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1976 Mercedes-Benz 280E W114

Auction Ends: Wed 29th Mar @ 7:04 pm

  • Registration Number

    OBU844P

  • Engine Size

    2800cc

  • Engine Number

    11098162023462

  • Chassis Number

    11406262108871

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    12%, Minimum £150

  • Documents

    V5C; MOT Feb 2024; 4 old MOTs; invoices; SA Certificate of Title; import docs; handbook; service book; M-B dating letter; period sales brochure; Haynes manual

  • Tax and MOT status

    Tax and MOT exempt

Description

Good solid car from sunny South Africa; much recent expenditure; driven 30 miles to the sale; a beautifully engineered saloon that will outlive all of us!

As the Mercedes-Benz dating certificate confirms, this Mercedes 280E was built in Germany in February 1976 as a RHD model destined for the South African market. Top of the W114 range, the 280E had a fuel-injected 2.8 straight-six twin-cam producing 185bhp which made it good for 0-60mph in 9.9 seconds with a top speed of 124mph.

Looking most handsome in Caledonia Green with a tan leather interior, this car spent its first 42 years in sunny South Africa, hence the excellent state of preservation today. In February 2018, just before it got exported to the UK, it was treated to a thorough overhaul by Golden Rule Motors of Cape Town which cost the equivalent of £3,500. The invoice is four pages long and included dozens of new parts: brakes; suspension; steering; cooling; gearbox mountings; service items – you name it, they fixed it!

Our vendor acquired the car via a Barons auction in April 2018 and got it UK registered with Historic Vehicle status so it is free to tax and MOT-exempt. He has kept it in good order with various invoices for routine service items. He has also fitted a retro-looking Classic DAB radio.

Although it no longer needs one, it has been MOT’d each year since arriving here, the current ticket running until February 2024 with just a few minor advisories for play in the suspension bushes and a slight leak on the power steering pump. The 'handbrake on' warning light has failed to extinguish since the last MOT so there is obviously a bad connection somewhere. The original handbook and service book are present, along with a period sales brochure and paint code chart, a spare key and a Haynes workshop manual.

Driven 30 miles to the sale, it has been starting instantly and running well as we have moved it around on site, with excellent oil pressure and that ‘hewn from granite’ quality that is the hallmark of Mercedes cars from this era.  

For more information contact James on 07970 309907 or email james.dennison@brightwells.com

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