Hello everyone,
I'm Chris, 33 years old and I'm living in Germany. I'm driving several W123 since I have my driver's licence. Additionally, as you might expect, cars come and go, some of them stay, and whoops you got sort of a collection. In my case, a W114, two 123's a fintail and other stuff, like a tractor and a crop harvester (well, yes... I know ...). I'm well organized in the German classic car szene, and a long therm member of serveral Forums. I joined you, because I've been several times to Britain and always loved to chat with locals about their cars. Now I got a question, and maybe someone can help me out a bit. I'm not only interested in old Mercs, but as far as I know, owners of these cars have usually a destinct eye for details. My interest doesn't end with old Merc's, I've always been looking occasionally for old lorries, too. I've had an old Mercedes from 1975 until last year. A friend of mine sort of fell in love with it and after almost a year I wasn't able to stand the weekly phone calls anymore and finally sold it to him. Now there's a problem with old lorries. Once you had one, you feel like half human when it's gone. So I started looking for something different and older. I stumbled over the Bedford O Series some years ago, but never really payed attention to them. But I've recently come back from New Zealand, and I found some of them there, and I have to admit, I love them. Slightly jet-legged, I went on ebay UK and accidentially found one. I only buy and collect vehicles in entirely original condition. I have no clue if this O Type could be saved in it's patinated condition. Now there's quite a big question: Is anybody located in the area around Birmingham and would like to have a look at this old lorry for me? I'm too far apart in Bavaria, but I would of course pay for any costs. Please contact me via PN in this case. Additionally, maybe someone knows other marketplaces where I could look for such vehicles occasionally?
For this being a Mercedes Forum, I've got of course a few pictures of two of my cars. The brown 240 one is my daily, except in winter, but it has to work quite hard for me, and even has to stand some extended trips from time to time.
By the way, I haven't found a forum for old lorries or something similar, so I thought it was best to ask people whom are tinkering with the same vehicles like I do.


Have a nice day!
Chris
I'm Chris, 33 years old and I'm living in Germany. I'm driving several W123 since I have my driver's licence. Additionally, as you might expect, cars come and go, some of them stay, and whoops you got sort of a collection. In my case, a W114, two 123's a fintail and other stuff, like a tractor and a crop harvester (well, yes... I know ...). I'm well organized in the German classic car szene, and a long therm member of serveral Forums. I joined you, because I've been several times to Britain and always loved to chat with locals about their cars. Now I got a question, and maybe someone can help me out a bit. I'm not only interested in old Mercs, but as far as I know, owners of these cars have usually a destinct eye for details. My interest doesn't end with old Merc's, I've always been looking occasionally for old lorries, too. I've had an old Mercedes from 1975 until last year. A friend of mine sort of fell in love with it and after almost a year I wasn't able to stand the weekly phone calls anymore and finally sold it to him. Now there's a problem with old lorries. Once you had one, you feel like half human when it's gone. So I started looking for something different and older. I stumbled over the Bedford O Series some years ago, but never really payed attention to them. But I've recently come back from New Zealand, and I found some of them there, and I have to admit, I love them. Slightly jet-legged, I went on ebay UK and accidentially found one. I only buy and collect vehicles in entirely original condition. I have no clue if this O Type could be saved in it's patinated condition. Now there's quite a big question: Is anybody located in the area around Birmingham and would like to have a look at this old lorry for me? I'm too far apart in Bavaria, but I would of course pay for any costs. Please contact me via PN in this case. Additionally, maybe someone knows other marketplaces where I could look for such vehicles occasionally?
For this being a Mercedes Forum, I've got of course a few pictures of two of my cars. The brown 240 one is my daily, except in winter, but it has to work quite hard for me, and even has to stand some extended trips from time to time.
By the way, I haven't found a forum for old lorries or something similar, so I thought it was best to ask people whom are tinkering with the same vehicles like I do.


Have a nice day!
Chris