Equipment
Ducellier acetylene headlights and kerosene sidelights and taillight. 37" rear and 36" front tires on varnished wood spoke wheels. Double chain drive, dual rear spares, one in each size, wood body cappings, matching tool box on left running board, whitewalls, folding windshield, patent leather mud shields, jump seats, ivory porcelainized cylinder blocks, Elliott speedometer. Engine plate #13496. Stamped B.No. 953 M. No. 19 on upper and lower crankcase.
Condition
1992 AACA Senior. Purchased by Colonel Samuel P. Colt, the gunmaker's more successful nephew (President of the Industrial Trust Company in Providence and U.S. Rubber Company among other things). Bought for European tours in 1911 and 1914; Used by French Army in WWI. Stayed in his family until 1937, later acquired by B. Scott Isquick from Webster Knight III's estate in 1970 and restored in 1994. Winner of the 1994 Pebble Beach Ansel Adams Trophy along with many other awards. Complete and as built for Col. Colt, impressively documented. In very good condition but slowing age and little attention. Ex-B. Scott Isquick and Otis Chandler.
Market commentary
A wonderful old Mercedes with an illustrious history not only with its first owner but later with important collectors. Beautifully restored in the early 1990s and still much the same today while beginning to acquire a patina that it wears well. Sold at Gooding's Chandler collection auction for $632,500 in 2006, then by RM at Monterey in 2010 for $495,000. This is nearly 10 liters of legendary Mercedes power and quality for an advantageous price.