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£807,900

1928 Mercedes-Benz Model 630K Tourer

United Kingdom • 12 Jul 2013

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This 1928 Mercedes-Benz 630K Tourer, chassis 35407, features rare Erdmann & Rossi coachwork and a fascinating history, including delivery to a Mercedes-Benz distributor in the USA for Jerome R Gamble of Los Angeles, California. The car was purchased by the current owner from the Mercedes-Benz Classic Centre in 2006 and is presented in maroon with matching leather. Though its current mechanical condition is unknown, its completeness and originality make it a desirable collector's item.

Condition

6

While described as remarkably complete and original, the car's 18-month gap in history and unknown current mechanical condition make a precise rating difficult. The description notes re-covered front seat squabs and implies general originality, pointing to careful preservation but not ruling out potential wear or necessary maintenance.

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At the end of The Great War, both Daimler and Benz went back to producing cars.

Trading conditions in the early 1920s though, were extremely difficult: the War had left Germany's economy in ruins and there was rampant inflation.

Of the 86 German car factories operating in 1924, only 19 were in existence three years later.

If the two great rivals were to survive, it would have to be in partnership.

On 1st July 1926, Daimler and Benz completed their merger, the two companies having paved the way with a technical co-operation agreement in 1924.

By this time, Paul Daimler, founder Gottlieb's son and the company's Chief Engineer, had moved to Horch, his place being taken by Professor Ferdinand Porsche.

Like his predecessor, Porsche was an advocate of forced induction and although he would leave Daimler-Benz in 1928, his legacy was a range of supercharged Mercedes cars that are the stuff of legend.

Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft had introduced the world's first supercharged production c...