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DOTS-O-Rama Sunday: 1956 Mercedes-Benz 180

We're escaping from behind the Orange Curtain- for the moment- and heading 430 miles north to Oakland. Oakland is just across the Estuary from Alameda, and it has nearly as many old vehicles per square mile as the Island That Time forgot; SuperCarnitas found this nice-looking Ponton not far from Oakland's Auto Row. Make the jump to see all the photos and read what SuperCarnitas has to say about his find.

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2:00 PM on Sun Jun 15 2008
By Murilee Martin
781 views, 17 comments

Latest by n/a: A friend of mine had a running joke about how every time there was a new Too $hort album coming out, you'd hear rumors that he was killed prior to his release: "Hey, Too $hort's got a new release coming out." "Aw, more »

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Ponton Drinks Colorado Kool-Ade, Thrives On Golden Roads

Even though Coloradans get the occasional dose of road salt, it appears that their dry climate does a pretty good job of preserving old street-driven iron. Golden-based Discontinuuity sent us a whole bunch of photos of interesting old vehicles parked in Coors City a while back, and now he's returned with some shots of a friend's daily-driven Benz Ponton. Make the jump for more photos and Discontinuuity's description.

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3:40 PM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By Murilee Martin
968 views, 25 comments

Latest by CptSevere: Just the level of technology I'm used to. Never had anything newer than 1974, probably never will. There's nothing on this car that is mystifying, confusing, or uses technological black magic that the average wrench like me couldn't figure out. more »

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Factory Benzaminos For South Africa!

Technically, the pickup truck version of the Mercedes-Benz 180D, built during the 1956-58 period for the South African market, wasn't a factory Benzamino (or should that name be Mercedampage, given the later association with Chrysler?), but we figure it's close enough for our purposes. 400 Mercedes-Benz 180Ds with no body behind the B pillar were imported to South Africa to have the beds installed locally, and they were promptly dubbed "Bakkies" by the locals. You can read about a Bakkie restoration project here, or wish for a time machine in order buy this one that just sold on eBay. [MBZPonton.org]

1:00 PM on Mon Mar 17 2008
By Murilee Martin
619 views, 12 comments

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1958 Mercedes-Benz 220S

Some of you Mercedes-Benz experts may have taken one glance at the photo above and spluttered "1958? Why, any fool can see that's a 1959!" However, I swear I did my best to figure out the exact model year of this car. With the help of such sites as this one, I believe I've narrowed it down to 1958 or 1959 (the 220S was made from 1956 through 1959, and the bumper-mounted license-plate lights should mean it's from the last two years... unless it's had a junkyard bumper swap, of course). Anyway, regardless of year, this is the car that Mercedes-Benz aficionados consider the very first S-class. That means it's both a cool old 50s daily driver and a significant piece of automotive history, all on one West End Alameda street!
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9:00 AM on Fri Feb 29 2008
By Murilee Martin
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Latest by n/a: Would you believe that just yesterday a very kind woman just GAVE me one of these. A 1958 220S with 81,000 miles on the odometer. If anyone knows where i can get a left front door for one of these!... Probably more »