Oldest G Wagen in the UK
This is number 2939 off the production line which puts it in the first 6 months of production, but is yours older?
Hi.
Oldest G wagen in Iceland is number 3907
Currently being restaured.
Are u sure ! I saw a rotten old thing in a garden in willesden, it had an x EEG number plate on it
Very nice :D
Whats the plan Chris , total rebuild like Fred and Marty ?
Twodogs
Hi.
Oldest G wagen in Iceland is number 3907
Currently being restaured.
Wow, that looks like quite a project. Good luck
Very nice :D
Whats the plan Chris , total rebuild like Fred and Marty ?
Twodogs
............plan is to do some of the other plans on the list first and enjoy turning the girl's heads with it as is for the summer - then who knows :wink:
Are u sure ! I saw a rotten old thing in a garden in willesden, it had an x EEG number plate on it
Was it a lwb with barn doors on the back?
no swb beige, a guy near me owned a White x reg for years aswell
Original seat at the back ??? :D
Original seat at the back ??? :D
Absolutely :lol:
Fronts are very tatty though and need recovering :cry:
that is the seat i was talking about ... :D :D
that is the seat i was talking about ... :D :D
ohhhhhhhh :lol: :lol: my telepathy let me down :wink:
:D
that is the seat i was talking about ... :D :D
Yes, orginal seat, factory option, verry rare :D :D :D
Gunnar Orn wrote:Hi.
Oldest G wagen in Iceland is number 3907
Currently being restaured.
Wow, that looks like quite a project. Good luck
Thank you.
mine might be older YKR 517X first registered 22/2/82.
Where do you find the 'magic number'? is it part of the chassis number????
Somewhere in the west of Scotland there should be a couple of lhd G-Wagen Vans with vertically split rear doors that were registered in 1979. I remember seeing them in the Balloch area, near Loch Lomond when they were new. They were privately imported and, I believe, possibly the first G-Wagens in UK. Of course, they might be mouldering heaps in the bottom of someone's garden, or on the bottom of the Loch, by now. It would be interesting to know if they are still "alive".
mine might be older YKR 517X first registered 22/2/82.
Where do you find the 'magic number'? is it part of the chassis number????
Hi Helen, it's the last 4 or 5 or 6 digits of your vin number
ie mine ends 02939
Somewhere in the west of Scotland there should be a couple of lhd G-Wagen Vans with vertically split rear doors that were registered in 1979. I remember seeing them in the Balloch area, near Loch Lomond when they were new. They were privately imported and, I believe, possibly the first G-Wagens in UK. Of course, they might be mouldering heaps in the bottom of someone's garden, or on the bottom of the Loch, by now. It would be interesting to know if they are still "alive".
That's a coincidence, I worked up in dumbarton, helensburgh and stayed around Ballock and remember seeing one of those around in 85/86
Helen wrote:mine might be older YKR 517X first registered 22/2/82.
Where do you find the 'magic number'? is it part of the chassis number????
Hi Helen, it's the last 4 or 5 or 6 digits of your vin number
ie mine ends 02939
mine is 021116
dentsmithy wrote:Helen wrote:mine might be older YKR 517X first registered 22/2/82.
Where do you find the 'magic number'? is it part of the chassis number????
Hi Helen, it's the last 4 or 5 or 6 digits of your vin number
ie mine ends 02939
mine is 021116
Far be it from me to enter into discussions about age with a lady but o21116 makes you quite a bit younger than me :wink: sweet 21 (thousand) that is
What a coincidence - after a long day today i feel about 2100 and on my next birthday, fast approaching, i will be 21 :lol: (and a bit)
and quite a bit more
Now I know that this does not qualify as in the UK but we have a UK imported 280 GE over here in Oz that is 014772 but this is eclipsed by a 230 GE imported from the UAE (and currently sporting a V8 and 463 looks) that is 000529!
These are just the ones I know about.
The earliest officially Australian delivered G that I have recorded is 022081
FWIW
John
It is good to see all this interest in " ye olde " 460s :D ,
A testament to the build quility is the amount of early 460s that go though German ebay, all for good money .
