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!

@keystonegarage

16 күн бұрын

@@ifbm3694 Thank you. You need time on your hands with a 190d. 😅

Fantastic video, great research in the history

@keystonegarage

16 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, Jon

Trying to keeps the fins from the sedan wasn't the smartest design solution.

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.

@keystonegarage

12 күн бұрын

@angeloavanti2538 I think the W123 T Wagon is one of the greatest station wagons ever made.

Awesome thanks for the information 😊

@keystonegarage

8 күн бұрын

@hussamal-takriti8792 Glad you enjoyed it.

Would be interested to know what kind of premium these charged over the equivalent saloon. I am guessing that it would be 30% or more, rather than the 5 - 10% common nowadays.

@keystonegarage

19 сағат бұрын

@davidhayes4814 You're quite correct. I don't have the actual figures, but I read somewhere that the selling price of the Universal was 30% more than the sedan. I think this was what ultimately caused the slow sales. They sold 1000 cars in the first year, and then only another 1000 in the following three years.

Excellent video, learned a lot. Do you know how many were sold here in South Africa?

@keystonegarage

15 күн бұрын

@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.

@MLC...

15 күн бұрын

@@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.

@keystonegarage

14 күн бұрын

@@MLC... Thank you

Baie interessant. Ek dink ons her hierdie model in Duitsland nie gehad nie. Groete na Suid Afrika toe!

@keystonegarage

14 күн бұрын

@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.

@Weiseorgelspieler

14 күн бұрын

@@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!

@notroll1279

14 күн бұрын

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.

@keystonegarage

14 күн бұрын

@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.

@keystonegarage

13 күн бұрын

I think the 123 T has to be one of the greatest station wagons ever.

Would have the 230 S Universal. 😍

@keystonegarage

13 күн бұрын

Me too!

My grandfather yoachim vonk Ribbentrop possessed the car year's 1969-1981 😢😢😢 my grandfather died 1987

@keystonegarage

11 күн бұрын

@@karlchtraybell5850 That's a good memory - thank you.

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@keystonegarage

12 күн бұрын

@@acersalman8258 Thank you