Does anybody know this G?

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Luky
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I found this one a a Polish auction portal.

http://allegro.pl/show_item.php?item=648541875

The seller claims the car is imported from GB and it also looks like it has GB plates(but why it is LHD?). The car looks very tidy from the pictures, has the 617A engine and 24 500 PLN is about 5500 Euro. It looks too good to be true. So maybe the somebody from GB members knows something what is not obvious from the pictures.

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Engine looks brand new!!

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very tidy car

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Yes, it looks very nice. But the price seems suspicious. I am a little bit affraid of somekind of criminal backround. Is there any way to check if the car is in a police search in the GB?

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Hi All A much neater engine installation than squeezing it a in the RHD...would say it has a 4 speed G'box..very tidy looking and possibly factory fitted from new ..would need the Vin number to find out..

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So I got the VIN number from the seller. The car is a recent RHD to LHD rebuild.

So it is WDB46033227030496. In the registration documents there is a 0 instead 7. Is it okay?

The reg number is A270LLC. The car was registred in Kettering, Northamptonshire(NN15 6LY).

Any thoughts?

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Hi Luky the vin number identifies it as a SWB Diesel G' wagon ordered by the GB Main dealer in 1983.as a Right Hand Drive on steel wheels with no arches. halogen fog lamps. headlamp grills. interior in brown. normally aspirated OM 617 931 and 4 speed manual transmission. paint code 681.the registration number A270 LLC was issued in North London in 1983.there is a chassis number stamped in the main chassis frame just to the rear of the passenger side front wheel on this vehicle...which may be different from the one on the paperwork!!!

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Hi Luky the paint code 681 is Manilla beige .....

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fixwin38 wrote:
Hi Luky the paint code 681 is Manilla beige .....

681 is wheat yellow.

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see http://www.landiss.com/paintcodes.htm Mercedes Paint Codes... for reference code 681 Manilla beige also (weizengelb)? for info: code 630 Corn yellow..cannot find code for Wheat yellow on Landiss codes schedule...

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Somebody seems to have thrown a lot of dosh at that one...

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fixwin38 wrote:
see http://www.landiss.com/paintcodes.htm Mercedes Paint Codes... for reference code 681 Manilla beige also (weizengelb)? for info: code 630 Corn yellow..cannot find code for Wheat yellow on Landiss codes schedule...

VeDoc confirms 681 Wheat yellow.