1954 Mercedes-Benz 220 [W180.010]

1954 Mercedes-Benz 220 [W180.010] in Motforestilling, Movie, 1972

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

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Author	Message
WoodyWoodstock ◊ 2010-12-29 20:30	Should be the 190 Ponton but I'm not sure
cl82 ◊ 2010-12-29 20:40	I wonder whether it's even a 220 due to the lenght of the hood.
DynaMike ◊ 2010-12-29 20:41	The nose is too long, the rear door windows have quarterlights... It's a 6-cylinder version, most probably a 1954+ 220 [W180].
DynaMike ◊ 2010-12-29 20:42	Zum Wohle, Cl82
cl82 ◊ 2010-12-29 20:43
Ingo ◊ 2010-12-30 09:49	Was metallic paint originally available for the Ponton?
cl82 ◊ 2011-03-09 08:35	Wow, that is a difficult question. All I know is that MB had problems making durable metallic paintjobs even in the days of the W116 and W123, so more than 20 years later. There was even a time in 1977/78 or so when dealers were forbidden to order more than 15% of the cars with metallic-paint due to both capacity and quality problems.
Ingo ◊ 2011-03-09 09:27	Oh, so Mercedes Benz had the same problem as Volkswagen. For many years, up to the late 70ies, they weren't able to offer high-quality-metallic paintings, too. Surely a problem of the paint-company. No car-company produces own paintings and other chemicals.