Hello Everyone,

For all the w123 owners out there, how many of you have pinstripes and what color combination do you have?

I have a white wagon with a blue interior. It has brown pinstripes? lol. I peeled a little of the brown pinstripes back and saw some blue stripes.

Is a white wagon with a blue interior supposed to have blue or brown pinstripes from the factory?

On my sedan w123, its brown with a light tan pinstripe.

have an anthracice grey w123 sedan with somewhat of a gold-ish pinstripe



Whenever I get the car repainted I am having a proper pinstripe done by hand since I know a guy that still does the old school line work.

It is common to pinstripe in the color of the interior.

Tom W

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

No W123--or any other Mercedes I'm aware of--came from the factory with pinstripes.

This is a typical dealer add-on or perhaps the PO just had poor taste.

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Kent Christensen
Albuquerque
'07 GL320CDI, '10 CL550. '01 Porsche Boxster
Two BMW motorcycles

I was thinking orange on my light blue car, what do you think?

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

Gator colors... kinda... go for it

It seems like most w123's I see has a pinstripe. I guess if it was a dealer option, it was pretty popular back in the day

I've never seen a W123 with a pinstripe. And I've seen quite a few. Dealer add on is likely, and maybe folks down here didn't like 'em......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

I seen several with pinstripes. It looks okay but it also looks a tad out of place.

Removed my pinstripe about a week ago and I love the look without it. Just my opinion but I think it looks much classier without it. 25 years and no fade, can't tell it was there.


Jim

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Jim Messina

1983 300 SD
2006 Silverado Z71

I have seen several 123s with it, thought it was an option

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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
2014 Kubota L3800 tractor
1964 VW bug

"Lifes too short to drive a boring car"

Classic white with gold pinstripe.

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Andrew

1989 Volvo 745- 202K

I removed the worn, gold pinstripes off my wagon. I originally was going to break out my sword and dagger, but I think the w123s look complete/finished without stripes.

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Chad
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

I don't think any 123 I have owned came without the stripes....maybe my Euro 280e. I'll have to look.

They look good with or without to me.

Tom W

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I don't know if pinstriping was optional or not.
I've owned 7 123s. All had pinstriping.
The only ones that I've seen without pinstriping had been repainted.

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83 300D 328k mi (623) Light Ivory - daily driver
82 300D 166k mi (881) Thisle Green - fixer upper
82 300D 282k mi (473) Champagne - parts