow" are you talking about....

The horizontal body trim, painted in body color, that is immediately above the wheel well opening.

Sep 15, 2011 | 09:21 PM

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The horizontal body trim, painted in body color, that is immediately above the wheel well opening.

I was looking further up...if you know what i mean.

Sep 15, 2011 | 09:26 PM

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Here's my uneducated guess, Mercedes 190 SL as I have never seen a 300SL with wide whites although some 190s sported wides and later narrow whites.

Sep 15, 2011 | 09:34 PM

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I know this isn't or most likely isn't Corvette, but my father thinks this is a Fraser Nash sports car or a British car, and I say it's an old Benz! What sayest thou, o learned ones???

One thing for sure, it's not a Frazer/Nash. They weren't in business together.

There was a Kaiser Darrin plastic sports car. Kaiser/Frazer were partnered. That picture doesn't look like a Kaiser Darrin.

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Sep 15, 2011 | 09:45 PM

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how about a tri-5 thunderbird?
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Sep 15, 2011 | 09:49 PM

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Here's my uneducated guess, Mercedes 190 SL as I have never seen a 300SL with wide whites although some 190s sported wides and later narrow whites.

I think you may be right. Here's one I found on the net

Sep 15, 2011 | 10:06 PM

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I think you may be right. Here's one I found on the net

thanks guys, I WIN, hehe! Did all of them have that chrome strip over the fender?

Sep 15, 2011 | 11:45 PM

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No.

Sep 16, 2011 | 01:10 AM

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Yup, you guys are right, here's another Hood Ornament on one!

Sep 16, 2011 | 01:17 AM

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He might have been referring to a Nash Healey. Definitely a 190.

http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/...d/1291937.html

Sep 16, 2011 | 02:09 AM

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He might have been referring to a Nash Healey. Definitely a 190.

http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/...d/1291937.html

That's a pretty cool looking old roadster, thanks......

Sep 16, 2011 | 07:52 AM

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Yup, you guys are right, here's another Hood Ornament on one!

Holy Cow!!!

Sep 16, 2011 | 09:22 AM

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Here's my uneducated guess, Mercedes 190 SL as I have never seen a 300SL with wide whites although some 190s sported wides and later narrow whites.

I'd say a early 190 SL that probably didn't have the chrome above the wheel lip.
Really brings back memories.My dad was a mechanic for a Studebaker dealer that sold Mercedes Benz in the 50s and 60s.Besides those great cars I got to experience Studebaker's 55 Speedster,Golden Hawks and Avanti.

Sep 16, 2011 | 09:25 AM

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I saw an original Avanti in a small town in Ontario this week! Almond beige with real wire wheels. When I returned to take a picture of it, it was gone. Cool cars and CHEVY equipped!

Sep 16, 2011 | 10:32 AM

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Mercedes it is, all though there does not seem to be a chrome strip on the pic of yours , maybe a different year or a detail just missed.

Sep 16, 2011 | 11:24 AM

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I saw an original Avanti in a small town in Ontario this week! Almond beige with real wire wheels. When I returned to take a picture of it, it was gone. Cool cars and CHEVY equipped!

Original cars were Studebaker equipped; after bankruptcy and a million reorgs, they used Chevrolet SBs.

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