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Old 06-02-2007, 10:40 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Re: Any of the 59 Mercedes 60 Landaulet

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I don't know who this one belonged to.
This might be a follow-up vehicle for bodyguards and security personnel. The wide running boards and grab handles on limousines were popular for armoured American limousines in the 1970s. I think mounted grab handles first appeared in Lehmann-Peterson Lincoln limousines in the late-'60s. Then the limousines Hess & Eisenhardt built in the 1970s started to have the same exterior features.
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