{"id":173186,"date":"2026-04-06T20:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T01:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/?p=173186"},"modified":"2026-04-13T20:52:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T01:52:52","slug":"a-visit-to-the-mercedes-benz-museum-in-1962","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/a-visit-to-the-mercedes-benz-museum-in-1962\/","title":{"rendered":"A Visit to the Mercedes-Benz Museum circa 1962"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Mercedes-Benz Museum as it was, 1962. Photo copyright Mercedes-Benz Classic and used with permission.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Text by Charley Seavey
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This article would not have been written without the cooperation, and no small amount of work, on the part of Christian Biederstaedt, Archivist at Mercedes-Benz Classic. He provided all the technical information about the engines, and identified some of the cars that I could not.<\/em><\/p>\n

Long ago, two young Army guys with three days off loaded up a car with cameras and set forth from Rothwesten, in what was then West Germany, and headed down the Autobahn to visit the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart. <\/p>\n

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Text by Charley Seavey Photos by Charley Seavey unless otherwise noted This article would not have been written without the cooperation, and no small amount of work, on the part of Christian Biederstaedt, Archivist at Mercedes-Benz Classic. He provided all the technical information about the engines, and identified some of the cars that I could... <\/p>\n

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