1938 Mercedes Benz 540 K Cabriolet A

Delivered in Berlin on 5th February 1938, chassis number &was first owned by &– Verlag&an advertising agency whose proprietor was one Georg Niedermeier. This particular 540 K Cabriolet A with its attractive enclosed spare wheel and sporty rear end not unlike those of certain &Roadsters&is featured in Jan Melin&reference work: &Supercharged 8-Cylinder Cars of the 1930s&(Volume 2, pages 222 & 223) in which it is pictured just after its restoration to concours condition at &Wagner&in Germany, well known specialists for these Kompressor cars. Shown at the Louis Vuitton Bagatelle concours in 2001, the 540 K was owned in 2002 by Kenneth McBride of Seattle, WA, USA, returning to Europe in 2004 when it was purchased by the renowned Mercedes-Benz collector Etienne Veen. The current private vendor purchased the car from him in February 2006.