Axis Non-Armored Vehicles quiz

[FRANCY RITTER]

Hello !!
W-SS-DKW 350 NZ

[Leo Niehorster]

DKW NZ 350

[cbo]

Francy beat Leo by an hour or so

Over to Francy.

Claus B

[FRANCY RITTER]

Hello dear friends !!
Thank you Claus ...
Name of this car, please

[Bill Murray]

Hi Francy:
It is a Lancia, either an Aprilia or an Ardea.
Bill

[Sitzkrieg]

What does the "HV" in the license plate stand for? "Hrvatska" (Croatia)?

[FRANCY RITTER]

Yes is a Lancia Aprilia..over to you dear Bill

What does the "HV" in the license plate stand for? "Hrvatska" (Croatia)?

I dont know Sitz

[Sitzkrieg]

Well, never mind Francy, I just had to ask...

[Bill Murray]

Something a bit different, good luck.
Bill

[SIS 5]

Hi Bill,

I´m not sure, but I think it could be a Mercedes Benz type 500 , so called pullman - limousine

Regards

Bert

[Bill Murray]

Very Good Bert!
But, who's Mercedes is it?
Bill

[jaglezr]

Hi to all

I think that this is the car of the Japanese Emperor Hirohito (with the chrysanthemums on the rear doors). Exactly a 1935 Mercedes Benz 770 Pullman Limousine, as shown at the Mercedes Benz Museum in Stuttgart.

Regards
Jose Antonio

[Keessmit]

Nice photo. Don't think its Hirohito's 770K, it had dide mounted spare wheels. What puzzles me is where it was taken. Cannot see whether there is right-hand or left-hand traffic as the roads seems to be cleared. Still, the limo seems to be RHD, while the sidecarcombination (H-D?) is LHD, the sidecar mounted on the right. (Hope the passenger has some kind of seatbelt)
looking forward to all the answers.

[Leo Niehorster]

It's definitely a 1935 Mercedes-Benz 770 K Pullman Limo.

However, this one seems like it is not the Imperial Japanese two-toned burgundy/maroon with black edition, but an all black model.

Note also that the spare wheels are missing on this particular vehicle.

Speculation: Emperor Pu-Yi sitting in the back somewhere in Manchuoko?

Leo

[Bill Murray]

Interesting comments all.

While it was not identified by type on the photo site I got it from (other than it was Emperor Hirohito's car, perhaps one of several Mercedes cars in his Imperial Stable), I have identified it as a Mercedes 500 Pullman Limousine as Bert said earlier.

My references, several of Werner Oswald's books, indicate the following.

Every photo of a "K" or Kompressor vehicle have the exhaust pipes exiting out of the sides of the hood/bonnet. No matter the size of the motor.

Every photo in those books and others regarding the 770 vehicles, the spare tyres were mounted in the front fenders/mudguards, with the exception of one short wheelbase Sports Coupe'.

I may of course be incorrect, but I think not in this case. But...I would as always welcome someone who can come up with a positive ID from perhaps a Japanese source that can read Japanese. I do know that Hirohito had several such Mercedes vehicles but I have long ago misplaced the magazine article referencing this fact.

With everyone's permission, I would like to award this one to Bert with the proviso that I will look further into the exact model and will hope someone else may be able to shed further light on the subject.
Bill