Beiträge von DD

Hi Jörg

That is whats called a proximity reflector

it is fitted to all South African built W123 headlights,

notice also the rear, they have little reflectors under the tail lights


so when you drive along and someone else has their lights on, it reflects off this

Here\'s another South African built car and you can see it working:








and on the rear:





I guess its not a bad idea,


Kind Regards
Des

This is parked outside the local Mercedes Benz dealership:










thanks for looking at my pictures.


Kind Regards
Des

I guess this car is exot because it is quite rare to see one like this








Original South African fitted radio:









Car was quite rusty underneath it though,

» Are there a lot of German cars in Tasmania?
» BMW,VW, Mercedes?????

We do have a lot of the Mercedes vans on our roads, about 50% of the vans are Mercedes, our Postal servie recently signed a 5 year deal with Mercedes to supply them with vans:








We have a fair amount of German cars, mostly lower spec models, BMW 318\'s, Mercedes A and C Class, a lot of diesel Golf\'s etc..
We don\'t have many of the new Beetles, or S Class Mercedes, unless they are old ones like the W116 or W126.
A lot of the European cars get imported here from the mainland Australia.

I forgot that I also used to own a 1980 W123 250, that was built in South Africa

you will notice it is different in a few respects to a German made car,

the little reflectors in the headlights and below the tail lights:















The interior was unique to SA built cars, with the tartan inserts:








Kind Regards
Des

VW Golf



The 6.9 again






1972 W114 280ce

1982 230E



BMW 7351



Volvo



My 230 got rear ended, still drove ok though, even the lights worked fine in the back

more pictures of the 280S
















Kind Regards
Des

Some pictures of the various Benzes I have owned through the years.

1977 W123 230



1974 280S





I Painted it myself with spray cans












Kind Regards
Des

» nice car indeed,
» why: it used to be? Sold?
» How many 6.9 drove on the roads of Tasmania?
» Ralf


Hi Ralf

Yes sold her about 2 years ago now, I only keep cars a few months then move onto something different

about 221 RHD 6.9\'s were sold offically in Australia, MB Australia had a fairly fully optioned model sold here, which are all the same, leather, sunroof, air con, 260km speedometer, 2 tone horn, wipers on the headlights, etc..

other cars are also here from the UK or Japan, they are generally very rusty.

There is a chap in Western Australia who likes to keep a track on all the different 6.9\'s around, he has over 130 cars in his database, so most 6.9\'s here are still on the road.

In Tasmania I have seen 3 other 6.9\'s, they are very rare here.


Where I live the most common old Mercedes are W116 280S\'s or 280SE\'s, and diesel W123\'s, the 300D model.


Kind Regards
Des

AMG heckspoiler



BBS Wheels













Kind Regards
Des

This used to be my 6.9




















Kind Regards
Des

Interesting, thank you!


Kind Regards
Des

Wallpapers


http://www.mercedes-wallpapers.com


Kind Regards
Des

» » » W126 Lang
» Des,Thats in your street,have you bought it....?:-D

Pictures from last Christmas, hired the limo for the day,

even though it says 500SEL on the back the motor is only a 380


Kind Regards
Des

Not sure how much of this car is AMG, other than the writing on it

but I like it, looks like they have cleaned up the front sheetmetal








Kind Regards
Des

A few more:






Kind Regards
Des

I found this picture on the net:



"280CE in hard use"


I found this information regarding what AMG did to the M110 engine:

AMG started in 67\', and offered engine tuning beginning in the mid 70\'.
The Daimler Benz "middleclass" Limousine of those days was the W 114/115 called /8, the W 114 was the line with the more powerful engines.
In 67\' Daimler Benz offered the W 114 with three old-fashioned carburettor engines, the inline six cylinder types M 180.954 {2.292 cm?}; M 114.920 {2.496 cm?} and M 130.923 {2.778 cm?}.
AMG especially offered engine tuning on the high end, means the M 100/116/117 {V 8 3 ½ - 6.8 Litre} engines.
In Spring 1972 Daimler Benz started the production of the W 114.060/.062 and C 114.042/.073 with the new M 110 2.746 cm? twin cam inline six cylinder engine.

These new inline six cylinder engines, designed like older famous competition engines like Maserati, Jaguar, Osca and Alfa, have had enough potential to be tuned as well.
AMG based their medium sector activity on those new twin cam 2.8 Litre engines and heavily modified the carburettor sohc M 130.
They used the same two types of tuning for the M 110.921 and M 110.981 engines, used Bosch D Jetronic indirect fuel injection on the M 110.921 instead the Solex 4 A 1 carburettor originally mounted.
The "first tuning stage" was to replace the cams by AMG cams and to modify the valve levers.
The ignition point was changed.
The power was increased to 195 hp @ 6.000 rpm.
The "second tuning stage" reflected much more impact on the basic design. Using the "stage one tuning", the cylinder head was removed an the intake manifolds and exhaust passage extended and polished, valves and combustion chambers have been reworked.
The exhaust manifold was replaced and the inlet pipe modified.
Such engines reached 210 hp @ 6.300 rpm, the torque was increased to 250 Nm @ 5.000 rpm.
Later a "stage three tuning" was offered {in my opinion after the W 114 has stopped and the W 123 was offered}, increasing the compression ratio, replacing the exhaust and inlet pipes, using larger valves and valve springs those engines reached >225 hp.
The M 130.923 was tuned equal to the M 110 "stage three tuning". Carburettors have been replaced by the Bosch fuel injection.
These single cam M 130 reached the power of the serial M 110.981 185 hp @ 6.000 U/min.
AMG offered suspension kits and used larger rims on those cars, it was essential to rework the suspension after engine tuning, but those kits have been sold independent from engine tuning. An the other hand the seats sometimes have been replaced by Recaros.


Kind Regards
Des

W126 Lang














Kind Regards
Des

Winter in Tasmania, Australia










Kind Regards
Des

Mercedes Benz W187 - 220 van
















Kind Regards
Des