1972 Mercedes 600

[Grant]

I have always been in love with these things, what i would do to for a drive in one



[video=youtube;4LnHdWgLlFI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LnHdWgLlFI[/video]

 

[Dan C]

Had one of those in my mid 20's . Babe magnet way back then

 

[f2wohf]

And to have one

But the Giulietta SS will be first.

 

[boxerulez]

Had one of those in my mid 20's . Babe magnet way back then

You had one of those? Dude is that not the factory Limo?

 

[boxerulez]

Only 2600 odd ever built... you probably had the sedan that shares the nose design with this one.

 

[boxerulez]

Like this one

 

[Grant]

with all that restoration & perfection, the badge in the steering wheel being off-centre would drive me completely nuts !!

 

[Grant]

i believe fw de klerk had a 600

 

[Linus MacWinfrey]

I owned four W115 Series and a W123.

The big 600 was a loss leader for MB and not popular in the West as it looked too similar to the smaller, cheaper models. A pity, as it was much more reliable than Rolls-Royce, for instance.

Nicest one I had ever driven was a 1972 300 SEL 6.3 V8. It is the model in between the big 600 and the white 115 series in the pictures here.

 

[Linus MacWinfrey]

That 600 is rotting away in Simonstown and was the presidential car used from Blackie Swart onward, for many years.

 

[mika1000]

there were two Pullman 600's in SA - one the Pullman 600 (burgundy) and the other a landaulet (black). both been used by South African State Presidents CR Swart, Jim Fouche, Nico Diedericks, John Vorster and PW Botha. they all used them for their inaugurations and parliament openings. FW de Clerk used a bulletproof SE500 ( a distal green one). Nelson Mandela used a 7 series BMW. both Pullman limo's found their way to a Bloemfontein Mercedes car collector featured on Kwela recently owning more than 300 Mercedes and some other cars, as far as I kno.

there's also s few other it seem...

the 600 landaulet used by the state presidents:





another two:

 

[Pedro_CT]

Hi Guys,

A little bit too late I guess to participate in this discussion but you may find it interesting that one was sold in JHB less than 6 months ago for less than 900k