Hey guys, the wife and I started watching a new series on netflix called "Love" and the very opening scene I was surprised to see a vintage benz. We have seen 5 of the 12 episodes, but whats really cool is that the car is shown A LOT in this series, alomst like a main character. The car looks to be around a 1972, but there are no badges in the rear. I am guessing that it is a 280? It has some power options and of course the cracked steering wheel and dashboard. It's a great series, check it out if you have the time. :laugh
As an aside: German is my first Language, so I watch some ARD mediathek and ZDF medithek (German first & second TV channels commercial free).
Quite a few serials have classic Mercedes in them from R107, W108 4.5, W111 convertible, W114 /115, W116 450SE, W123, W126 and more.
Best of all they usually have the so much nicer looking Euro glass headlights :grin
Cheers
Headlights can tell the Euro model - see Teutone's Post #4.... Also, If I remember correctly, the rubber inserts in the bumpers was a USA trait, with the bumpers further out, none of them present on the European models of the time.
Thats the car. Now that I watch more of it, I don't think its a diesel or a 280. It sounds like a 6 cylinder gasoline engine. I did notice the single front bumper, not sure what models had the single bumper. This show is created by Judd Apatow, he also did "Freaks and Geeks" and "Un decleared", which were also some great shows.
Only the 68-72 6-cylinder cars got the double front bumper. There's a Mercedes Fascination video that describes the double bumper getting dropped on later (euro) models. But this one looks like a 68-73. Maybe the got rid of the double-bumper in 73 when they switched to the m110.
"And I think that when they went to the m110 to make it a 280, not a m130 250, it got a later steering wheel."
We had a 73 280 with M110 and it had an early, ivory steering wheel(Column shift for the auto trans also). So it must have been an option at least. Don
"And I think that when they went to the m110 to make it a 280, not a m130 250, it got a later steering wheel."
We had a 73 280 with M110 and it had an early, ivory steering wheel(Column shift for the auto trans also). So it must have been an option at least. Don
The car is lovely, but there is no way it has original paint looking that good after 43 years. Somebody put a bucket of cash into putting it into such great shape. I vote badge delete during the fresh paint.
Heartily disagree. Here's my 1972 280 SE 4.5 with its entirely original paint, purchased new by my father, 58,325 miles as of yesterday afternoon, and this 1961 300 SL purchased new by my mother, 79,931 miles, still sporting its original paint:
My wife and I also watch the show Love, and I noticed the car immediately! We just took a trip to LA and stayed in the Silver Lake neighborhood, where many of the exterior scenes in the show are filmed. In fact, we went to look at the actual house Mickey, the main character, lives in - it's real!
While we didn't see Mickey's car (!), the neighborhood is full of hipsters driving old Benzes. In just a few short days we saw about a dozen - plenty of W114s, W123s, W126s, R107s. The makers of the show must have been riffing on a theme by giving her that car!
Not a "Euro" model. The side marker lights were strictly a U.S.D.O.T. regulation.
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