AROUND LATE 1956 THE RIVIERA HOTEL HOSTED A MERCEDES BENZ ROADSTER ROAD EVENT TO PROMOTE THEIR NEW LINE UP OF AUTOMOBILES. NEW WAS THE 2 DOOR HARDTOP & CONVERTIBLE 190 SL. LOOK CLOSELY AT THE MARQUE ... SHECKY GREENE IN THE STARLITE LOUNGE. THIS WAS HIS BIG START AS A COMEDIAN IN LAS VEGAS. BACK IN THE DAY THE ONLY WAY YOU COULD BUY A NEW MERCEDES BENZ CAR WAS AT YOUR LOCAL STUDEBAKER DEALERSHIP. THE STUDEBAKER BROS. WERE OF GERMAN HERITAGE AND STRUCK A DEAL AS THE OFFICAL SOLE DISTRIBUTOR OF MERCEDES BENZ CARS IN NORTH AMERICA. THAT LASTED UP UNTIL ABOUT 1963 WHEN MERCEDES FORMED THEIR OWN DEALERSHIPS. MY DAD HAD BOUGHT ME ONE OF THESE BEAUTIES ... AND I FORGOT TO WASH IT (see pic) .... JUST KIDDING ... FOR THANKS FOR LOOKING, RICH BURGEL