W123 280 convertible for sale in Holland - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Stretch · #1 02-03-2011, 05:21 AM

I've added this 'cos I find it interesting - I've got nothing to do with the sale.

http://link.marktplaats.nl/419063321

lee polowczuk · #2 02-03-2011, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Army

I've added this 'cos I find it interesting - I've got nothing to do with the sale.

http://link.marktplaats.nl/419063321

was the hardtop chopped off and replaced with a ragtop?

seems like the interior was redone as well...doesn't look like MB

Stretch · #3 02-03-2011, 01:52 PM

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was the hardtop chopped off and replaced with a ragtop?

seems like the interior was redone as well...doesn't look like MB

The advert says that it was done by Boonacker - they must be a Dutch company that modifies vehicles - it looks like they do hearses and taxis too.

It could be the condition of the car but the soft top looks like an after thought - though I reckon a 2 door W123 looks nicer with out a roof. To my eye only the 4 door W123 looks right.

POS · #4 02-04-2011, 09:21 AM

Those are SEC seats in that there car.

alabbasi · #5 02-08-2011, 10:08 PM

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Those are SEC seats in that there car.

Really? the seat backs look too meaty.

t walgamuth · #6 02-08-2011, 10:55 PM

I went down to INdy one time about 17 years ago or so to look at a 123 convertible. It was pretty rough but looked pretty much like that I suppose. I don't think it had 126 seats and it was a light color, perhaps white or silver.

I passed on it.

Stretch · #7 02-09-2011, 02:57 AM

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I went down to INdy one time about 17 years ago or so to look at a 123 convertible. It was pretty rough but looked pretty much like that I suppose. I don't think it had 126 seats and it was a light color, perhaps white or silver.

I passed on it.

I'd do the same but it is nice to see how it could have been if Mercedes had decided to do one for real.

t walgamuth · #8 02-09-2011, 06:15 AM

I'd consider a nice one.

Stretch · #9 02-09-2011, 08:54 AM

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I'd consider a nice one.

Really? - Now where did I leave my angle grinder...

alabbasi · #10 02-09-2011, 11:44 AM

An English coach builder called Crayford used to make nice ones. I've also seen wagon versions of fintails and W116's that were made by them,. There used to a a shop near Putney bridge in London that had loads of them parked behind a gate. This was at least 10 years ago.

Stretch · #11 02-09-2011, 01:50 PM

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An English coach builder called Crayford used to make nice ones. I've also seen wagon versions of fintails and W116's that were made by them,. There used to a a shop near Putney bridge in London that had loads of them parked behind a gate. This was at least 10 years ago.

Thanks for the tip - I had found some information on another Mercedes forum about a Crayford W123 convertible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crayford_Engineering

Gives a tiny bit more information including the mention of an S class estate!

alabbasi · #12 02-09-2011, 01:53 PM

That would be the W116 450SEL. There's a fellow here in Dallas that has one. I think that Crayford used the tail gate from an Austin Maxi for the rear hatch

Stretch · #13 02-09-2011, 02:19 PM

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That would be the W116 450SEL. There's a fellow here in Dallas that has one. I think that Crayford used the tail gate from an Austin Maxi for the rear hatch

A Maxi - yuk what a combination...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Maxi

alabbasi · #14 02-09-2011, 02:51 PM

I quite like those (hated them back in the day though).

But you see what I mean?

Stretch · #15 02-10-2011, 03:02 AM

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I quite like those (hated them back in the day though).

But you see what I mean?

Yeah it is funny they almost look acceptable now. My Dad bought one. I think it was one of the more reliable cheap cars that he bought despite the hydro-elastic suspension failing frequently.

How come you know about them? Have you lived on this side of the water?

Anyway that S class estate reminds me a little bit of a 1960s Pontiac Safari - don't quite know why - but it has a more American feel despite being a product of Europe. It looks good despite the British Leyland parts.