1967 Mercedes-Benz W110 Series 2 200 ‘Fintail’
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Highlights
- Restoration costing £80,000 carried out over last 5 years
- First owner believed to be a getaway driver and regular in the Blind Beggar pub
- Only four registered keepers
- Documented 29,462 miles from new
- Long MOT to April 2025
- Highly original and beautifully renovated car
- Must be one of the best available anywhere
The Appeal
We’ll wager that this is, if not the best, certainly amongst the best W110 ‘Fintail’ Mercedes-Benz saloons in the world. In the last five years it has had just under £80,000 lavished upon it by its very knowledgeable enthusiast keeper naturally, it looks magnificient. After all that investment, this is clearly a very good one. It has had just four keepers in its 57 years and covered less than 30,000 miles
All of which is merely precursor to why you want one of these stylish cars. Blending sombre Mercedes-Benz aesthetics with a flash of transatlantic pizzaz - most notable the rear fins that gave the car its nickname - these models set the template for the firm’s saloons for decades.
Good ones are exceptionally rare - just two 1967 Fintails are believed to be UK road registered.
It's a car with quite a history too. Registered new in East London in 1967, the first owner was a getaway driver, and regular drinker in the infamous Blind Beggar pub, an establishment forever immortalised in gangland history after the murder of George Cornell in 1966. From research our vendor has carried out, it appears that the gentleman was a car dealer, who supplied vehicles to both the police - and the criminal fraternity, while also participating in extra-curricular activities as a 'driver for hire'. We don't know for certain if this car was used for aforementioned purposes, but what we do know is that if this car could talk, it would surely have some stories to tell..
Whilst we can't condone criminal activity of any sort, there's no denying that there is something undeniably cool about a car steeped in gangland folklore.
It arrives on the market in superb, highly elevated condition and yet entirely factory correct. With a long MOT to April 2025, this is a collector-quality car.
The History and Paperwork
- First registered 2nd January 1967
- Only four registered keepers
- DVLA shows current keeper since February 2011
- Vendor advises us that he acquired the car on 1st August 2011
- First keeper reported to be a member of the London underworld
- He is said to have been a getaway driver and known in the Blind Beggar pub
- Regularly serviced during current keeper’s tenure by ‘proper’ mechanics
- £80,000 spent on the restoration
- Painted by SAS Auto Repairs, Stourport on Severn, both inside and out at a cost of £17,000
- Restoration completed by MWS Restorers, Kidderminster at a cost of £30,000 including £10,000 alone on new and reconditioned parts
- Original service history from London Mercedes-Benz dealer between 1967 and 1971
- Service stamp at 22,731 miles on 29th January 1990 by a local garage
- Seller tells us that the service history and history file verify the documented mileage
- MOT history also supports this showing 25,981 miles in 2006
- MOT to 15th April 2025 with 29,380 miles and one advisory
- Now showing 29,462 miles
Summary of recent £17,000 restoration:
- Original wings, doors, bonnet, bootlid repaired with new metal
- Panels e-coated prior to painting
- Floors and sills replaced with new or fabricated panels
- Underside painted and undersealed
- Wheel arches and sills 'Raptor' coated
- Painted inside black and outside 'Artic White', a Mercedes Benz colour
- Serviced with all consumables replaced
- Brake booster reconditioned
- Radiator recored
- Engine parts repainted to high standard
- Battery replaced
- Rear shock absorbers replaced
- Returned to painter for inspection and finishing
- Detailed and polished by Ant's Detailing & Scratch Repair
- New headlining
- Hand rails replaced
- Carpets renewed
- Dash wooden components repainted
The Condition
- High quality Arctic White factory-correct paintwork in recently refinished condition
- Paintwork and bodywork finished to a very high standard and present virtually unmarked
- Many original panels which have been recently refurbished
- Close to showroom-condition car inside and out and unmodified
- Steel wheels with body colour chromed hub caps in very good order
- Black MB Tex interior in factory-correct and freshly refurbished condition
- Blaupunkt AM factory stereo with electric aerial, all working
- Modern inertia reel seatbelts fitted to front seats
- No structural advisories on current MOT
The Mechanics
- 1,988cc M121 4cyl engine
- 4spd gearbox with column shift
- Runs very well according to seller
- One minor advisory for mechanicals on current MOT
- Extensive history file summarised above
- Regularly serviced by a local trained mechanical
- Extensive mechanical overhaul detailed above
- Low mileage documented and verified by history file
The vendor tells us:
“I love its character, rare and unusual design being an attempt at 'Americanisation' of a European car and its quality of build. Wherever we go people want to photograph it, even when we're sat at the traffic lights!”
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Vehicle specification
- Year 1967
- Make Mercedes
- Model 200
- Colour White
- Odometer 29,462 Miles
- Engine size 1988
Listing Details
- Seller type Private
- Town Worcester
- Location Worcestershire
- Country United Kingdom
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