Mercedes-Benz 230 SL [W113]

Mercedes-Benz 230 SL [W113] in Hamburg Transit, TV Series, 1970-1974 Ep. 01.05

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
andrepa ◊ 2022-11-18 14:15
supcoach ◊ 2022-11-18 17:02	230sl, 250sl or 280sl
zodiac ◊ 2022-11-18 17:12	Is it possible to have a look at the steering wheel, the inside door handles or the inside rear view mirror? Or a closer look at the outside door mirror? -- Last edit: 2022-11-18 17:12:57
andrepa ◊ 2022-11-18 18:02	Hi zodiac, there is only little more of interior with a glimpse of inner mirror showing it is allready enveloped in plastic.
zodiac ◊ 2022-11-18 18:57	Hi andrepa! My impression is that this is an early one, inspite of the sturdy 1968+ door mirror. I've read somewhere, but I cannot at the moment remember where, that the fist few years had the wheels painted in the same colour as the body, while the hupcaps were in the same colour as the hood. Later ones had the hubcaps painted as the body. That might suggest this is a 1963 (or 1964) 230 SL.
andrepa ◊ 2022-11-18 20:24	Thank you, dear zodiac for clearing up the confusion about the early style bicolor hubcaps and modern rear-view mirror!