Registraiton - B784 BTG

Chassis No. - 1232202A204116

M.O.T. - No M.O.T.

Odometer - 84,977

This eight-owner W123 Mercedes currently displays a total recorded mileage of 84,977. Its silver paintwork is complemented by blue cloth interior trim and it has been dry stored by the current keeper, who presently classes the upholstery, engine and transmission as ‘good’ and the bodywork and paintwork as ‘average’. As part of a warts and all appraisal he volunteers the following blemishes: corrosion in the offside rear wheelarch; minor dents in the bootlid; a paint bubble on the nearside front wing; foglight holes in the front bumper; minor corrosion on the sunroof; broken aerial; various stone chips. ‘B784 BTG’ is now offered at ‘No Reserve’ and complete with the aforementioned sunroof, radio cassette player and a good set of tyres.

Mercedes introduced the unitary, all steel four-door saloons from its new W123 model range in January 1976. The smallest of the initial seven engine options the SOHC, four-cylinder unit of 1988cc, was replaced by a more powerful 1997cc unit in 1980. Its maximum power output was 108bhp – sufficient to accelerate the model to 60mph in 14.4 seconds and on to a top speed of c.104mph. The suspension was independent all round with double wishbones, coil springs and anti-roll bar at the front, and semi-trailing arms, coil springs and anti-roll bar at the rear. Steering was by power-assisted Daimler-Benz recirculating ball and the braking by servo assisted discs all round. Beautifully constructed touring cars, the W123 range continued to sell well until 1985, despite their relatively high asking price. By the time they were replaced by the W124 line-up, 2.7 million examples had been produced, making them the most successful of all ‘three-pointed star’ models to that date.

In summary:

• Relatively modest average mileage of c.2,300 per annum
• Tidy cloth interior trim
• Manual gearbox example