IggyDrives

Sorry if this has been posted already. Online auction, pickup only, in Dayton, Ohio: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/103186009 Current bid is $3,000. Reserve is met.

Thanks. I knew it looked expensive. From what I could gather, Locomobiles were one of the premier marques around that time.

This car plays the role of the Kaiser's vehicle. To me, it looks like an American car, maybe a Buick?

Maybach DS8 Zeppelin Stromlinien

770 D (1930)

Strangely, it was through the news of the fire, that I learned that Notre Dame had a spire. Standing in front of it as an ignorant adolescent in the early 80s, I didn't notice one.

Famous opera tenor Richard Tauber and his cars. He was a star in the 1920s, until he was forced to emigrate from Germany and Austria, but continued to perform until 1947.

This car seems to have inspired the proportions of the most popular "rat rod" style, except that the Voisin is a complete automobile. What an amazing car.

By the way, a good source on pre-war MBs is Heribert Hohner's Mercedes Benz Automobile, 6 vols. (BLV Verlagsgesellschaft, 1982-1986), specifically volumes 1 & 2. One of the many variations of the Mannheim:

This car doesn't look like it has the Kompressor pipes.

This doesn't look like an actual photograph: