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| View Poll Results: Which W123 metallic colour would you choose? | |||
| Original 480 Manganese brown |
   
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45 | 32.37% |
| Cyprus green 876 |
  
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12 | 8.63% |
| Anthracite grey 172 |
  
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19 | 13.67% |
| Blue green 877 |
  
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14 | 10.07% |
| Lapis blue 932 |
  
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23 | 16.55% |
| Something else (please say) |
  
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26 | 18.71% |
| Voters: 139. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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#31
08-13-2014, 02:27 AM
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior  Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits! 
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#32
08-13-2014, 06:47 AM
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If changing the color, I love Maple yellow and anthracite, but if mine I'd prolly keep the manganese brown. It looks very nice when fresh.
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#34
08-13-2014, 09:03 AM
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I'm of the mind, that the pastel colors REALLY make a 123 look classic. kind of 50's styling...
however, as much work as you have done, and you wanting a challenge... go for black. NOTHING looks as good on a car as black. NOTHING. however, it is THE MOST DIFFICULT paint color to get correct. EVERY SINGLE PANEL NEEDS TO BE PERFECT. the paint needs massive work to get it on smooth, and not show every single imperfection... and keeping the car clean will be a chore beyond most's abilities... but WOW OH WOW, it looks awesome with the chrome when done right.
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!  1987 300TD 1987 300TD 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!
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08-13-2014, 09:04 AM
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oh... and anybody wanting a manganese brown 85 300D, just come by my place and get it...
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 1987 300TD 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!
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08-13-2014, 09:52 AM
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08-13-2014, 11:47 AM
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ok, I'll pull the numbers off the plate, and see what it actually is... I know it's metallic brown... just me making ASSumptions... 
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 1987 300TD 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!
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#38
08-13-2014, 06:32 PM
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Regarding the OP: If I were going to the trouble of doing a color change, I'd be doing British Racing Green. I saw a W123 in a junkyard in BRG once and it still looked great sitting on stands and halfway dismantled.
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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar. 83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles 08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles 88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
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#39
08-13-2014, 07:54 PM
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Black! I love it on these... since you want a metallic you can do 199 "Pearl Black", the ones pictured are 040 which is just plain old "Black".
First three pictures the black one is mine, last one is my friend Rich's previous W123.    
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08-13-2014, 09:20 PM
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08-14-2014, 01:22 AM
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I've already got 199 on a W201 - it is a nice colour but I think it is too modern for a W123. 199 has a certain 1990s class to it   I think 904 midnight blue if I go non metallic is a contender Quote:
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!
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#42
08-14-2014, 06:33 AM
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I'm a sucker for ascot grey.
I plan on doing a full color change on my 737 classic white 300td to ascot grey. 
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#43
08-14-2014, 09:37 AM
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I say Manganese is the verdict and we call it a day.
 There's a Hungarian on YouTube who painted his W123 240D Chevy Orange. At least you didn't get any of those ideas and asked us about that. 
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08-14-2014, 04:50 PM
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In this case it's not over till the tall skinny bloke welds up the car and gets it ready for paint. I haven't considered orange on the W123 - but I think it might go quite nicely with wide boy alloy wheels on the (199) W201...
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!
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08-14-2014, 04:50 PM
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Manganese brown. It looks fantastic in the metal-and-chrome Mercedes...
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