One of the first post-merger models to wear the Mercedes-Benz name, the 8/38 was developed under the technical direction of Ferdinand Porsche and featured a 2.0-liter, side-valve, inline, six-cylinder engine, three-speed manual transmission, semi-elliptic leaf spring suspension, and four-wheel mechanical brakes.

Nearly 17,000 were produced between 1926 and 1933, in later years as the Typ Stuttgart 200.

The 8/38 offered here is said to have once served as a taxi, putting to good use its configuration as a sedan with a division window.

A charming black-and-white photograph dated 1960 shows the car in what appears to be still very good overall condition and wearing U.S.

Forces in Germany plates, indicating that it likely came Stateside around that time with a returning serviceman.

The current owner believes himself to be the fourth American caretaker, with previous owners having included J.

Robert Canby, Jr., of Maryland, and Arthur Wentworth of Bellrook, Ohio.

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