Help on this canvas top g wagen
I have just bought a white coloured 280 g wagen canvas top.it has a g w o a sticker in the window and was last in isle of man
vin number is 46021217020186 I guess gav.helme is the man who can tell me the ins and outs of the car.
was it left hand drive originally?i assume it was red once upon a time,what year is it?
any help would be appreciated .
thanks john
wots up, can't u trust a scouser ? if u got off ur sunbed 
the fuse box was on the passenger side(left hand side) and there was holes in the chassis leg on the passenger side too for the steering box. the ignition was on the wrong side too, key is in the post
Hi John
Yes i can help, just PM me your email and tel number, we should have exchanged details the last time we met!!
I have the factory build spec available to email...and maybe some more stuff if i dig a little...
Yes it is (was?) LHD, the 17 in the middle of the chassis denotes that (460 212 17 020186)
It was also Red from the factory, code 3000 which is Flame Red or Post Office Red and is a common colour on early G's and also lots of municipal 461 series for Fire Appliences etc .....obvioulsy! It is also a standard RAL colour i believe.
If you want to drop me the chassis numbers of your other G / G's i can do the same for those too
Cheers
Gav
Hi John
That Cabrio chassis is 1 of only 684 of the 280GE M110 engined 460.212 chassis produced in LHD and only the 3rd of 17 in 3000 Flame Red, of which 640 were MB badged models and 44 were Puch badged.
Only 5 of the same 460.212 in RHD and none of the 689 in total came to the UK direct from the factory.
So a rare beast over here, even if it is RHD by default.
In LHD over 130+ were supplied into mainland Europe but outside of Germany, (which took 370+) and France, Italy and Greece taking most of these, the RHD ones went to Germany x3 and Italy x2
Yours was supplied to country code 226 which is a German area of Muenchen (Munich)
Am i right in thinking you have another one the same or is it a different engine?
Cheers
Gav
Gav - as always an impressive wealth of information !! Im curious to know how you have all this info at hand and usually so fast ?
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Gav - as always an impressive wealth of information !! Im curious to know how you have all this info at hand and usually so fast ?
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He has had an MB 3Tb chip inserted by trepanning his planet sized brain 
R2D2 springs to mind...
R2D2 springs to mind...
Nah....an amateur by comparison. R2D2 needs batterys
Hi Guys
Simple enough as i am only a humble Yorkshireman....
Hard graft and 26 years doing the rounds in the MB network also helps 
Oh and a passing interest in all things G!! 
Sorry did i forgot Google 
Gav
I went to school in Holmfirth just outside Huddersfield. No such thing as a humble Yorkshireman driving a G 
Mindyourself.
Oh and a passing interest in all things G!!
Gav
Really.........? Could have sworn there was a 'whiff' of Land Rover last time we met........
In jest - Spider1V
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Many thanks for the response gav
I have 46031227048955
and 46023327026903
I have pm email and number thanks