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£1,456,000

c. 1927 Mercedes-Benz SSK Replica

Denmark • 12 Aug 2012

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This is a replica of a 1927 Mercedes-Benz SSK, presented in German racing white with red leather in the cockpit. While the provenance of parts is unknown, the overall appearance is pleasing, though some plating is missing from the windscreen frame and the engine compartment lacks detailing.

Condition

6

This is a replica, not an original. The listing mentions the frame for the windscreen has lost some of its plating, and the engine compartment has not been detailed.

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Transmission:

[Transmission]

Chassis No:

29570

Odometer:

[Odometer Reading]

Reg Number:

[Reg Number]

RHD/LHD:

LHD

This lot will be sold with the following documents: Bill of Sale Ferdinand Porsche designed the Typ S for Mercedes-Benz in 1927.

Lower than its predecessor, Model K, itself a short-wheelbase version of the Typ 400, the Typ S retained the K’s 3,410 mm wheelbase but enlarged the single overhead-cam six-cylinder engine to 6,800 cc.

Servo-assisted brakes were fitted, and its top speed was in the neighbourhood of 90 mph, resulting in Typ S cars finishing one-two-three in the 1927 German Grand Prix.

The standard body was a factory-built four-seat tourer, but custom coachwork was popular.

The Typ S was the first of the classic Mercedes-Benz cars to epitomise the genre, akin to Bentley or Alfa Romeo in their respective nations.

The Typ S became SS in 1928, with the engine enlarged to 7,065 cc and as much as 225 bhp.

The SSK (K for kurz, or “short”) had a more compact wheelbase and was the choice of sportsmen.

SSKs were available in several stages of tune, all of them supercharged.

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