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Hitler and Mercedes Bentz

Discussion in 'WWII General' started by Timothy, Dec 10, 2003.

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  1. No.9

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    The Imperial Hotel in Las Vegas claim to have one in their in-house car museum? A mine-proof, bulletproof, armored 1936 Mercedes-Benz 770K? :confused:

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  2. KnightMove

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    Nobody will ever know how many altered fire engines have been sold as "original Führer Mercedes". ;) Probably this car in Las Vegas is a fake (but I don't know for sure).
     
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    Doh ! Yet again, 'After The Battle' did an excellent article about 'Hitler's Mercedes' some time ago - I really must index and sort my 120-odd copies.... :eek: :rolleyes: [​IMG]
     
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    Considering everything else in Vegas is fake Knight, (except when you lose - that's real), I wouldn't be surprised.

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    I read somewhere that the Daimler Benz company provided six armored Mercedes Grosser Limousines to the Government, not Hitler directly. But these were the ones that he, Goring and Goebbels used. Hitler's cars had a raised platform on the floor in front of the passenger seat that he stood on during parades. Heck, I would even take one of the fakes. Those were some beautiful cars.
     
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