1930 770k

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Now there's a magnifacent machine! The ultimate grocery getter

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770K is that the model number or the price?

[Mark DiSilvestro]

First generation 'Grosser' Mercedes has the kind of style and class you just can't get in a new $350,000 Maybach.

Between 1932 and 1935, the Emperor of Japan bought 7 of them. As of 1969, three had survived and were still in use as the official ceremonial car of the Japanese Imperial family.

As Oliver Statler described the 770K in 'Japanese Inn'
"And then it came, the big Mercedes-Benz, a regal automobile with a regal disdain for fashion. Its angular black top loomed a foot higher than the submissively curved sedans that crawled behind. Its maroon body was big and boxy. It bore the gold Chrysanthemum".

Happy Motoring, Mark

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Here's a period pic of a 1930 770K Cabriolet A from the DaimlerChrysler archives.

7655cc Straight 8 .. 230 bhp @3200 rpm

Wheelbase 152.8"

Hydraulic Drums w/Bosh-Dewandre Vacuum Booster

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Who wants a 1930 model when you can have the new 1931 770K. Notice the fresh sleek lines and "New As Tomorrow" styling. And there's an exciting choice of rich new colors that harmonize with with the new and more colorful interiors. So why not stop by your friendly local Mercedes dealer and order your new 1931 770K today!

Am I in a time warp?

[Mark DiSilvestro]

Louis William Steinwedel writes in his 1969 book 'The Mercedes-Benz Story', "In Daimler-Benz's own words the new 770K was designed "for those who desired a car which was quite outside the ordinary run of things." It was that, all right, and to get one you had to be quite outside the ordinary run of people. Sharing a distinction with only one other car, the Phantom IV Rolls-Royce, the 770K was never offered for sale to the general public and often ended up in garages of people like Premier Salazar of Portugal or Field Marshal Mannerheim of Finland. Most of the eighty-eight 770Ks built fund their way into the hands of the Nazi hierarchy."

Happy Motoring, Mark

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In 1930 the price of a new 770K Cabriolet D in Germany was RM44,500, (that's 44,500 Reichmarks or apx $11,125 at the then rate of exchange).