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Bing's new car, 1953
Stars and Stripes
June 30, 2020
When Bing Crosby stopped at the Stars and Stripes offices for a visit, he was driving a new $8,250 (nearly $80,000 in today's prices) Mercedes. The crooner picked up the car in Stuttgart, and was on his way to Frankfurt to play some golf. (Stars and Stripes)
Griesheim, West Germany, August, 1953: When Bing Crosby stopped at the Stars and Stripes offices for a visit, he was driving a new $8,250 (nearly $80,000 in today's prices) Mercedes. The crooner picked up the car in Stuttgart, and was on his way to Frankfurt to play some golf.
Read the original 1953 article and see more photographs of Bing on the course (and with his new Mercedes!) here.