THE VEHICLE AT A GLANCE
Model dossier
- Production period
- 1949
- Body style
- Cabriolet
- Engine
- Inline-4
- Type
- One-off
- Production
- 1
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE CAR
Coachbuilding, design & conversions
PRICE & SALES RECORD
Vehicle value
- Original price
- Not documented
- Latest recorded sale
- Not documented
01 / THE STORY
History & context
No editorial history has yet been published for this vehicle.
IN THE ARCHIVE
Related people
IN THE ARCHIVE
Coachbuilders & design studios
02 / TECHNICAL IDENTITY
Specifications & construction
Production & construction
- Production
- 1
- Production type
- One-off
- Production notes
- Frua's catalogue raisonné identifies the 1949 Mercedes-Benz 170 V body as a Cabriolet; independent specialist history corroborates the early Frua special. Canonical title/body normalized from Spider to Cabriolet. The one-off status is retained as a single known special but is not used to infer any additional technical data.
Engine & performance
- Engine configuration
- Inline-4
Design & manufacture
- Coachbuilder / Body Builder · Documented
- Frua
- Designer · Documented
- Pietro Frua
- Manufacturer · Documented
- Mercedes-Benz
06 / EVENTS & AWARDS
Events & awards
No events or documented awards are currently recorded for this vehicle.
07 / THE VEHICLE IN DETAIL
Photo gallery 3 photographs
08 / FROM THE ARCHIVE
Archive
References held in the vehicle dossier. Their inclusion does not establish that every historical claim has been independently verified.
| Reference | Source type |
|---|---|
| Registro Pietro Frua — creations 1935–1949 pietro-frua.de | Designer catalogue raisonne |
| PostWarClassic — From Stuttgart to Turin: the Frua Mercedes www.postwarclassic.com | Specialist classic automotive history |
THE CONVERSATION
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