Description
Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire
Viewing: Tues 20th May from 12pm
Auction: Wed 21st May from 9am
Location: St John's Rd, Buxton SK17 6BE
1986 Mercedes-Benz 240 TD Estate
Estimate
£8, 000 - £10, 000
Registration No: C874 YUE
Chassis No: WDB1231832F048682
MOT: None
Understood to have been family owned from new until 2020
Subject to a full bare metal repaint at a cost of c.£4, 500
A beautiful interior and current V5c on file
Introduced in 1975, Mercedes-Benz's W123 series cars perpetuated the marque's enviable reputation for engineering integrity. Well-built with a sense of solidity missing from today's model range, the W123 cars featured all round independent coil-sprung suspension, disc brakes and power steering. Devoid of exterior plastic trim and regarded by some as the last of the 'chrome era' Mercedes, W123s enjoy something a cult following.
Finished in the handsome combination of Light Ivory with Palomino MB-Tex upholstery and Zebrano wood trim, chassis WDB1231832F048682 was built for the UK market to order number the details below. Powered by a 2399cc four-cylinder diesel engine allied to five-speed manual transmission, it featured such niceties as a sunroof, central locking, luggage nets and heat insulating glass. First registered in Warwickshire (or so its ‘C874 YUE’ number plate would imply), the Mercedes-Benz is understood to have belonged to various members of the same family before entering the current ownership in 2021. Barn stored on a farm prior to then, the paintwork had suffered from bird lime and so the seller decided to treat the 240TD to a bare metal respray. Believed to have covered a modest 116, 000 miles from new (an average of c. 2, 975 miles per annum), the Estate has been kept in running order but not returned to the road.
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