1958 MERCEDES-BENZ 300D

Just as the Nurburg tourer exemplified the large Mercedes in the 1920s and early 1930s, the 300 saloon did much the same for the three-pointed star in the 1950s. Earlier there were the large Adenaur saloons, so named because the then German chancellor Adenaur and most of his cabinet used them as their official cars for state duty.  However, by the end of the 1950s, the next generation 300 appeared with a stately upright radiator and in a pillarless body configuration. 

This particular car was formerly owned by the Chogyal (king) of Sikkim before it came into the hands of noted Delhi-based enthusiast K C Anand (him of the Anand Group of automotive component manufacturers). Quite simply this car is in great nick and clearly shows where the present generation S-class originated from. Its enthusiastic owner, the dapper K C Anand was strutting in delight after the judges awarded his steed top gong for best European car in the Post war classics category.