The Grim Fascination Of Hitler’s Mercedes
The automobile in question is a 1941 Mercedes-Benz 770K Grosser W150 Offener Tourenwagen. It is among the rarest cars of the pre-war era, and this particular one is rarer still. Its upholstery conceals compartments for Luger pistols. Hidden below the serpentine body panels are ¾-inch steel plates that, together with the 1½-inch-thick window glass, armor the limousine sufficiently to survive a grenade blast or a jaunt over a landmine. The car’s total weight comes to five tons. This might be a good time to get one other detail out of the way: the car was originally built for Adolf Hitler. It conveyed the Nazi leader on a 1942 trip to Finland and had a curious afterlife in the USA before being restored by an ex-air force general. Details.
