Absolutely belongs in a museum!

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

😁

@lehem7034

7 ай бұрын

Nije apsolutno za muzej , nego za moje ruke. Nažalost nemam novac za kupiti ga.

@woodsandbarclay

5 ай бұрын

You know I thought about calling Mercedes to see if they wanted to put it in the museum but then I realized I don't want this to go to some corporation to sit in museum. I want this car to stay in the private collector community so we can all enjoy it for years to come.

This has to be the newest original W123 in existence! 😂 Absolutely stunning 😍

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

😎

I'm convinced this thing rolled off the factory straight through a time machine. Unbelievably well preserved. I need to win the lottery...

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

I agree with you I've never seen anything like it.

@lehem7034

6 ай бұрын

Ovakav Mercedes imati. Radova bi mu se kao malo dijete velikoj čokoladi.

@ProfessorJaimeTollette

2 ай бұрын

I wonder what he's asking....

At 42:45 ... Pressing the Driver Door Side Door lock and showing all the Locks working is so Cool! I have a '84 300D turbo diesel and I have to manually lock my Doors. lol

@woodsandbarclay

2 ай бұрын

Yes correctly functioning vacuum system is great :)

Two of the best in the classic MB biz discussing the best W123.... Free wisdom is rare!

@woodsandbarclay

2 ай бұрын

👍

I would be afraid to touch something like this even 🤯 Such a piece of history 😮

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

Yes this is really an art piece made to go in a gallery.

I bet Auto Inspection workers were so Impressed when he brought this car in to get a Inspection sticker!!! I guess he had to do that every year in Canada? hehe lol

@woodsandbarclay

2 ай бұрын

Anybody that sees this car in person is impressed. I've never seen anything like it.

Astonishing W123 John!

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

🙂

That’s an insane car. Thanks for all your videos regarding fixing things on the w123. About to start rebuilding the front end on my sons 83 300d we picked up in Atlanta from 89 year old first owner 2 months ago.

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

That's great I hope you guys have fun I'm so glad you're enjoying the videos!

thanks for taking the time to interview Pierre.

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

😎

It's like time travel - Thank you for trekking north to share this with us!

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

😎

Beautiful example! Great job documenting it for the world!

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

Thank you I appreciate your compliment.

Unbelievable! Having owned 32 W123/W126 MB in 35 years, I had never seen a "new" W123! Comforting for me was the fact this "new" 300D had a temperature of 90/95c on the gauge and what appeared to be 2.5 oil pressure idling. Even the most astute MB authorities (in my 35 years owning them) have been proven wrong in that it's ok for the temp gauge NOT to be right on 80c and oil level not to be on "2" idling! In fact, Ken B. just did every thing possible to get his 300D temperature from 95c back to exactly 80! Thanks for a historical video, John! Now, every person restoring a W123 has a "guide" to follow!

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

Yes the correct operating temperature for these cars is between 80° and 100° and that is stated clearly in the service manual it is perfectly fine for them to run at 95 if you have the air conditioner on and your driving hard uphill that will happen sometimes.

Gosh you and Pierre are so on point for these cars. Amazing.

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

Thank you John

Great video!! So amazing to step back in time with this vehicle. My dad fell in love MB's during his WW2 service in the US Army. He bought his first 1958 W128 in 1966 and his first new (midnight blue) W115 in 1974 at the same dealership on W 41st in NYC. I was in high school and recall the day like it was yesterday. I detailed that car every week until the oil pump failed and the design that was supposed to kill the fuel pump in the event of said failure only half sheared the pin on the fuel pump so it ran itself to it's death. I was the unfortunate adolescent who was driving it when that happened and sent it to it's grave. We still have a mostly restored 1959 W128 in my dad's barn. My brother has (2) 300TD's, both have seen better days. Thanks so much for this post!

@woodsandbarclay

4 ай бұрын

Great story I enjoyed reading that.

Amazing you made my day ; much love from Morocco 🇲🇦

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

😁🙂😎

Wow! What a gem of W123! Gotta love that quality!❤

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

Wow what a car. I think its absolutely great to be able to see a car so many years later and so new, not to mention that guys garage. He would probably drop dead of a heart attack if he saw mine. I'm at a loss to understand how anyone can own a car of any type and not drive and enjoy it, or be afraid to. Sure if you have 30 cars you can't drive them all. There are so many great aspects of a car besides looking at it. A big thanks to woodsandbarclay to inspire me to clean up and try and restore my 1982 engine compartment to "newer" condition. Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, the previous owner oil sprayed the crap out of it. I just looked at it and I got dirty. It took me a very long time cleaning everything up and actually found components I didn't even know there there because they were buried in layers and layers of old oil spray.

@woodsandbarclay

6 ай бұрын

Just get a good degreaser and a low powered electric pressure washer and you can clean that engine compartment!

