Mercedes-benz, the 1950s Ponton Series

Mercedes-benz, the 1950s Ponton Series

Author: Bernd S. Koehling

Publisher:

Published: 2017-04-04

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9781545155301

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The 180 W120 ponton sedan was launched in 1953 and was a gamble, because Daimler-Benz did not know, how its more conservative clientele would react to it. Luckily the car turned into a big hit and one year later, its six-cylinder sibling was born. This 220-page book gives you all the essential facts about the ponton series. With it you will also receive as bonus one of the author's 23 Mercedes e-books as free pdf file. This is what you get with this guide: you will read about the complete development and history of each model from the 180D to the 220SE cabriolet a comprehensive Buyer's Guide can help you to find the model that suits you best chassis number and data card are explained in great detail. It helps you to find out how your car was equipped, when it left the factory it looks at their value changes from 2009 until March 2017 over 130 recent, non-Daimler AG color photos highlight many interesting and unique features, this includes pictures of the suspension it deals with rare cars such as the South African 180 "Bakkie" it talks about the ponton coach-built versions, among them two unique coach-built six-cylinder cars and it discusses the rare and not always understood Hydrak semi-automatic A separate chapter covers the cars' technical features and production history. Why is this book not available as hard cover? Even today with modern digital printing services available, books with many color photos are expensive to produce. This book comes with over 220 high quality photos, some 130 of them in color, and would cost retail as hardcover version over US$ 70 (or the corresponding amount in � or e), which the author finds excessive. That is why the choice to offer the more reasonable to produce soft cover option. Thank you for your understanding. FREE BONUS DETAILS: Once you have bought this book, please contact the author through his website (inside the book) and stipulate, which free pdf file you want him to send to you. You will find a complete list of all published e-books at the end of this book.


The Mercedes-Benz Ponton and 190SL

The Mercedes-Benz Ponton and 190SL

Author: James Taylor

Publisher: The Crowood Press

Published: 2023-06-20

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 071984228X

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The Pontons may have been Mercedes-Benz's bread-and-butter models of the 1950s, but they were vitally important in establishing the marque as a significant player around the globe. Alongside the saloons that made Mercedes famous world-wide for long-lasting and economical taxis, there were exotic two-door cabriolet and coupé derivatives, and the cars' basic structure was made available too for conversion into ambulances, pick-ups, estate cars and hearses. Not always appreciated is that the 190SL sports model was also derived from the engineering of the Ponton range. The Ponton Mercedes and the 190SL have long enjoyed a strong enthusiast following around the world. Here is their story, from their creation at a time when Mercedes was emerging from the devastation of war, though their success during the German Economic Miracle of the 1950s, to their final days in the early 1960s alongside the first of the 'Fintail' models that would eventually replace them. No enthusiast of these widely respected cars will want to be without this book.


MERCEDES-BENZ, the 1950s

MERCEDES-BENZ, the 1950s

Author: Bernd S. Koehling

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2012-09-02

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9781479243402

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The second half of the 1950s gave Mercedes customers an exciting line of new cars that offered them everything from the frugal 180 diesel to the iconic 300SL. This reference work covers them in great detail from the 180 and 220 ponton series to the 190SL and 300SL. An earlier volume talks about the 170, 220 and 300 series. Superbly illustrated with recent non-Daimler AG photography, this guide explains the cars' features and talks about their interesting racing history. It continues with full technical details and the annual production history of each model. A separate chapter highlights the importance people such as Uhlenhaut, Wilfert and Nallinger had on the fate of Daimler-Benz in those days. If you want to know more about the Mercedes cars of the late 1950s, then you want to read this book. FREE BONUS: When you have bought this book, you are eligible for a free pdf file of any Mercedes model (such as W111 or W186 or R107 for example) the author has covered in one of his books. Please contact the author through his website (inside the book) and stipulate, which free pdf file you want him to send to you.


Mercedes-Benz, the Fifties

Mercedes-Benz, the Fifties

Author: Bernd S. Koehling

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2012-01-09

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 9781468126471

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The 300SL Gullwing: one of the true icons of the automotive world. This book will describe, how two men have used this car as their daily driver, one of them even covering almost half a million kilometers (including a trip all the way up to Moscow, the Russian State capital). But it also informs, how a turbo-charged 190SL compared with a standard 190SL back in the 1960s. Other stories covered in this book:- how it is to drive a 180 ponton diesel with close to 700,000 km on the clock in today's world? - or why a 220S six-cylinder ponton is a suitable successor to a British Morris Minor? - who were the men, who made these great cars possible, men like Prof. Nallinger, R. Uhlenhaut, K. Wilfert or M. HoffmanIt covers everything from the Mercedes-Benz 180/190 sedan from the early 1950s, the luxurious and expensive 220S/SE cabriolets and coupes up to the terrific 190SL and 300SL. But it does not only give a detailed view of the history of each of these Mercedes-Benz vehicles, it also talks about production figures, developments within the individual model range and discusses coach-built versions such as the South African "Bakkie" and the ponton racing history.And it shows never before published color pictures of each model.


