Did they really ever make a Fire Engine Red W123 300D?
 

Did they really ever make a Fire Engine Red W123 300D? The reason I am asking is that I recently saw a color chart with Fire Engine Red, DB 568

there was a doctor here in lafayette that bought a new one around 1979.

300d na

tom w

mid 70s NAs came in red with white int. looks nice but i wont even ride in a red car.

Yes, I have seen W123 Euro diesels in Signal Rot (Signal Red)

The trunk script on the W123 euro model simply says 300D (no "DIESEL" script on the right hand side of the trunk), the US versions also have "DIESEL" or "TURBODIESEL" script on the right side of the trunk

A Fire Engine red 240D or 300D "Feuerwagen" might not get to your fire very fast though:laugh3:

Yeah, euros came in many different and occasionally hideous colors straight from the factory.

I own a factory "fire engine red" 1984 300TD US-spec W123 wagon - does that count? I'm parting it out but if someone wanted the body/chassis for something I could be convinced to sell it.

-Tad

The Whole Color Chart
 

Heres the whole Color chart.
I have never seen Thistle Green Metallic Clearcoat or Cypress Green Metallic , though I would prefer them over Manila Beige!!

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/snow7ice/colors.jpg

my 1982 300CD Turbo is that color, and I've seen an older car, 300CD NA (79-81?) with the same paint

I think the complete list is a little more extensive:

Code Color (* = metallic)

029 designo silver
040 black (schwarz)
050 white (weiss)
122 pearl grey (perlmattgrau)*
124 arabian grey (arabergrau)
125 pearl grey (perlgrau)
131 pastellweiss
140 silver grey (silbergrau)
143 fern white
147 arctic white (arcticweiss)
149 polar white (polarweiss)
153 snow white (schneeweiss)
157 beige grey (beigegrau)
158 white grey (weissgrau)
162 blue grey (blaugrau)
164 dark grey (dunkelgrau)
166 blue grey (blaugrau)
169 light stone grey (steingrau hell)
171 stone grey (steingrau)
172 anthracite grey (anthrazitgrau)*
173 anthracite grey (anthrazitgrau)
178 medium grey (mittelgrau)*
180 silver grey (silbergrau)*
181 light beige (hellbeige)
186 cement grey (zementgrau)
189 greenish-black (emerald black) (smaragdsschwarz)*
189 black opal (recent)
190 graphite grey (graphitgrau)
195 meteor grey (meteorgrau)*
197 obsidian black*
199 black pearl (blue-black) (blauschwarz)*
218 lindgrün
221 dark green (dunkelgrün)
226 moss green (moosgrün)
229 medium green (mittelgrün)
231 perlmutter grün
249 spruce green (malachite) (malachit)*
254 pine green*
256 crystal green*
259 forest green (waldgrün)
260 oasis green (oasengrün)
261 willow green*
268 dark green (dunkelgrün) blaugrün?
269 tourmaline green (turmalingrün)*
270 blue green (blaugrün)
272 amazon green (amazonitgrün)*
274 light green (hellgrün)*
278 tundra green (tundragrün)
279 vivianite green (vivianitgrün)*
282 jungle green (dschungelgrün)*
291 dark olive (dunkeloliv)
304 horizon blue (horizontblau)
312 labrador blue
317 grey blue (graublau)
320 blue (blau)
332 dark blue (dunkelblau)
334 light blue (hellblau)
335 mercedesblau
339 violane (violan)*
341 aquamarine blue (aquamarinblau)*
345 orion blue
348 ice blue (pearl blue) (perlblau)*
350 medium blue (mittelblau)
352 bahama blue
353 light blue (hellblau)
353 platinum blue (recent)
3538 chassisrot
355 diamond blue (diamintblau)*
356 light blue (hellblau)
359 tanzanite blue (tansanitblau)
359 capri blue (recent)
366 azurite blue (azuritblue)*
380 delphinblau
381 violet (floraviolett)
387 blue (blau)*
396 medium blue (mittelblau)*
404 milan brown (milanbraun)*
406 cayenne orange (cayenneorange)
408 havana brown (havannabraun)
409 dark brown (dunkelbraun)
4100 cement grey (zementgrau)
412 beige
419 ikonengold*
4200 light blue (hellblau)
422 byzanzgold*
423 dark tobacco brown (tabakbraun dunkel)
424 topaz brown (topasbraun)
427 russet brown
430 autumn beige (herbstbeige)
432 havana brown* (also bisonbraun?)
439 cream (creme)
441 desert taupe (impala brown) (hellbeige)*
442 deer brown (rehbraun)
444 sand beige
459 maroon brown
460 dark red brown (dunkelrotbraun)
461 bronze brown (broncebraun)*
462 beige*
463 copper (kupfer)*
467 sandbeige*
470 coloradobeige
473 champagne (champagnermetallic)*
475 nutria*
476 golden brown
479 walnut brown (also moorbraun?)
480 manganese brown*
481 blackberry (bornite) (bornit)*
482 apricot orange
483 volcanic red (vulcanrot)*
485 rosewood (rosenholz)*
501 orient red
504 english red (englischrot)
512 garnet red (almadine red) (almandinrot)*
513 bordeau red (bordeauxrot)
514 carnelian (agate) red (karneolrot)
516 medium red (mittelrot)
519 red, light red (rot)
525 brilliant red (brillantrot)*
526 mercedes red (mercedesrot)
5328 standard blue (standardblau)
534 fire red (feuerrot)
538 red brown (rotbraun)
540 desert red (barolo red) (barolorot)
542 dark red (dunkelrot)
543 strawberry red (erdbeerrot)
548 firemist red
567 maroon (lasurrot)* (also titanitrot?)
567 bordeaux red (recent)
568 signal red (signalrot) (hellrot)
571 brilliant red (rot)*
572 ruby red (rubin)*
573 dark bordeau red (dunkelbordeauxrot)
574 spindelrot
576 red (rot)
581 inca red*
582 imperial red (imperialrot)
585 mesa red
586 magma red
587 cabernet red (pajettrot)*
590 mars red
594 ember red (glutrot)
606 maple yellow (ahorngelb)
608 ivory (elfenbein)
618 mimosa yellow (mimosangelb)
620 light ivory (hellelfenbein)
623 light ivory (hellelfinbein)
6277 standard green (standardgrün)
6285 pine green (fichtengrün)
6286 unimog green (unimog-grün)
630 corn yellow (maisgelb)
651 pueblo beige
658 ivory (elfenbein)
670 light ivory (hellelfenbein)
673 sahara yellow (saharagelb)
680 sun yellow
681 manila beige (also weizengelb?)
684 pastel beige
690 light ochre
691 light yellow (lichtgelb)
693 desert silver
702 smoke silver (rauchsilber)*
706 moonlight silver (mondsilber)*
716 grey beige (graubeige)
717 papyrus white (papyrosweiss)
7186 pearl grey (perlgrau)
7187 standard grey (standardgrau)
721 onyx grey (onyxgrau)*
723 (cubanitsilber)*
723 pewter silver (recent)
726 beige grey (beigegrau)
728 beige grey (beigegrau)*
733 phantom grey (phantomgrau)
735 astral silver (astralsilber) (bundt style wheels)*
737 classic white (classicweiss)
740 pastel grey (pastellgrau)
744 brilliant silver (brillantsilber)*
745 crystal silver*
747 granite grey
751 ascot grey (liasgrau)
752 carrara grey
753 tektite grey (tektitgrau)
762 diamond silver
803 moss green
815 agate green (achatgrün)
816 agate green
822 forest green
816 everest green (recent)
824 sea green (seegrün)
825 deep green (tiefgrün)
834 moss green (moosgrün)*
858 mesa red?????
860 green (grün)
861 silver green (silbergrün)*
862 pine green (piniengrün)*
867 kaledoniengrün
870 nickelgrün
874 citrus green (citrusgrün)*
875 mango green
876 cypress green (zypressengrün)*
877 blue green (also petrol?)*
880 cactus green (agavengrün)
881 thistle green* (also silberdistel?)
888 teal blue (beryl) (beryll)*
891 alexandrite green (alexandritgrün)*
900 deep blue (surfblau)
903 blue (blau)
904 midnight blue (dark blue) (dunkelblau)
906 grey blue (graublau)*
917 aqua (aquablau)
920 deep blue (tiefblau)
922 pastel blue (pastellblau)
929 nautical blue (nautikblau)*
930 silver blue*
931 magnetite blue (magnetitblau)*
932 lapis blue (lapisblau)*
933 deep-sea blue (tiefseeblau)*
934 china blue (chinablau)
940 marine blue
941 (aragonitblau)
945 lapis blue (lapisblau)
946 aegean blue
949 cascade blue (kaskadenblau)
960 light ochre
960 alabaster white (recent)

Thats not complete. Where is anthracite?

My W124 Wagon is Willow Green with Pebble Leather. It is one of my favorite color combinations. I am bored with Palomino.

mmmm mocca brown.. but anthacrite has grown on me.. my E320 Bluetech will be mocca

Where is Orient Red?

That list is cool. I never knew the English names for my car's colors.

I know there are 50 million different shades of red, but I have seen both W123's and W126's in bright red. I am sure MB offered it at some point, actualy I think they still do.

They call it Mars Red now, it looks nice on a C, but makes the car look a bit like a Grand-Am :P

Mostly for girls. I'm pretty sure you can get it on the SL and CL as well.

So if I am driving a Red W124 300TDt does that mean girls will be attracted to it?

Girls don't make passes at boys with stationwagons :P

No I was talking about C's, many a girl drives a red C240 or C230K.:D

Bright red W123's are cool, its retro totaly different.:cool:

Sorry ,in my experience girls go for the green.:D The more green stuff you have the more girls. Actually bright red was considered the choice of guys trying to live their youth over again so you could qualify perhaps or perhaps not. Regional differences may apply as well but probably not. Read a survey somewhere once. I freely admit a newer survey might produce other results. Well I guess I will go and polish up my signal red 240d tomorrow morning.:D I find all kinds of women in my age group will start a conversation with me because of my dogs. The dogs are not red either. Okay, all this really means is I am less popular than my dogs I guess.:eek:

They drive those damned things like point-and-shoot cameras, too! It scares the Dustin.

Your telling me! I almost got run down buy an SLK the other day in the parking garage at school. It was cool though, she was cute.:D

Carrameow, don't you like manila beige?

A bit hard to photograph, mine is also this color and it changes with light variations. In fluorescent, it's whiter. The rest, it's more yellow.

Compare this image...
http://www.maj.com/gallery/Boardmonger/w123/mb.jpg

To my car's...
http://www.maj.com/gallery/legomech/...Low-Res/14.jpg


By the way, this is thistle green:

http://www.maj.com/gallery/legomech/...es/dsc0065.jpg

[QUOTE=MBeige;1282863]Carrameow, don't you like manila beige?

A bit hard to photograph, mine is also this color and it changes with light variations. In fluorescent, it's whiter. The rest, it's more yellow.

Compare this image...


To my car's...



By the way, this is thistle green:




My brother drives a Manila Beige 300D. Needless to say it sticks out slightly parked near the "twins" my Black and tan 140 and 126.

in my mind it is hard to find a benz color that looks bad.

i have had the most in ivory, maybe six.

i think my favorite may be maple yellow... had two of those in 240d flavor, thank you.

tom w

Euro red
 

I just saw this guy driving a red,kind of a orengy red color,notcherry red but more like european fire truck red,does anyone know what color code that maybe?

Well that's a huge friggin list. Some of the supposed missing colors, are probably listed there also. People do not recognize them perhaps due to year/model exclusive colors etc. They could also be there, and just going by a different name. Sure looks pretty complete to me reguardless of a few details, or color re-names. This year, it could be "Hunter Green", next year, they name the exact same color, and mix "Forest Green". All of the other manufacturers do this, why would Mercedes, be any different..That's just an example of what Ford did, from 1991-1992 with one of their shades of green. The exact same color, has changed names about ten times since that time, yet they still haven't changed anything at all about it, aside from a name. So what's in a name anyways..?

I have a neighbor who drives a Purple, Dodge Neon. His wife drives a Charcoal Jetta...
Each one of them bought their own car..I also saw a big bad biker, a few times in the past week riding a "Barbie Pink" Harley with white accents on it..Weird sense of taste some people have isn't it..

I've seen a signal red 300TD in the junkyard. It wasn't in very good condition, most of it was faded really badly. I didn't find out it was a true signal red until I ran the VIN through the Russian site.

Number 172 or 173 depending if you want the metallic...

number 501

I love the Manilla Beige, I had a 79 300CD that was that color once. It was just a parts car for my good 79 300CD at the time. I really like that color though. I thought the car looked really sharp, perhaps a bit 70's tackey, but sharp none the less. I was actually wishing the car had not been so far beyond repair, as I would have fixed it up if I had the ability, tools, or body work experience at the time. This was back in 2001 though, when I was working on my 79 300CD, Small block Chevy project..

That signal red on a anything other than an SL car, I imagine must look way wrong. An older SL, could look good. A 123 car, or 126 car, I think would look lousy with that color on it.. EEEWWW

This is the way Signal Red is supposed to look:

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1...D/IMG_0737.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1...D/IMG_0745.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1...D/IMG_0746.jpg

I like

I just don't like Light Ivory. It's too common a color and, IMHO, is far from the best match for the W123 style.