@EverybodyLovesMoe

6 ай бұрын

@@woodsandbarclay Well as usual you are helpful. It still amazes me the detail in your instructions. You bailed me out this morning showing the worn plastic pieces on my throttle 2 & 3 way and you provided the part #, thank you. Unfortunately I did the cleaning over winter (summer is way too busy) and couldn't use a spray washer, however getting right in there I could inspect everything. I used a steamer and that helped a lot and found 4 small holes in the engine compartment....canadian car. We like our french fries because we have all the salt you would ever want 😝 Keep up the great work!

That's a unicorn if any, you are a very lucky man John! That would be a keeper🤘

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

It's amazing!

Amazing...

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

You can say that again!

Wow!! 😯 And just in my backyard!!

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

😎

This is beautiful bro

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

It's the most beautiful 300D I have ever seen.

Holy Cow.....no words to describe....

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

Yes!

This is an amazing story! Wow oh wow. I hate new cars sooo much. This story made me fall in love with cars again. Thank you. ♥

@woodsandbarclay

Ай бұрын

So glad you're enjoying the videos!

@davidhunternyc1

Ай бұрын

@@woodsandbarclay This one made me cry.... so special. 🙏🏼

Forgive me. Holy fuck! Unicorn is right

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

Hahahahaha yes!!!!

Beautiful car

@woodsandbarclay

Ай бұрын

Thank you

Drive it. Where does it end? You build an alter and worship it. Yes, it's an exceptional example, but drive it. We need to keep in mind that one day it all is going to burn up. Enjoy the Blessings we been given. Peace.

@woodsandbarclay

3 ай бұрын

I agree!

Wow! Super nice! Once in a lifetime you will find a car like this, a 40 year old car like brandnew. They build the limo and coupe in Stuttgart. The T-Model in Bremen. The Museum in Stuttgart should be interested in that car 😍. I was looking for a nice W123 here in Germany, but ended up buying a 1979 Chevy Monte Carlo with 36500 KM in a very good shape. But the w123/w126 are still my favorite cars. 😇

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

Well said!

Jaw dropping.

@woodsandbarclay

4 ай бұрын

😎

Once in a lifetime can you find this other than the museum.

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

This doesn't even exist in the Mercedes museum!

@ejtomero7720

7 ай бұрын

@@woodsandbarclay Mercedes museum propably has few low mileage Mercedes in their store. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lKiDlsaNpqTHpZs.html

Unreal

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

That's a perfect description!

I've always wanted one of these. Problem : Nobody around where I live can fix it. No new parts.

@woodsandbarclay

2 ай бұрын

New parts are readily available and cheap. Where do you live?

@poseidon5003

2 ай бұрын

@@woodsandbarclay Nova Scotia Canada.

@poseidon5003

2 ай бұрын

@@woodsandbarclay I'll do some more research. If I can find a decent one it will be my summer daily driver. No joke.

I'd sit in the garage and stare at it all day ❤❤❤❤ Hell you're not doing the inspection of a used car. Up on the lift it pretty much looks like you're doing a pre-delivery inspection ❤️

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

🙂

An incredible video....I must have missed this in the video....why did the original owner drive this for 1500 miles? Did the owner buy this car to store/sell as a future collectible?

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

He was a collector. I'm so glad he preserved the car it's totally amazing.

I’m not going to, but would anyone be pissed if I bought this beauty and chose to drive it rather than museum it?

@woodsandbarclay

4 ай бұрын

I would love to see this vehicle driven every day! It's so boring to store them in museums and only take them to car shows. No fun at all. Drive it!!!

Holy shit that thing's a dream

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

😎

Looks like a nice daily driver to me!

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

I would say it's a little better than "nice" hahaha. More like incredible!!!

Great car

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

😎

@jedklang

7 ай бұрын

I also had a Mercedes 300D gold with 246,000 miles before I sold it the compression was absolutely perfect I could started at baby 40 Celsius without the plugs

Cruising around in this car would be something else ; may gad bless me with the ability to buy something like this

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

Well it is for sale :) www.woodsandbarclay.com

What is the color on the coupe? It’s stunning.

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

A lot of people call it petrol green. I think the official name is blue green metallic.

@treyphillips4910

7 ай бұрын

I agree about the coupe. Someone I know had a coupe that color back in the 1980s. Most beautiful car I’ve ever seen.

Nice w123.

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

😎

@vintage76vipergreenBeetle

7 ай бұрын

@@woodsandbarclay It was a nice surprise to see Pierre on your video.

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

😎

I’d be afraid to look at it. I’d be looking at it for hours non stop. 😮

@woodsandbarclay

5 ай бұрын

Hahaha yeah me too

As much as this would be such a great car to drive as it’s just like buying a new one, BUT it can only be new once. And it’s worth a bazillion dollars in its “new” state. If you want a daily driver, I agree with Pierre, sort a 250k car as a driver. I love driving my 316k mile 300CD, and not worrying about mileage and just keep it as a rolling restoration, and keep it as well sorted and nice as I can.

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

Yes you're absolutely right I see this more as an art piece that needs to be shown at Amelia Island or Pebble Beach. It needs to be displayed in a gallery so others can appreciate it.

