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 | | The S usually had two dreifach Mercedes sternen (three-pointed stars), without circles, stamped on the Kühlerhaube (radiator), one on each side of the crease (as can be seen on the ex-Ustinov S in the Survivors section); whereas most SS cars had the present cloisonné enamel M-B badge centered on the crease. |
 | | I have what I believe to be a better record somewhere, with a direct quotation and a photo of the garage where Daimler and Maybach (his engineer) started, with a star on its side wall, and hope eventually to find it and put it here. |
 | | "Which series of Mercedes holds the undisputed highway land-speed record of 271.5 mph / kpm set sometime around the year 1938 and who drove it and where?"  This latter query presupposes it was the 540K, to which I snarled: "I haven't the foggiest notion and, quite frankly, not the slightest interest. |
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