Pagoda SL Group

W113 Pagoda SL Group => W11x chassis cars => Topic started by: wd on June 27, 2011, 00:33:39

Title: Rare optioned coupe 220seb
Post by: wd on June 27, 2011, 00:33:39

Amnyone seen this before; 220 seb coupe with four factory bucket seats.  Nice car for sale in Monterey California on craigslist.  Ad claims it is original.

Ok , I am not too good at this but hopefully the below link will go to pictures of the car.

 http://www.63mbz220seb.webs.com/

Title: Re: Rare optioned coupe
Post by: badali on June 27, 2011, 00:55:35

I have seen a few come up on ebay.  Never saw one in person.  It looks like a neat option.

Title: Re: Rare optioned coupe 220seb
Post by: wwheeler on June 27, 2011, 19:42:40

I believe they called this the "Safari" seats. I have seen pictures in books and it is very rare indeed. Pretty cool looking I think but limits seating to only four. Seating is so tight in the coupes anyway, not sure you would want to put three full sized people in the back.

Title: Re: Rare optioned coupe 220seb
Post by: mirkwood on July 03, 2011, 00:34:11

I have searched ( successfully)  for a set of those and according to the EPC the seats are actually front seats with special brackets to allow them to fitted in the rear. In my Coupe i have a set i found in a car that was about to be sent for scrap!

Title: Re: Rare optioned coupe 220seb
Post by: Louis on July 03, 2011, 02:55:00

I once owned a 1962 300se coupe with the dual rear seats and two front bucket seats....It was a white car with a cognac interior and it was stunning......

Title: Re: Rare optioned coupe 220seb
Post by: CraigS on July 04, 2011, 11:47:28

Graham van Heerden in South Africa has a cabriolet with the rear bucket option. Photo below

http://public.fotki.com/GrahamVan/mercseum/image197.html

Also worth a look at some of his other cars.

Title: Re: Rare optioned coupe 220seb
Post by: scoot on July 04, 2011, 15:58:34

I came across a 65 coupe that still had front seats in it. They are in horrible condition, but should I get them anyway?  What else to salvage from a 111 coupe?   Back and front are rusty.  Interior is horrible and everything is gone from the dash.  4 speed transmission and engine still there...

Title: Re: Rare optioned coupe 220seb
Post by: Jonny B on July 04, 2011, 15:59:54

Very nice indeed! The private collection that is, not Scoot's project!

Title: Re: Rare optioned coupe 220seb
Post by: wwheeler on August 03, 2011, 15:56:25

I knew I had a picture of that rare seat arrangement. What a nice car. Wish it were mine!

Title: Re: Rare optioned coupe 220seb
Post by: Jonny B on August 03, 2011, 17:51:32

Truly an elegant automobile. In my opinion, a design that has stood the test of time.

Title: Re: Rare optioned coupe 220seb
Post by: mdsalemi on August 04, 2011, 19:08:10

At PUB in 2007, Joe's friend Paul Hackman took me all around town in his 220 SEb Cabrio with the bucket seats in the rear.  What a sweet ride, I remember it well.  He bought the car to sell, which is what he did.  But, it was gorgeous.  (One of Bracq's finest...)

Title: Re: Rare optioned coupe 220seb
Post by: douglas dees on August 04, 2011, 22:10:28

In the Kemp Museum in Chesterfield Missouri, there are two W111 cars  with bucket seats in the rear. One is a coupe and the other is a convertible. I believe they were an option in the first year of the model
Doug Dees