From the 70s, Mercedes-Benz introduced the W123 series; a precursor for the E-Type. It’s a really great automobile, virtually unbreakable as well as served as David May’s chariot for that TG Botswana special.
Inside the 1980s, Bill’s Vehicle And System changed a W123 series Mercedes-Benz 300TD right into a pick-up pickup truck, and in the process made it likely the coolest Mercedes… in the world.
Well, if not the coolest, then at least one of them. Details about the build – or indeed the reasoning behind it – are scant, but it appears the 300TD’s estate rear was chopped, and replaced with a proper working tailgate from a 1980s era Chevrolet El Camino bed , including the rear window and trim.
And in any case, reasoning schmeasoning; it looks amazing. Apart from a transmission rebuild in 2010, the car’s drivetrain is completely unchanged – and if you know these cars – completely bulletproof. Beneath may be the vintage 3.-litre 5-pot diesel, generating close to 120bhp (from new). Some horses could have escaped along the way.
The existing vendor ordered the vehicle in 2004 and yes it had 142,500 kilometers in the clock – over the last ten years it’s now only creeped up to 149,800 mls, so that it has existed a pampered lifestyle.
Saying that, the timber on the tail gate does will need varnishing (it’s quite aged), there is a couple of cracks and chips from the painting, the A/C requirements checking out and there’s a little rip inside the carpets and rugs near the accelerator pedal. However these are slight things.
It’s got an effortlessly cool dim grey external surfaces, appropriate tires (contrary to the classic-altered 300SL Gullwing you good deal obtained sniffy about) and in the course of writing, will be listed on craigs list for $8,300 (even though the arrange hasn’t been met but). You can find five times left in the quote. Do you know what to accomplish.