Excellent narration. My old man had a few fintails, our favourite was his 66 190d. Two tone, cream body and light blue roof. We picked it up in Zimbabwe. The brakes were shocking effective!
@MLC... I don't know those figures, but I think there are about four currently in the country. I heard that Mercedes-Benz SA imported two 200 Universals in period to serve as cars for their field service representatives. I found one in a scrapyard north of Pretoria in 2006, and it was blue with a white roof - the corporate colours of the time. The car is now restored back to the same spec as a service vehicle, and is in a collection in the Southern Cape.
@@keystonegarage I can't recall ever seeing one of these. So your figure of 4 seems very realistic. What a beautiful car. Glad they are being restored and saved.
@Weiseorgelspieler There were only around 2000 Universals made and very few left. There are a few in the German Mercedes Club, VDH, but they are a rare sight.
@@keystonegarage very unfortunate though that they made just a little number! The original factory design fits the car very well. The Binz models where always a little bit strange and not proportional at all. Lekker dag verder!
Ich habe dazu mal vor langer Zeit einen Retro-Test gelesen (muss aus der Auto Motor und Sport Rubrik "vor 40 Jahren" gewesen sein). Danach wurden diese Autos mit einem so hohen Aufpreis auf die Limousine verkauft, dass es für den normalen Kombikäufer kaum in Frage kam. Anscheinend war die Federung auch für hohe Beladung ausgelegt und sonst eher trampelig. In der Fahrzeugklasse war man damals als privater Käufer wohl mit den Break- oder Familiale-Versionen von Peugeot 404 oder Citroën DS oder ID besser bedient.
@notroll1279 Danke schön. Ja, ich habe irgendwo auch gelesen daß das Universal ein 30% höher Kaufpreiss gehabt hat also das normal Heckflosse. Ich habe das im video vergessen zu sagen.
Excellent narration. My old man had a few fintails, our favourite was his 66 190d. Two tone, cream body and light blue roof. We picked it up in Zimbabwe. The brakes were shocking effective!
@@ifbm3694 Thank you. You need time on your hands with a 190d. 😅
Fantastic video, great research in the history
Glad you enjoyed it, Jon
I owned a '79 300D wagon. Load leveling, sunroof, a/c, etc.. Made my own diesel fuel and ran the pants off of it. Great car.
@angeloavanti2538 I think the W123 T Wagon is one of the greatest station wagons ever made.
Would have the 230 S Universal. 😍
Me too!
Excellent video, learned a lot. Do you know how many were sold here in South Africa?
@MLC... I don't know those figures, but I think there are about four currently in the country.
I heard that Mercedes-Benz SA imported two 200 Universals in period to serve as cars for their field service representatives. I found one in a scrapyard north of Pretoria in 2006, and it was blue with a white roof - the corporate colours of the time. The car is now restored back to the same spec as a service vehicle, and is in a collection in the Southern Cape.
@@keystonegarage I can't recall ever seeing one of these. So your figure of 4 seems very realistic. What a beautiful car. Glad they are being restored and saved.
@@MLC... Thank you
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@@acersalman8258 Thank you
Baie interessant. Ek dink ons her hierdie model in Duitsland nie gehad nie. Groete na Suid Afrika toe!
@Weiseorgelspieler There were only around 2000 Universals made and very few left. There are a few in the German Mercedes Club, VDH, but they are a rare sight.
@@keystonegarage very unfortunate though that they made just a little number! The original factory design fits the car very well. The Binz models where always a little bit strange and not proportional at all.
Lekker dag verder!
Ich habe dazu mal vor langer Zeit einen Retro-Test gelesen (muss aus der Auto Motor und Sport Rubrik "vor 40 Jahren" gewesen sein).
Danach wurden diese Autos mit einem so hohen Aufpreis auf die Limousine verkauft, dass es für den normalen Kombikäufer kaum in Frage kam. Anscheinend war die Federung auch für hohe Beladung ausgelegt und sonst eher trampelig.
In der Fahrzeugklasse war man damals als privater Käufer wohl mit den Break- oder Familiale-Versionen von Peugeot 404 oder Citroën DS oder ID besser bedient.
@notroll1279 Danke schön. Ja, ich habe irgendwo auch gelesen daß das Universal ein 30% höher Kaufpreiss gehabt hat also das normal Heckflosse. Ich habe das im video vergessen zu sagen.
I think the 123 T has to be one of the greatest station wagons ever.