Is this the one that came out of Spain? If so, it was owned by one family for a very long time. Beautiful car. The price it was rumored to change hands at was Special Roadster money and more. My only question was why the trafficators were not flush with the body? On a streamliner you would think that would be one of the first things you would do.
Hello A.J
Yes this is the car from Spain.
In 1938 ordered the Spanish eye specialist Ignacio Barraquer the 540K .
The car is in the Kommissonbooks written as Innenlenker Sonderausführung under Auftragnummer 288557, Fabriknummer 408336, the name Autobahn-Kurier is here not mentioned, which is interesting.
The car was ordered on 13 /9/1938 and delivered in October the same year with as delivery place written Gibraltar, that was 1000km from the place of Barraquer Barcelona.
Die Barraquers , the Doctor and his wife traveled with the car directly from Gibraltar through Marroko and Northafrica, the way back to home was going by ship from Alexandria to Spain.
In the fifties ordered Barraquer a new car and replaced the 540K Autobahn-Kurier by an Mercedes-Benz 300 S, but the 540K stays in the family over 50 years.
A collector from Mexico Arturo Keller became the son of Barraquer Joachim so far that he could buy this very rare car.
Now freshly restored the car won the first price at Concorso d 'Eleganza Vila d' Este.