A chic panel van: Mercedes-Benz L 3500
Classic vehicle
Detlev Stolze has a hobby that requires time and space: he works on his L 3500 in a warehouse.
If Detlev Stolze needs distraction from his everyday life, he closes
the front door behind him, walks a few metres to the warehouse
building next door, and he is in another age. There stands his
Mercedes-Benz L 3500, built in 1952.
"The history of this
truck is really special," said the 64-year-old businessman.
Because it was also part of the development of Germany in the last
century. The truck with a box body used to drive for the U.S. Air
Force. "The forces used it on an airfield," said Stolze. It
didn't get driven much in all those years. Certainly not as much as
all the other trucks that helped get the country heading back towards
economic recovery. The long-nosed truck from Mannheim was one of the
most popular trucks in the post-war era. When Stolze bought his L 3500
fifteen years ago, there were a mere 8 000 kilometres on the clock.
Stolze said: "The machine wasn't put under strain at all." A
dream for a buyer. Now it has reached a proud 48 000.
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