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Edward Josey, owner Horseless Carriage Shop, Dunedin, Florida (north of St
Petersburg)
1974 Mercedes-Benz 450 SE Phaeton Limousine by Horseless Carriage Shop
1975 Rolls-Royce Phaeton Limousine custom conversion by Horseless Carriage
Shop
1978 Mercedes-Benz 450 SEL Custom Limousine conversion by Horseless Carriage
Shop
Photo above from reference #5, page 144. The text says: "Since 1972 the
Mercedes 600 (see W100 in all its variants) because of the US
safety-regulations is no longer imported into the country which especially
for the High Society of New York City and Los Angeles leaves an unreasonable
gap in the market. This gap was filled by the "Horseless Carriage Shop" with
a version lengthened by 81,3 cm to 6,12m of the Mercedes 450SEL (Mercedes
W100 600 Pullmann = 6,24 m).
Edward Josey, owner of the shop, buys brand new 450SELs or converts
customer`s cars. Despite length he offers some more things: e.g. colour TV,
additional seats, maybe a small bar with refrigerator in the car`s rear -
all to customer specification. For a complete 450SEL Josey asks USD 56.077".
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