V good video. Moisture is a killer. I have 1985 300d TD. I have never driven in rain, and keep polished and stays in garage. Still looks like It came of the showroom, when new. These cars are legendary cars, but moisture kills them.

Wow,thanks for sharing! I'll definitely do the hosepipe test on all beadings and check the bonnet hinge areas. Then drive my 1981 200 afterwards. Greetings from Johannesburg

Wow can't believe this, thought a South Africa car would not rust. I looked at 4 cars here in wet Ireland, all ex UK where they salt the roads in winter, and never seen anything so bad. I've actually had all the beading off my coupe and it's fine, also inspected the doors and the rear windows on the inside. Another important dain to check is the sunroof ones.

Amazing rust for South Africa since I thought it was drier there. My two W123 California cars have almost no rust. The only places I've found rust is at the bottom middle of the rear windscreen (common) and the bottom of the trunk side pockets where a prior owner let a water level sit due to clogged drain holes. I think water got in the trunk from the first issue. But, no rust-thru, just surface rust which cleaned up. Rather than spend months repairing such rusted sheet metal, seems better to buy a CA/AZ car and pay $1K to have it shipped east in the U.S.

In a constant battle trying to clean out clogged drain holes, wonder why they made them so small.

Hey Keyan! Great info, thanks! Even up here in Joburg I find these issues especially in the bonnet hinge furrow! One can also remove the plastic cover in the front wheel arches and clean there. I found a heap of sand and spider nests on my 82 123! Luckily no rust!

Thanks, very helpful, (W123 owner)

@oldmercguy

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Great video. I'm going to check out a 300D this weekend. Has been sitting in a dry garage since 1990, ever since the husband died. At least now I know what the points to inspect are.

@oldmercguy

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. Awesome you found it useful

Very informative! Greetings from the UK. Would be useful if you could do a similar walkthrough for the /8 chassis as well.

Very interesting and helpful. Thank you. Scary though! I remember the few W123's that I bought from Upington and surrounds, all had the rear window rust trouble. Although very reliable, Tin worm is their biggest enemy.

Great info on w123 rust.👍

I also take care keep it covered in rain water proof cover

Thank you

Very helpful insight

Great video but now i dont dare look at a lot of places on my 123...

Интересное видео. Очень жаль что данные автомобили находятся в плачевном состоянии. Я также владелец 123 и 124 Мерседесов в оригинале и в очень хорошем состоянии, также выкладываю видео на своем канале о них. Вам спасибо за видео, мой лайк и подписка.

do you have a decent w123 rear bumper corner?

Rust rooking 👀