S-Class W140 My Father's Mercedes-Benz C140 S600

[Mick Briesgau]

On my previous. rather irregular trips to the U.S., I noticed that U.S.-American M-B owners seem to like pin-striping the shoulder-lines of their cars. Something only very rarely seen here in western Europe.

Interesting, Jimmy. In Europe I usually see these kind of pin-striped shoulderlines only on British cars like RR, Bentley or the older XJs.

 

[Deleted member 1071]

The pin-stripes were a must on the series I & II XJs' , Mick.

 

[Serpens]

On my previous. rather irregular trips to the U.S., I noticed that U.S.-American M-B owners seem to like pin-striping the shoulder-lines of their cars. Something only very rarely seen here in western Europe.

Funny you mentioned that. My grandfather had 2 C140's he bought brand new- a 1997 S500 Coupe and a [U.S. model year] 1999 CL600. He kept both for 10 years each. The S500 had pinstripes that I hated and I convinced him not to have the dealer put them on his CL600.

 

[sako97]

That C126 is absolutely marvelous... Did I understand you correct your father owned it for 30 years now? In such a fine condition I can hardly believe he’s driven it for more than 50.000 km Respect how he takes care of his car...
PS what about that drawn line on the side of it. I’ve never seen that before.

29 years to be exact. I remember loosing my mind as a youngster when he brought it home one night in late ‘89. It has 74k km to date I believe.

Every year he sends it to a local MB specialist for a full inspection, fluid top off, and a 12 hour detail. They do an amazing job everytime. Not cheap, but so worth it.

On my previous. rather irregular trips to the U.S., I noticed that U.S.-American M-B owners seem to like pin-striping the shoulder-lines of their cars. Something only very rarely seen here in western Europe.

Funny you mentioned that. My grandfather had 2 C140's he bought brand new- a 1997 S500 Coupe and a [U.S. model year] 1999 CL600. He kept both for 10 years each. The S500 had pinstripes that I hated and I convinced him not to have the dealer put them on his CL600.

Yeah, @Jimmy. Pinstripes were a popular add-on by US dealer on older MB, Cadillacs, and Lincolns... Bentley & RR too. Too me it takes away from the cleanness of the profile, but there are certain applications that look great.

Not quite sure how pinstripes became a thing. Same goes for toneau tops on cars retirees buy.