1937 Mercedes-Benz W07
Grosser Mercedes - W07
Year of production - 1937
Power -150 hp
8 cyl. - 7655 cc
3 speeds
Weight - 3980 kg
Maximum speed - 140 km / h
Were produced in total 119 samples Grosser Mercedes - W07 and 42 instance of Pullman-Limousine. .
In 1937, Portugal ordered two armored Mercedes-Benz for the President of the Republic and the Council. General Oscar Carmona received a Mercedes with the registration number «AL - 10 - 71" and prof. Dr. António de Oliveira Salazar - «DA-10 - 72", respectively.
Dr. Salazar expressed his dissatisfaction and tried not to use this car for fear of that they could be forgiven for thinking that it was "a gift from Hitler" ... The car was in the garage S. Benin useless 17 years and then went on sale at a public auction 02.09. 1955, and by the end of trading for $ 6000 00 was acquired dealer Alfredo Nunes - Rua do Alvilo 109, Lisbon. Sixteen months later, it was bought by Dr. João Lacerda and exhibited in a museum.
Year of production - 1937
Power -150 hp
8 cyl. - 7655 cc
3 speeds
Weight - 3980 kg
Maximum speed - 140 km / h
Were produced in total 119 samples Grosser Mercedes - W07 and 42 instance of Pullman-Limousine. .
In 1937, Portugal ordered two armored Mercedes-Benz for the President of the Republic and the Council. General Oscar Carmona received a Mercedes with the registration number «AL - 10 - 71" and prof. Dr. António de Oliveira Salazar - «DA-10 - 72", respectively.
Dr. Salazar expressed his dissatisfaction and tried not to use this car for fear of that they could be forgiven for thinking that it was "a gift from Hitler" ... The car was in the garage S. Benin useless 17 years and then went on sale at a public auction 02.09. 1955, and by the end of trading for $ 6000 00 was acquired dealer Alfredo Nunes - Rua do Alvilo 109, Lisbon. Sixteen months later, it was bought by Dr. João Lacerda and exhibited in a museum.
