• Unique one-off • Commissioned by Daimler-Benz CEO Dr Wilhelm Haspel • An older restoration • Fitted with a 230 engine Essentially the prototype for the Mercedes-Benz 220 Coupés that would be produced several years later, the car offered here was originally built for Dr Wilhelm Haspel, the CEO of Daimler-Benz AG, who is credited with the German manufacturer's rapid reconstruction after WW2.

Haspel died in 1952 and subsequently the Mercedes was acquired by a Lufthansa pilot, who had discovered the car in the USA and brought it back to Germany.

The pilot sold the car to one Erhardt Bernot, who appears to have owned it from at least 1976 to 2002 and possibly longer (see correspondence on file).

Mr Bernot conducted a vast amount of research, reaching out to Daimler-Benz many times, and carried out a full restoration, including fitting a 230 engine in place of the original, damaged unit.

The paint and bodywork have been refinished in glossy black to a better standard than would have be...