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The Baroness and the Mercedes, and 49 other entertaining true tales from the world of rare and exotic car collecting, Wallace A. Wyss

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The Baroness and the Mercedes, and 49 other entertaining true tales from the world of rare and exotic car collecting, Wallace A. Wyss

Language

eng

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illustrations

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Baroness and the Mercedes

Oclc number

858901123

Responsibility statement

Wallace A. Wyss

Sub title

and 49 other entertaining true tales from the world of rare and exotic car collecting

Summary

BARN FIND! There are no two more exciting words for car collectors the world over! And there's an incredible hunt going on for valuable cars that were at one time forgotten, abandoned, or cast aside, but which are now regarded as valuable and historical treasures. Author Wallace Wyss, a Motor Trend veteran, recounts stories that are almost beyond belief. Here are a few examples: a pre-war Mercedes 540K that was simply abandoned by a German baroness at a Connecticut resort and later sold for over $11 million; the rubber-bodied Cobra that Ford built to assuage the ego of their top design exec; the jet-powered Fiat prototype that an American fell in love with and spent almost $1 million to make into a running driving car; and the Corvette that Carroll Shelby and pals had bodied in Italy as part of a plan to create Italian-bodied Corvettes, a plan that failed after three cars were made.--Publisher's description

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Beyond "barn finds" ..

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