#Mercedes-Benz 500K

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Mercedes-Benz 500K Spezial Roadster, 1935. The W29 series 500K was a grand touring car made by Mercedes for 2 years from 1934-36. They were powered by a supercharged straight 8 cylinder engine and only 29 Spezial Roadsters left the Sindelfingen plant.

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Unrestored 1934 Mercedes-Benz 500 K Offener Tourenwagen,

The name Offener Tourenwagen, or “open touring car,” in Mercedes-Benz parlance often brings to mind the vast and weighty 770 Ks of the late 1930s. On their sibling supercharged 500 K chassis, however, it referred to something entirely different: a very attractive two-door open model, with a rather low, subtly curving beltline, that recalled the powerful Sports 4 style of earlier K and S-type models. It was a very sporting automobile and one of the most masterful creations of the factory coachbuilders at Sindelfingen, who finished each body with the superb craftsmanship and quality materials for which they were renowned.

Chassis 105355, is one of only five surviving examples of this style on the 500 K chassis. According to its original Mercedes-Benz kommission sheet, a copy of which is on file, this car was originally delivered in late 1934 to Rudolf Hess of Berlin, one of the highest ranking members of the ruling National Socialist German Workers’ Party. Hess famously flew solo to Scotland in 1941 in a failed attempt to get the UK to exit the war. Instead, he was taken prisoner and convicted. To the victors, however, go the spoils: The 500 K was eventually commandeered at the end of WWII, and like so many of its brethren, wound up being used by American GI’s in Germany, then afterward came to the US.

As early as 1955, the car was in the ownership of V. Link Milsark of Vienna, West Virginia; a copy of a West Virginia title in his name, dated that year, is on file. Known to friends as “The Mayor of Rose Holler,” Mr. Milsark was an auto mechanic, aviator, model train collector, and a genuine character in every sense of the word. He is not known to have shown the 500 K in his decades of ownership but was nonetheless an enthusiastic owner, maintaining membership in and listing the car with the Classic Car Club of America for decades.

Mark Smith acquired the long-hidden Milsark 500 K in 2005 through what can only be described as one of his characteristic transactions, involving multiple cars and parties. He was undoubtedly pleased with the acquisition, which remained one of the great centerpieces of his collection ever after.

Retaining its original, numbers-matching chassis and engine per factory records, as well as the original typenschild on the firewall, the car remains startlingly original, never restored, and “improved” only as necessary over the years. Mr. Smith kept it much as he acquired it, with sensitivity towards preserving the condition in which it had been left by its long-term prior owner. At some point the bottoms of the front seats were replaced and covers were fit over the seat backs; the balance of the interior, including the door cards and rear seat, is that fitted at Sindelfingen in 1934. A 1955–1956 West Virginia DMV inspection sticker is even still intact on the windshield.

Mr. Smith exhibited his 500 K in the Prewar Preservation class at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance® in 2006, and at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance in 2019, where it received an Amelia Award in the exclusive 500 K/540 K class. Due to its high degree of originality and fascinating history, it ought to be a welcome entrant into many other concours, recognizing what its longtime owners saw in it: a very special automobile, made only more so by its passage through time.

Mathieu Heurtault, courtesy of Gooding & Company.

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Mercedes-Benz 500K Special Roadster 1934. - source Auction Bay Kenya.

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Mercedes-Benz 500K Mulliner Cabriolet, 1935

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1935 Mercedes Benz 500K

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1935 Mercedes Benz 500K Cabriolet - William J Sims

Beginning in the '30s, Mercedes-Benz designed a wider gap between its racing cars -and luxury models. The 1935 Mercedes-Benz 500k Cabriolet A was one of the new luxury models, with flowing body lines and independent four-wheel suspension to assure a smooth ride on any surface. The 500K series cars were limited edition models offered in nine body styles and designed by Hans Nibel, who also designed the famous Blitzen Benz. A straight eight engine with overhead valves powered the 500K series. The engine was equipped with a supercharge that would engage when the accelerator was floored. Only 354 of the 1935 Mercedes 500K were produced

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[solaireprince]

what’s your favorite car?

My favourite would be this lovely black 1936 Mercedes-Benz 500K Spezial-Roadster. It's just gorgeous, and runs as smooth as anything.

I've taken Lovely out in it a few times. I'd like to say they enjoyed the experience just as much as I did ;)

#i literally went to look at wikipedia for fancy cars and this is one that seemed to fit his aesthetic #redacted vincent #redacted rp #suggestive

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1935 Mercedes-Benz 500K by David G. Schultz

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Mercedes-Benz 500K Mulliner Cabriolet, 1935. Coachbuilders H. J. Mulliner & Co begun business in Chiswick, West London, in 1897. They were taken over by Rolls Royce is 1959. During the period they were independent much of their production was for Rolls Royce and Bentley but they also made coachbuilt versions of other makes including this one-off based on the W29 Mercedes 500K

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El Mercedes-Benz 500K Special Roadster: una sinfonía sobrealimentada de elegancia y potencia

The Mercedes-Benz 500K Special Roadster: A Supercharged Symphony of Elegance and Power Mercedes-Benz 500K Escala 1:18 $2064🇮🇹 El Mercedes-Benz 500K Special Roadster, construido en 1936, es más que un simple automóvil: es una obra maestra sobre ruedas que representa la cima de la ingeniería y el diseño alemanes antes de la guerra. Este gran turismo biplaza es un ícono de elegancia automotriz,…

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Mercedes-Benz 500K - Cabriolet B - 1935

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Mercedes-Benz 500K Special Roadster 1936. - source The Old Merc Guy.

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