This Mercedes
represents the car driven by Christian
Lautenschlager when he won the1908 French Grand
Prix beating two Benz cars into second and third
place. This was the last great Mercedes victory
for some years, because Daimler, the owner of the
Mercedes name, withdrew from racing due to the
extremely high costs.
The Yesteryear
model is quite small. The scale does not really
do justice to the car which had an enormous 12.8
litre engine. There are few major variations to
collect. The colour is usually cream although
white body issues can be found and are quite
rare. The seats can be either painted light or
dark green.
As with some other
first series models early issues have crimped
axles which were soon changed to the riveted
version.
At swapmeets this
model can be found for between £60 and £100 for
the more usual issues. However, the white issues
can command in excess of £160.
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