Ronald & Tony

The lost car

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The lost car

Fictional independent exhibition nextday daylight. Recovered burgundycoupe creamroof PALE CREAM LEFTFRONT RIM andotherwheelsilver ondisplay behindlowbarriers. Otto Mila Ronald Karen Harly smile. Captiononly. : The next morning.

Mila and Otto beside parked coupe leftfront, creamwheel visible. Mila modest proudsmile. Mila: It won’t be the fastest car here.

Otto close, Mila mustard shoulderedge, warm matureface greymoustache roundglasses. Otto: It was never a race.

Wide ending allcast around recovered car at exhibition. Tony ALONE perched on displaypost farLEFT, soleballoon directlyaboveowl. Otto Mila centre maincast friendlyprofessional besidecar. Car notbeingdriven. Tony: Good. It’s already taken the longest route.

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Fictional independent exhibition nextday daylight. Recovered burgundycoupe creamroof PALE CREAM LEFTFRONT RIM andotherwheelsilver ondisplay behindlowbarriers. Otto Mila Ronald Karen Harly smile. Captiononly.
The next morning.

Mila and Otto beside parked coupe leftfront, creamwheel visible. Mila modest proudsmile.
Mila: It won’t be the fastest car here.

Otto close, Mila mustard shoulderedge, warm matureface greymoustache roundglasses.
Otto: It was never a race.

Wide ending allcast around recovered car at exhibition. Tony ALONE perched on displaypost farLEFT, soleballoon directlyaboveowl. Otto Mila centre maincast friendlyprofessional besidecar. Car notbeingdriven.
Tony: Good. It’s already taken the longest route.

Behind the adventure

Mila, Otto, the broker, mechanic, yard manager, car, exhibition, workshop, transport company, documents and crime are fictional. Riedhof yard is an invented story location, not a representation of a real business. No wrongdoing is attributed to Mercedes-Benz, Porsche or their museums. The exhibition is a fictional independent event. Streets, travel and loading-yard procedures are simplified for the adventure.

Stuttgart is home to the Mercedes-Benz Museum and Porsche Museum. A distinctive repair can help narrow a search, but the story uses the vehicle’s chassis number and ownership records to support identification. The coupe and six-digit chassis number are invented; it is not a specific production model and its number is not intended as a modern 17-character VIN. Mercedes-Benz: Stuttgart museum.