Ferrari

Ferrari

Author: Dennis Adler

Publisher: Motorbooks International

Published: 2022-01-11

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 0760372098

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Celebrate 75 years of Ferrari with this complete, fascinating, and stunningly illustrated history highlighting the company’s legendary sports cars and their worldwide influence. A stellar combination of beauty, engineering, racing success, exclusivity, and Italian flair combine to make Ferrari the world’s most legendary carmaker. All these traits coalesce in the form of Ferrari’s road cars. No other sports car manufacturer has so consistently set the bar for style and performance. It’s a near unbroken 75-year run of automotive hits: The 125S in 1947 The versatile 340 in the 1950s The stunning 250s and 275s of the 1960s The Daytona in the 1970s The shocking F40 in the 1990s The modern era's outrageous hypercars like the Enzo, F8, and LaFerrari Ferrari: 75 Years dives deep into Ferrari’s sports car history beginning in 1947, but also examines Enzo Ferrari’s early career with Alfa-Romeo before he launched his legendary company. Automotive historian and photographer Dennis Adler offers Ferrari owners and fans a full and fascinating picture of Maranello’s 75 years of sports car manufacturing. Adler's detailed text is accompanied by his breathtaking photography and supplemented by important historic images. For 75 years, Ferrari has created high-performance automotive works of art to fire the imaginations of car lovers and performance enthusiasts the world over. Ferrari: 75 Years provides an inspiring and illuminating look back at this history.


Pretty Good Joke Book

Pretty Good Joke Book

Author: Garrison Keillor

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 2021-08-10

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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Over 2,200 Jokes from America’s favorite live radio show A treasury of hilarity from Garrison Keillor and the cast of public radio’s A Prairie Home Companion. A guy walks into a bar. Eight Canada Geese walk into a bar. A termite jumps up on the bar and asks, “Where is the bar tender?” Drum roll. The Sixth Edition of the perennially popular Pretty Good Joke Book is everything the first five were and more. More puns, one-liners, light bulb jokes, knock-knock jokes, and third-grader jokes (have you heard the one about Elvis Parsley?). More religion jokes, political jokes, lawyer jokes, blonde jokes, and jokes in questionable taste (Why did the urologist lose his license? He got in trouble with his peers). More jokes about chickens, relationships, and senior moments (the nice thing about Alzheimer’s is you can enjoy the same jokes again and again). It all started back in 1996, when A Prairie Home Companion fans laughed themselves silly during the first Joke Show. The broadcast was such a hit that it became an almost-annual gagfest. Then fans wanted to read the jokes, share them, and pass them around, and the first Pretty Good Joke Book was born. With over 200 new and updated jokes, the latest edition promises countless giggles, chortles, and guffaws anyone—fans of the radio show or not—will enjoy.


Mercedes-Benz, The W110 Fintail

Mercedes-Benz, The W110 Fintail

Author: Bernd S Koehling

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2021-07-23

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13:

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The Mercedes-Benz 190c W110 was in 1961 the smallest model, Daimler-Benz had on offer. Its diesel version continued the ponton story of legendary reliability. This guide walks you through the cars' history, explains in detail their chassis number and data card and offers a comprehensive buyer's guide. It is the only book that concentrates solely on the four-cylinder fintail models and it comes with superb recent non-Daimler AG color photos; this includes pictures of the suspension. And these are some of the topics covered: Development of the W110 Sedan Technical aspects Safety features The 190 and 190D The 200 and 200D The 230 Coachbuilders and in-house developments W110 Chassis number and data card explained W110 Buyer's guide Paint and interior options Technical specifications A separate chapter is devoted to the careers of Karl Wilfert and Béla Barényi in Daimler-Benz. Wilfert was not only head of overall passenger car design from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s, he was also a highly talented and occasionally controversial manager. Béla Barényi was the company's safety guru from the 1940s up to the early 1970s and many of his safety concepts were patented and realized by the team around Wilfert. Results of those patents can still be seen today in modern cars all over the world. Enjoy!


Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz

Author: Dennis Adler

Publisher: MotorBooks International

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9781616730826

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