Dear editor,
I love the mbzponton website, and would like to contribute some photos.
My car was built in late August 1957, and was delivered to a building entrepreneur in Bochum,
West Germany. In 1961, my late father bought the car and took it to Norway. Ten years later, my father died, and I inherited the family jewel. In the early
1990s, it was due for a complete overhaul, and was stripped to the last part. Since
the Type 219 was originally somewhat less equipped than the 220S, I decided to upgrade my vehicle to a theoretical
Type 219S. So, when rebuilding the car — leather, wood, carpets, and more chrome
were installed.
For the last 20 years, I have driven the car almost daily
throughout the summer months — including trips throughout Europe —
and just love it. When people ask
if I dare travel so far with such an old car, I reply that I only trust a car that I have built myself.
I enclose some photos. As you can see; the color, which is a modern version of the original "Mittelrot", is strikingly similar to the
1955 220a of Mr. Carlsson Ng, which is presented in the website's
Photo Gallery.
