Established in 1910, the Mercedes 37/90 model was equipped with four-cylinder engine in volume 9530 cubic cm and developed the trendy 90 HP at 1100 rpm. These cars fitted lightweight sports bodies could reach a speed of 160 km/h and with great pleasure was purchased by wealthy people as a prestigious toy.
The car, which will be discussed here, was no exception. In 1912 the chassis of the Mercedes 37/90, cost 18 000 USD were delivered to the new York car dealer Mercedes to Philadelphia, the residence of the hat magnate Henry Stetson, where soon moved to France, in Paris, on the Champs Elysees Atelier Henri Labourdette, where he received his first lightweight sports car body. Was this body created from wood in the style of "skiff" or of metal history is silent, we only know that in 1912 the body was significantly damaged in the accident and replaced.
50 years later, in 1972, derelict gear, again, bereft of its body, was purchased from the family of Stetsonaw a collector of classic cars Scott Equicom, really wanted to return this car “historic” wooden body in the boat style, but other than vague descriptions of the elderly witnesses and crushed figure of unknown origin, no other information about the external appearance of legkoobratimy machine Esquina was not. 20 years chassis stood in the garage of the new owner.
In 1992, Isquick met with the famous restorer of classic cars from the Ohio – Dale Adams and asked him to build the bodywork in the style of hardwood Scythians Henri Labourdette. Two years later, Dale Adams has accomplished this task, creating a unique beauty and elegance of the car.
Car model built in scale 1:43 limited edition 52 of the instance. The model consists of 98 parts, made of various materials – polyester resin, white metal, brass, Alpaca. Virtually all parts before Assembly received additional multi-stage processing. For example, the body that mimic the wood paneling was painted with a brush method of lessirovka (layered application of translucent layers of paint) in eight layers, then coated with varnish and after applying the foil optionally lacquered in four layers. All work on the creation of this model was carried out by one master.
© Alexander Golovin.
