W114/W115 1969 Mercedes-Benz 220 W115

[cawimmer430]

For sale, only 26,130 km (after the shoot). That's 16,331 miles!

Excellent condition, zero rust and very comfortable. The choke was interesting - when the engine was started it needed a different mixture. Carburetors, so old school!

Here are some snapshots from after the shoot.

 

[LaArtist]

Price ?

 

[cawimmer430]

Price ?

20,000 Euros if I remember correctly. If you're interested I can give you the contact details of the seller.

 

[LaArtist]

20,000 Euros if I remember correctly. If you're interested I can give you the contact details of the seller.

Please do

 

[Mick Briesgau]

Was it originally registered in France? It’s a beauty by the way, Christian.

 

[cawimmer430]

Please do

Check your PM!

 

[cawimmer430]

Was it originally registered in France? It’s a beauty by the way, Christian.

If I remember the history of this car correctly from my quick chat with the seller, it was actually ordered by a customer in Austria and spent its life there.

The car appears to have a number of interesting modifications such as an RPM counter and of course the French-spec headlights.

 

[Deleted member 1071]

I'm old enough to recall the brouhaha that was generated when the W115 "Strich Acht" was presented in late 1967. Having just reached 14, I rode my bike to the nearest Auto Henne (Munichs' main M-B dealership network at the time) showroom in order to grab all introductory brochures available. What particularly fascinated me was the page in which side-profile illustrations (not photographs) of all then-available M-B car ranges (W115, W108/109, W100, W113...) were featured.

The W115 quickly became absolutely ubiquitous. Black diesel examples quickly replaced the W110 "Fintail" as THE prominent taxicab.

 

[cawimmer430]

Great memories, Jimmy! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Deleted member 1071]

...and 2-3 years later, I saw Roberto Blanco emerging from the driver seat of a medium-blue metallic W108 280 SE 3.5 while riding my bike down the Schwanthalerstrasse.

Ein bißchen Spaß muss sein...oder ?

 

[Mick Briesgau]

...and 2-3 years later, I saw Roberto Blanco emerging from the driver seat of a medium-blue metallic W108 280 SE 3.5 while riding my bike down the Schwanthalerstrasse.

Ein bißchen Spaß muss sein...oder ?

Fantastic anecdote, Jimmy.
I’ve got one as well. Saw former chancellor Helmut Schmidt visiting former Dutch prime minister Dries van Agt at his private home (we lived only a few streets away). Must have been 1977. He was driven in a W116 450 SEL, I mean it was a 6.9, astralsilber.

 

[cawimmer430]

Fantastic anecdote, Jimmy.
I’ve got one as well. Saw former chancellor Helmut Schmidt visiting former Dutch prime minister Dries van Agt at his private home (we lived only a few streets away). Must have been 1977. He was driven in a W116 450 SEL, I mean it was a 6.9, astralsilber.

I may be wrong, but I am 99% sure Helmut Schmidt was chauffeured in a 350SEL.

Then again he may have had several W116 limousines. But a 6.9 would seem a little too much for an SPD politician!

 

[Mick Briesgau]

I may be wrong, but I am 99% sure Helmut Schmidt was chauffeured in a 350SEL.

Then again he may have had several W116 limousines. But a 6.9 would seem a little too much for an SPD politician!

Any limousine is too much for a SPD politician
It’s over 40 years ago, so I’m not going to argue, you could very well be right. The mind plays tricks with our memory...

 

[Deleted member 1071]

The family of a schoolmate friend of mine were the next-door neighbors of former German international and FC Bayern football star Gerd Müller and his wife Uschi in München-Solln of the early 1970s'. I recall that the Müllers drove a pale yellow C107 450 SLC.

 

[cawimmer430]

The reason I believe he used a 350SEL is because I have a 1:43 scale Kanzlerwagen of it.

 

[Mick Briesgau]

The reason I believe he used a 350SEL is because I have a 1:43 scale Kanzlerwagen of it.

The one I saw Schmidt in was astralsilber. Your model is in another colour.