Tuesday, August 28, 2012


1966 Mercedes Benz 230S Universal Station Wagon in Wicklow, Ireland


August 26, 2012 — German / Project / Under $20k — 19 comments 

1966 Mercedes Benz 230S Universal Station Wagon

This 1966 Mercedes Benz 230S Universal is a rare right-hand-drive wagon that is said to have been stored for the last six years. The seller has had the car for 15 years and it once had a diesel engine. Find it here on eBay.UK in Wicklow, Ireland for 7000 GBP. Special thanks to BaT reader Nathan R. for this submission!
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  1. Icedvovo
    August 26, 2012 at 4:10 am   Thumb up 6 or Flag as not constructive 
    “It has the correct 15inch wheels and stands very nicely.”
    Stance. That’s Irish for stance.
  2. IgnatiusReilly
    August 26, 2012 at 6:25 am   Thumb up 1 or Flag as not constructive 
    @ Icedvovo – Och aye Laddie
  3. Beyfon
    August 26, 2012 at 6:35 am   Thumb up 5 or Flag as not constructive 
    Right hand drive is not attractive to me anymore – I did own a handful of RHD British sports cars but now that I am getting old and cranky I just think it is a nuisance that I could not live with.
    About these cars, one should for sure never part with 7000 Pounds without a thorough inspection. There are other cars that are “honest rusters” meaning that you pretty much know that what you see is what you get. The 60′s Mercedes cars are risky as they can still look ok on the outside while hiding lots of horrors that will surface when you start dismantling to fix that little blemish… So, when the body requires “some attention” but the ad shows no pictures of the issues and no pictures of the under side I think that there is quite a strong reason to be very careful here.
  4. Devortex
    August 26, 2012 at 6:39 am   Thumb up 0 or Flag as not constructive 
    Love it. But if you get bolloxed from a bit too much of the black stuff, don’t tell your moth that you slept in the back of the wagon.
  5. Magpai
    August 26, 2012 at 7:44 am   Thumb up 1 or Flag as not constructive 
    @Beyfon:
    ……You pulled the words right off of my keyboard. I totally agree.
  6. jboat49
    August 26, 2012 at 8:30 am   Thumb up 0 or Flag as not constructive 
    That’s $11,066.65 USD at today’s rate. That seems like a lot of lettuce for this wagon after import costs and freight. Especially with the known issues and (probably) a fair number of rusty, hidden ones. Non-original this, half-baked that…
  7. Bob in Bexley
    August 26, 2012 at 10:17 am   Thumb up 0 or Flag as not constructive 
    I’d like to own this thing just to attempt to renovate the paint ! That done then you’re caught in one mean 60′s purgatory !
  8. Fergus O
    August 26, 2012 at 10:26 am   Thumb up 0 or Flag as not constructive 
    Cool ride, once the thorough rust search is complete.
    Sun scorched upholstery on the seats…. in Ireland… now that is a stretch, unless there was someone’s front window pane reflecting like a lens for so many years where it parked.
    Keep as is, dry it out, drive it like stink.
    Slainte’.
  9. Chris
    August 26, 2012 at 11:01 am   Thumb up 3 or Flag as not constructive 
    This is NOT a 230S – it is a 230, the more “civilian” Mercedes W110 version with 6 cylinders.
    I have a handful of these Universals (230S’s) and these cars are becoming rare, at least complete ones.
    To me the 230 is not as appealing as the 230S, especially not RHD (No offense, I am a LHD kinda guy).
    The listing doesn’t show anything in detail to really know what the car is offering. Worthless photos and almost as worthless description – vague enough to read anything into it. Is it drivable?
    Too much trouble and headache for the money he wants.
    I just bought one 10 months ago (230S estate, honestly rusted almost to the ground) for less than £1000 but had to be shipped to the US in a Container – what a nightmare (and £1,800 more).
    If I could drive this one away without problems, I’d maybe consider it……….. a weekend in Ireland and drive to the ferry in a Universal (?)…….
    Chris
  10. Sjalabais
    August 26, 2012 at 11:07 am   Thumb up 1 or Flag as not constructive 
    I like the dustiness of the images. Get that taxi-in-Beirut-feeling.
  11. Magpai
    August 26, 2012 at 11:38 am   Thumb up 1 or Flag as not constructive 
    @Sjalabais
    Beirut.
    Now…that’d make an interesting restoration theme. Fix the under-rust. Rebuild the driveline.
    Leave the surface paint and interior extactly as is. Research and add some mid-sixties/early seventies Lebanese taxicab motifs, carefully aged, faded, patina-ized. A few carefully placed bullet hole decals.
    Take it to a car show and walk away.
  12. steve in podunk
    August 26, 2012 at 11:51 am   Thumb up 0 or Flag as not constructive 
    This is a cool old car but I agree with jboat49 that’s a lot of scratch for what it is & the shape it’s in.
  13. Jason
    August 26, 2012 at 1:08 pm   Thumb up 0 or Flag as not constructive 
    Man if it was dry that’d be one cool ride!
  14. Sjalabais
    August 26, 2012 at 1:20 pm   Thumb up 0 or Flag as not constructive 
    @Magpai, it sure would stand out from the crowd! Or…it could be a surfer’s car. Hooray.
    A beautiful wagon, but I wouldn’t pay extra for RHD, as is implied above. More the other way around.
  15. Varjak
    August 26, 2012 at 2:38 pm   Thumb up 1 or Flag as not constructive 
    Chris beat me to it. It’s the W110 (the single headlights and shorter section in front of the A-pillar give it away). Still, even though the W111s are probably nicer, there aren’t many Universals in total, so anyone in recoverable condition is noteworthy and desirable in my book.
  16. MarkS+
    August 26, 2012 at 3:14 pm   Thumb up 0 or Flag as not constructive 
    The very definition of ‘estate car’.
  17. UJ
    August 27, 2012 at 2:32 am   Thumb up 0 or Flag as not constructive 
    @IgnatiusReilly
    It’s in Ireland , not Scotland
  18. Michael Morgan
    August 27, 2012 at 11:43 am   Thumb up 0 or Flag as not constructive 
    Bring a boat….may be a u-boat…
  19. Horse Radish
    August 28, 2012 at 12:55 pm   Thumb up 0 or Flag as not constructive 
    @ Beyfon
    RHD obviously is not everyone’s taste. It’s strictly functional for the locale.
    To have a RHD in let’s say US is a personal ‘luxury’ not everybody cares for.
    Re: rust on these. Most owners of these are usually just misinformed (very much so) about the issue involved and their very own cars.
    They never look under the car and don’t suspect anything ’til it’s obvious and obviously too late.
    Since I know these wagons very well there are two issues: the common rust in wet climates which comes from the bottom up. Secondly the inadequate fusion of panels and rustproofing of especially these “Universal’ wagons, which makes them rust from the inside out in some cases.
    Although this seems an unusual color it may be original or an older repaint.
    The lack of description suggests as mention a careful inspection. Who knows what lurks under that paint.
    Lastly, be it said,that these Wagons were produced for ‘work-horse’ purposes, treated as such and most were beat up and discarded. As such they were never lavishly built .
    This example looks very humble, but has potential.
    BTW: I have one of these exactly the same, RHD W110 230.
    Ask me how I know about these rust issues………

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