Mercedes Benz 280S W108 (1971)

Kick­down Check

• On-site kick­down assess­ment com­pleted:
• 96 pho­tos
• Paint thick­ness mea­sure­ment
• Video includ­ing engine run­ning
• The Mer­cedes is being sold with a new TÜV inspec­tion and a recent ser­vice

Facts & Spec­i­fi­ca­tions

• Year of man­u­fac­ture: 1971
• First reg­is­tra­tion: pre­sum­ably France
• Engine: 2.8-liter six-cylin­der engine with 140 hp (103 kW)
• Man­ual trans­mis­sion
• Exte­rior color: White
• Inte­rior: Blue fab­ric
• TÜV will be renewed upon sale; H-license plate avail­able
• The fol­low­ing fea­tures are included:
• Power steer­ing
• Cen­tral lock­ing
• Pin­stripe-style DAB radio with Blue­tooth

Con­di­tion

Exte­rior

• Exte­rior color: White
• Paint thick­ness mea­sure­ments yielded val­ues between 284 and 411 microm­e­ters.
• The paint and body are in good con­di­tion with age-related signs of wear
• The under­body is in good con­di­tion; there are no known instances of rust-through (light sur­face rust present)

Inte­rior

• Blue fab­ric uphol­stery
• Inte­rior shows light signs of wear typ­i­cal for its age
• Some light soil­ing present; a detail­ing is rec­om­mended
• No known dam­age to the inte­rior

Mechan­ics

• The Mer­cedes is ready to drive imme­di­ately
• Engine and trans­mis­sion run flaw­lessly
• Odome­ter not work­ing and clock defec­tive
• No other mechan­i­cal issues are known
• The Mer­cedes will be deliv­ered with a fresh ser­vice

His­tory

Own­er­ship his­tory

• 2022 to present: Cur­rent owner
• Num­ber of pre­vi­ous own­ers unknown
• The vehi­cle was likely first reg­is­tered in France (the cur­rent owner imported the car from France)

Ser­vice His­tory

• A fresh ser­vice will be per­formed upon sale
• Last ser­vice in 2024

Doc­u­ments

• Vehi­cle reg­is­tra­tion cer­tifi­cate and title (Images 91 to 95)

Sum­mary

This 1971 Mer­cedes-Benz W108 280 S fea­tures a clas­sic color com­bi­na­tion with a white exte­rior and blue fab­ric inte­rior. The vehi­cle fea­tures a man­ual trans­mis­sion, power steer­ing, cen­tral lock­ing, and a visu­ally inte­grated DAB radio with Blue­tooth. The con­di­tion of the body and inte­rior is described as good. Known defects include the odome­ter, which is mostly non-func­tional, and the defec­tive clock. Ger­man reg­is­tra­tion doc­u­ments and H-license are avail­able; the TÜV inspec­tion and ser­vice will be renewed prior to sale.