One-of-a-kind Mercedes Resurrected After Bomb Attack

One-of-a-kind Mercedes Resurrected After Bomb Attack

RANDERS, Denmark, June 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --



Rare examples of classic cars can attract enormous interest from buyers, regularly
breaking sales price records. Lauritz Lauritzen is the owner of one such car,
 Mercedes-Benz, cabriolet type B, model 320 from 1938 is the only one in the world
produced at Mannheim Mercedes-Benz. Lauritz is excited about what price the car might
fetch when it goes under the hammer in Denmark on June 26.The Mercedes represents the
pinnacle of the German marque and only thirty-four cars were ever built.



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This 1938c car is even more special as it is a top of the range "Mannheim"-car further
equipped with everything Mercedes could think of. In its time, it was probably one of the
world's best cars. Today it presents itself accordingly - but only because the
enthusiastic owner has put thousands of hours into it. Lauritz Lauritzen found the car in
a barn in 1980 as a complete wreck, and the skilled Mercedes mechanic took on the
challenge of restoring it to its former glory. Eleven years later the car was running
again.



Since then the owner has used it extensively all over Europe, and even at
Mercedes-Benz, it attracted admiration. For the factory's 125th anniversary, the car and
owner were invited to Berlin and featured in the special exhibition of the ten most
beautiful Mercedes ever.



Elsewhere the car elicited horror: In all likelihood Nazi Reinhard Heydrich was bombed
in Prague in 1942 in this Mercedes. When Lauritz Lauritzen investigated, further it
transpired that Heydrich drove a special edition from Mannheim, exactly like Lauritzen's
car. This fact was consistent with the severe damage his car showed before restoration -
at the rear right where the bomb exploded. This led Lauritzen to conclude that his car was
the one owned by the infamous Nazi.



As the owner says "This is no fault of the car," and he has given the car thirty-six
years of loving care despite its troubling history. The car has been involved in some more
positive stories such as when it starred in the 1996 movie "Hamsun", starring Max von
Sydow. Upon seeing the car, the character actor exclaimed, "here I am the extra".



Lauritz Lauritzen has only pleasurable memories of the one-of-a-kind Mercedes, which
is still in top form; however, he feels the time is right for the car to begin the next
chapter in its story.



The striking car appears at auction on June 26 at Campen Auktioner. Auctioneer Finn
Campen already reports of great international interest in the distinctive Mercedes.



For further information, please contact:



Owner; http://lauritzlauritzen.com or
Annette Kjaer, Campen Auktioner A/S, PR & Marketing Manager, +45-22-543-543,
pr@campenauktioner.dk



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