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Old 06-07-2008, 03:08 PM
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You need the vin to know what it is. AFAIK MB never made any factory limo's. I don't even know if they made any Guard W126's.

Except for the 600 series.
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You need the vin to know what it is. AFAIK MB never made any factory limo's. I don't even know if they made any Guard W126's.

Except for the 600 series.
nothing personal, i think your great and all, but you dont know much about mercedeses, if you drive one doesnt really mean you know all about one bro, its companies that took brand new benzez and made them into limo's but benz sold them as thier own.
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Old 06-07-2008, 05:02 PM
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Well, what the heck

But didn't you just answer your question. If it is shipped as a Mercedes to another factory, then it is not Mercedes factory built, just like Cadillac and Lincoln have other manufacturers build limos from their cars. Looks pretty simple too me, and I only drive one also.
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But didn't you just answer your question. If it is shipped as a Mercedes to another factory, then it is not Mercedes factory built, just like Cadillac and Lincoln have other manufacturers build limos from their cars. Looks pretty simple too me, and I only drive one also.

true but there were also factory ones i heard about, nothing can be compared to factory made one though, you understand me?
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Old 06-07-2008, 09:32 PM
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nothing personal, i think your great and all, but you dont know much about mercedeses, if you drive one doesnt really mean you know all about one bro, its companies that took brand new benzez and made them into limo's but benz sold them as thier own.
Well then its not factory. That would be an aftermarket limo, so I was correct.

AMG was aftermarket until what date? Lets test YOUR knowledge.

Don't pick a MB fight with me friend, I have been doing this a long time, and have owned more than whats in my sig.

Without the vin this thread is useless because we don't know anything about that car.
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Old 06-08-2008, 01:58 PM
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Armored W126s

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You need the vin to know what it is. AFAIK MB never made any factory limo's. I don't even know if they made any Guard W126's.

Except for the 600 series.
You are right, basically, about the 600s and production W126 factory limosines.

The last 600s were made in, I believe, 1981, at which time the W126 was inproduction.

Their was no regular "Guards option" for the W126, BUT the factory DID build the equivalent.

Anyone wanting to know what they looked like should search "Saddam W126" or equivalent until the threads come up here or on Benzworld.

Saddam had 3 white 1988 560SEL ones he'd ordered from the factory in Germany. they had armor plating, reinforced windows and other things.

When he travelled, all three would travel together, and they had identical license plates, and were constantly shuffled around in the convoy so assassins could not figure which one Saddam was riding in.

I saw a video of one such convoy in action

One of the cars is located in Hartford Connecticut where the owner recently tried to sell it for a million dollars. He was a US soldier who bought it for $5500 in Baghdad and illegally imported it through Portugal to the USA where the EPA DOT impounded it, but eventually released it

(The way the question got asked was I think, kind of arrogant and retarded.)

That is why I refuse to search up and post the links.
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You are right, basically, about the 600s and production W126 factory limosines.

The last 600s were made in, I believe, 1981, at which time the W126 was inproduction.

Their was no regular "Guards option" for the W126, BUT the factory DID build the equivalent.

Anyone wanting to know what they looked like should search "Saddam W126" or equivalent until the threads come up here or on Benzworld.

Saddam had 3 white 1988 560SEL ones he'd ordered from the factory in Germany. they had armor plating, reinforced windows and other things.

When he travelled, all three would travel together, and they had identical license plates, and were constantly shuffled around in the convoy so assassins could not figure which one Saddam was riding in.

I saw a video of one such convoy in action

One of the cars is located in Hartford Connecticut where the owner recently tried to sell it for a million dollars. He was a US soldier who bought it for $5500 in Baghdad and illegally imported it through Portugal to the USA where the EPA DOT impounded it, but eventually released it

(The way the question got asked was I think, kind of arrogant and retarded.)

That is why I refuse to search up and post the links.

Jim B. you know what you talking about, well the MD limo is of late 1980's and is 560SEL aswell, altough there is no badge , so it was probably cousin to the ones Saddam had.
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