Twodogs
Now I know that this does not qualify as in the UK but we have a UK imported 280 GE over here in Oz that is 014772 but this is eclipsed by a 230 GE imported from the UAE (and currently sporting a V8 and 463 looks) that is 000529!
These are just the ones I know about.
The earliest officially Australian delivered G that I have recorded is 022081
FWIW
John
wow, 529 now that is early even if not in it's original form.
It is good to see all this interest in " ye olde " 460s :D ,
A testament to the build quility is the amount of early 460s that go though German ebay, all for good money .
Twodogs
They might turn out to be a good investment yet :lol:
twodogs wrote:It is good to see all this interest in " ye olde " 460s :D ,
A testament to the build quility is the amount of early 460s that go though German ebay, all for good money .
Twodogs
They might turn out to be a good investment yet :lol:
true true!
cool topic! mine's #4345, alive and kicking in austin, tx.
first service at 640km(!) on Aug 6, 1980.
Team kitty, that's great and a fantastic bit of history to go with you G.
I am only the third owner of my car, I bought it just over a year ago form the man who imported it from belgium in 1981 - before that it was with a dealer in Bruxelles- I'll have to go through it's records to see if I have a service stamp too.
Thanks
Aww, thought mine was quite old at 025985 and first reg 01/10/1982
Rather scarily owned by a quarry ...... eek
Aww, though mine was quite old at 025985 and first reg 01/10/1982
Rather scarily owned by a quarry ...... eek
My G was first registered to a mushroom farm, (owned by a 'fun guy' i'm sure :P ) I'm the 10th owner and 'she' has had 5 different registration numbers, strangely she has always lived here in the south east. I have quite a bit of info about her as I got a report from the DVLA, as when i bought her their was a rumour that she had Royal connections, but I could find no evidence of this. BUT apparently Mercedes did give the Queen a G-wagen in the 80's does anyone know anything about that?
:D not sure where first G is now PFT 267Y beige still have data spec sheet 026362 :)
anyone think we should start a new post on the young'est w460 :?:
I'd like to know who owns the oldest RHD G-Wagen made...
I'd like to know who owns the oldest RHD G-Wagen made...
Sorry, can't help there mine's LHD.
I remember the Mercedes dealership in Clapham, north Yorks showing me what they said was the first G wagen in the country so that would give it a ?EC ???A registration number as that was in 82 or 83
mortinson wrote:I'd like to know who owns the oldest RHD G-Wagen made...
Sorry, can't help there mine's LHD.
I remember the Mercedes dealership in Clapham, north Yorks showing me what they said was the first G wagen in the country so that would give it a ?EC ???A registration number as that was in 82 or 83
:) ?EC ???X :) would be the reg i think unless they had it in the showroom for a couple of years unregisterd , the first we had was on a Y used to be an odd one about on an X
dentsmithy wrote:mortinson wrote:I'd like to know who owns the oldest RHD G-Wagen made...
Sorry, can't help there mine's LHD.
I remember the Mercedes dealership in Clapham, north Yorks showing me what they said was the first G wagen in the country so that would give it a ?EC ???A registration number as that was in 82 or 83
:) ?EC ???X :) would be the reg i think unless they had it in the showroom for a couple of years unregisterd , the first we had was on a Y used to be an odd one about on an X
So, did you buy from Simmey Hartley?
dentsmithy wrote:mortinson wrote:I'd like to know who owns the oldest RHD G-Wagen made...
Sorry, can't help there mine's LHD.
I remember the Mercedes dealership in Clapham, north Yorks showing me what they said was the first G wagen in the country so that would give it a ?EC ???A registration number as that was in 82 or 83
:) ?EC ???X :) would be the reg i think unless they had it in the showroom for a couple of years unregisterd , the first we had was on a Y used to be an odd one about on an X
The Autocar mag published on 26 December 1981 a road test of a very early 300GD registered VLL927X so that ought to be a very early RHD G... No idea about VIN number for that one though!
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