"Future Heap Owner" (aperiodic)
10/17/2019 at 02:12 • Filed to: mercedes, Dots, Portland
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"Future Heap Owner" (aperiodic)
10/17/2019 at 02:12 • Filed to: mercedes, Dots, Portland | 3
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I think this is the oldest Mercedes I’ve seen. How old is it?
InFierority Complex
> Future Heap Owner
10/17/2019 at 02:31 |
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Fintail to the front desk, please. Although I think this has different headlights than his.
I’m going to say 60s but no idea.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Future Heap Owner
10/17/2019 at 03:12 |
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60's?
Cé hé sin
> Future Heap Owner
10/17/2019 at 04:47 |
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Well, the Fintail was 1959 to 1968 so somewhere in there. It’s one of the more basic ones.
Nibby
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10/17/2019 at 08:31 |
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1961
-1968, W110
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_W110
fintail
> Future Heap Owner
10/17/2019 at 12:58 |
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This is a second series W110, model years 1965-68 in the US. Year and model are indeterminate as the cars didn’t change by model or year. I suspect the black plates are original to the car, I think the S prefix might put them around 1966. The 4 on the floor is a feature desired by some for these cars.
Oh, I see the blanking plate on the dash where the optional radio would go. Looks like a 200 gas.
arl
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11/02/2019 at 20:18 |
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Jeezuz I feel old. My Mom had one of these with a column mounted shifter when I was a kid. I want to say it was a manual three on the tree. I was way too young to ever drive it - but I have fond memories of my Mom picking me up from school in it. It was a classy car with heavy doors and that rich smell of leather.
They had something like 70 or 80 horsepower, which seems ridiculously low, but they were relatively light and with a manual could get up to speed OK. Not like the diesel automatics. You could out-run a diesel automatic running backwards drunk, with one leg tied behind your back.
EDIT - they had the coolest Bat-fins on the rear! Great looking old Benz’s.