1958 Mercedes-Benz 220 S [W180.010]
1958 Mercedes-Benz 220 S [W180.010] in Look at Life: Taxi! Taxi!!, Documentary, 1960
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◊ 2013-01-03 21:17 |
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◊ 2013-01-03 21:48 |
longer front of 6 cyl Große Ponton but not 220S from A pilar on shorter fond of 4 cyl model so not a 220a Limousine (W 180 I) but long nose short fond interim hybrid version 219 Limousine (W 105) i guess what do you think? -- Last edit: 2013-01-03 21:59:26 |
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◊ 2013-01-03 22:15 |
Agree. |
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◊ 2013-01-03 23:09 |
1958 plate (SMC). SWC was 63. |
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◊ 2013-01-04 14:46 |
I shall disagree. The car has long rear doors with the rear door quarter window. When you look a 219 photo on 3/4 front view, the car seems to be higher than this one. Besides, we can see the bottom double frills. All these details decide, in my opinion, to a 'regular' 220 S. Please compare with Link to "www.google.com.br" -- Last edit: 2013-01-04 14:47:34 |
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◊ 2013-01-04 14:49 |
I'm afraid I was too fast agreeing... Indeed there are the longer rear doors etc. Only thing is that I don't see the chrome strips underlining the fender mouldings. Therefore I think it is a 'regular' 220 without S. |
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◊ 2013-01-04 16:49 |
Well, I 'saw' all the frills. Actually there was a 220a in 1954 and 1955, without front fenders chromme strips (but always the rear fender strips were there). This was W180 I. A copy from wikipedia (very correct): "Introduced in March 1954, the 220a was a more luxurious and up-scale version of the W120 model 180 with a wheelbase stretched by 170 mm (6.7 in). 100 mm (3.9 in) of that increase in length was necessary to accommodate the longer straight-6 engine taken from the W187 model 220, that in this application delivered 85 PS (63 kW; 84 hp) fed by a single carburettor. The passenger cabin was also lengthened by 70 mm (2.8 in) to provide an increase in the leg room available to rear seat passengers. From the side these six cylinder cars can readily be distinguished from their shorter four cylinder siblings by the extra "quarter light" windows incorporated in each of the rear doors. 220a production ended in April, 1956 with 25,937 units produced." unquote After this W 180 I came the 220 S W 180 II with strips in front and rear fenders. Also the front quarter vent which was purely a glass without any frame was changed into a chrommed frame window (similar to any quarter window like VWs). I remain in faith to be a 220 S 1956+. |
