A ponton is a style of Mercedes from the mid 50's to very early 60's I do believe, they are called that because they look like pontoon bridges from ww2.

OK Don wrote:

I think it refers to uni-body construction, though I don't know what
it means. The Deutsch-English translator at www.dict.cc translates it
to "pontoon", which could be an example of uni-body construction, I
guess -----

On 5/5/06, Mike Canfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Or a bit closer to home....WHat the heck does Ponton mean?




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