re: Pictures from days gone by....

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Learned to drive a 4, no not 3, on the tree in one of those.

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I had a Mercedes Benz a little older than that in 1974, a 1959 220S, black, rounded fenders, wood dash and window trim, and separate heater/vent controls on driver/passenger side.

And yes, it had a 4-on-the-tree, really weird.

I also had a girlfriend at the time, in the same league as the one pictured, but I stupidly messed that up.

Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of the car, or the girl, let alone the girl with the car. But the car was like this:

https://car-from-uk.com/sale.php?id=524668

https://www.goodingco.com/lot/1959-mercedes-benz-220s-sedan/