Mercedes-Benz 540K

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Mercedes-Benz 540 K Cabriolet B

Before the War, it had been bought by a ministry in Berlin and subsequently suffered grenade damage at the rear. By the end of April 1945, the damaged Cabriolet B was parked in a side street in Würzburg, where it was confiscated by US soldiers. After a short period of service in a military fleet, the car was bought by Louis E. Ebert, also of the US army, in 1954 and shipped across the pond, where it was eventually registered in the state of Indiana in 1958. Ebert kept hold of the car for 51 years, such were his affections towards it, before selling it to a European collector in July of 2009.