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John, I believe the mystery car to be a 1946 Packard. Look at the attached photo of a 46 Packard rear end. 1. Packard used a diagonal script on the left hand side of the rear deck that said Packard -- this photo and your photo indicate the 2. The rear window shape is the same in both photos and the curvature of the trunk lid appear to be the same. 3. The bumper appears to be the same in both photos. 4. While a number of makes and models used rectangular taillights on the lower edges, both of these photos indicate similar shaped tail lights. 5. The trunk handle on the 46 Package hung straight down and was a very heavy fixture like on the mystery car. But I could be wrong. My first guess was a Hudson, Nash, or Olds but checking photos on Google lead me eventually to the Packard. Help me here! Mike Kenny sent me this asking for make model and year -- maybe a 1948. Can someone step to the plate and provide fill in the right information? I will send the winner a mystery Porsche part as a momento of your service. Hi folks -- last night at a party someone asked me what would be the one car I would have above any other? The expectation was that I would reply with something like Duesenberg. But the German in me came through, or perhaps the influence of my cousin Freddy, who when I was quite young and he was much older -- 17 years older to be precise -- stated the M-B 300 SL. I am pretty sure that Freddy was thinking of the Gullwing model, but since i ma a top-down kind of guy, I have always preferred the roadster. So if my wife Kaye ever dies, it is sell the house, liquidate some as*ets, and buy one of these come hell or high water! New York Mercedes distributor Max Hoffman, Daimler-Benz's official importer in the USA, suggested to DBAG management in Stuttgart that a street version of the 300SL would be a commercial success, especially in America. The racing W194 300SL was built around a tubular chas*is to offset its relatively underpowered carbureted engine. Designed by DBAG's chief