Hahaha this is craaaaazy

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

Yes!

The $100k w123 may have just appeared before our eyes!

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

Most definitely

Greetings saw a very similar car shown by Dean lambach also very low mileage car same color anthracite grey great find definitely the same car 🇩🇪🚘⛽️

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

Thank you I'm glad you're enjoying the videos.

John, This one makes my mouth water. Holy Crap! How in the world did you find this? Tell us the rest of the story!!!

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

Pierre Hedary owns probably the most popular Mercedes restoration shop in the country and this car was serviced by him. Pierre referred him to me to sell the car for him.

@jimsinor8332

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. I am sure you will restore her to brand new condition. Looking forward to what even it may need with so little miles.@@woodsandbarclay

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

@@jimsinor8332 this one doesn't need restoring its brand new still in its factory original condition. Pierre Hedary did a couple of minor items on the car but right now it's fully sorted.

Mercedes Benz Museum in Germany 🇩🇪 should be interested

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

😎

Just the sound of opening and closing the door tells me its accurate mileage. Please contact mercedes in germany, they might be intrested to add this into museum

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

Yeah my thoughts exactly :)

I think I saw this car few years back at my local dealer…. I had the very same car for many many years…

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

Yes it's sold a few years ago to the current owner

😍😍😍😍😍

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

😎

Bienvenu au Quebec :)

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

😎

Seem like you Sold this car in less than 24 Hours, correct?!?!?!! haha

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

No this car is currently for sale. Why do you think it has sold?

@sonofprince4124

7 ай бұрын

@@woodsandbarclay My badd, I see SOLD is for the vehicle underneath the SOLD heading. haha

Is that the Original Mercedes Battery at 8:40? Even on a Battery Tender would it last 38 years?

@woodsandbarclay

6 ай бұрын

No of course that's not the original battery.

I know this car, this car was for sale from Dean Laumbach a cuple years ago

@woodsandbarclay

5 ай бұрын

Yes that is where the current owner saw the vehicle and he made contact with Dean and the owner and bought it.

@andrianchirica8650

5 ай бұрын

Meaby you belive or not , but i was in dealing with Dean to buy this car in that time from him

@andrianchirica8650

5 ай бұрын

And now i watched your video and i didn't understand its for sale or not, meaby now i can buy it, please let me know

@woodsandbarclay

5 ай бұрын

@@andrianchirica8650 yes the vehicle is for sale all of our contact information is on the website and listed at the beginning of the video.

Wow,is a Mercedes only the Kardashians can drive 👏🙌

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

This is an art piece that needs to be displayed at Amelia Island or Pebble Beach. The Kardashians can kiss my ass.

Of COURSE that IS an extraordinary car. I couldn't quite gather the direction of the video: are you going to broker a sale? Does the owner give you access to the car in order to utilize the scope of your W123 diesel reach to market the car? Or ? I love ghe paradox: the model renowned for huge mileage has no mileage at all. The high volume production vehicle is now valuable because it has no mileage,at all.

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

Yes the car is for sale ;) you can contact me directly via the contact information on the website. yes it is dripping with irony the highest mileage vehicle with the lowest mileage.

I wouldn't let anyone to test drive it. What if someone hit the car from behind or any accident occurred?

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

I was very fortunate to get to drive the car for 3 miles. :)

@soulsirius

7 ай бұрын

@@woodsandbarclay if i was the owner you wouldn't have a chance, no way :) i would drive it and you would sit in the passenger side and the ride wouldn't be longer than half mile :)) seriously, your experience was once in lifetime kind of an experience

Idk John are you sure about buying a car from north of Virginia? ;)

@woodsandbarclay

6 ай бұрын

😎

Have you been to the Mercedes museum in Germany?

@andrewray656

7 ай бұрын

Do you think that'll be a $100k car in 10 years?

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

@@andrewray656 it's a six-figure car right now.

@andrewray656

7 ай бұрын

@@woodsandbarclay that's what I like to hear

@andrewray656

7 ай бұрын

Have you been to the museum in Stuttgard?

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

@@andrewray656 nope but I'll probably be visiting in 2024. They don't even have one this nice. I contacted them to see if they're interested in it.

Do u take trade ins... I have a 1982 mercedes 300d. Thank you

@woodsandbarclay

2 ай бұрын

Please contact me directly

The coupe wasn’t a petrol ? 🤔

@woodsandbarclay

2 ай бұрын

No we sell diesels :)

I have a 48 k mile 85 300d same color alomost as clean come get it

@woodsandbarclay

7 ай бұрын

🙂 please just contact me directly all my information is on the website

@user-vc3ol3up1y

3 ай бұрын

Did he come get?

@woodsandbarclay

3 ай бұрын

​@@user-vc3ol3up1y no unfortunately @zenjamin6262 never contacted me.

At 57:00 you guy's became idolatrous. Drive it man. Drive it.

@woodsandbarclay

3 ай бұрын

Hahaha we're just so impressed with the vehicle. The car is for sale if you're interested 😁