Another fantastic video on the beautifal Mercedes, David sure owns a beauty of a car , so so quiet on the move and at idle.

What a stunner! When I see this car all I can think of is the Baddie driving around in the James Bond movie.

Cars of this era were truly luxurious. The quality of the materials and the design were what it was all about. Now it seems to be the number of toys or how much bling you can throw at a car. Great to see this amazing car in such detail. Thanks Gary and David.

Hi Chris here from Hampshire coast. I have really enjoyed your brilliant vids over the Christmas period. Its a great escape from the party time. I started rebuilding motorbikes 8 years ago and now after 3/4 years have rescued cheap cars. Now I am rescuing a 1954 Standard 8. Hoping to enter local show this year. Your vids give me inspiration to keep at it ( I am nearly 76). Thank you keep up the style of your shows. Happy New Year to you and your family.

Morning Gary I recently purchased a Silver Shadow Grille and mascot for my man cave office, on hunch ....I asked for the aluminium chassis plaque from the donor car, to look at the cars history, amazingly the car was used for the Oasis stunt in a swimming pool, quite an interesting bit of history. I dismantled the grille to refurbish, if you haven't dismantled the grille and mascot... it's an amazing over engineered piece of work, the plinth the mascot is mounted on is machined to have a slight tilt and only fits one way on the top, run your finger around the groove on the underside of the mount you'll feel it's wider on one side, .....on the underside it's attache to a machined block of brass with a honed bore to accept the stem and spring mechanism for the mascot, it's a proper machine fit...the steel frame soldered to the stainless still section was rusty so I've carefully cleaned the surface and painted over with silver hammerite, leave exposed all the soldered joints it's amazing to see how they constructed these, sorry if I've bored you ....the quality of the construction is quite amazing, I have a feeling all the new stuff is probably pressed out like saucepans! I would love to see your your Corniche one day, as I own a 1973 fixed head two door saloon, perhaps you'll be going to the RREC international rally near Stamford in June 2023 ...Happy New Year ...All the best John Brown

Lovely car. Looks like over-engineered within an inch of it's life.......hydraulic seals........built for dictators, rock stars, mega rich......I can but dream!

This is a SUPERB channel sir. Hats off to your dedication to keep these running.

Thanks Gary, really enjoyed this one. Great to see the effort and commitment that goes into keeping these cars on the road.

Very nice turnout, particularly the engine bay! Lots of work to do all that. Greats from a UK LHD 500E driver

great show sir Gary Mavers,.👈 👺👀👀👍

Thanks for Another quality video on a quality automobile Looking forward to 2023 All the best to yourself and the family in 2023

Fantastic Gary, can’t wait to see what you have planned for 2023, have a good one 🍻

Back in the 70s my neighbor, a doctor had a "big" Mercedes. It was unusual at the time when the M-B 280 sel was the largest and was becoming popular with Americans. The car was not a limo but a smaller 600. I've not seen another one that small since. Where I live in Portland, there is an independent M-B shop that restores them. There's always something to gawk at when picking up my C-class.

Just a quick note from the previous post the Reg number was then 11 LTV as stated in the video by the current owner, Craig

Gentlemen thank you both for bringing us this video. LOVELY.

Brilliant content focusing on the really interesting facts around classics. All the best for the new year.

Thanks Gary, this is magic! 🙏🏽🌹

I really enjoy your channel. It is interesting, you learn stuff, and it's calm. Thank you!

Thank you so very much, the video quality is amazing! What a beautiful car I had a 1969 gas powered MB four door, I wish I can remember the model, but it was just beautiful inside it brought back a lot of memories

Adsoultley brill , love your vids.😊

Great channel Gary Happy new year to you and family

Thank you Gary, pleasure to watch, wish I had your patience. Look forward to your next video. Well done you.

Hey Gary Lad ! Happy new Year to you ! I loved this episode and listening to David and yourself having a chin wag - lovely to watch and listen to. I cant believe how quietly the car ticked over when you started it - I had to listen hard for a second time as it didn't sound like it had started first time off the key :-) These are such wonderful cars and have learned a lot about them from your last few episodes - they are remarkable. Looking forward to the next episode - keep up the great work ! Cheers Stew

Gary Mavers, very nice video! Thanks for sharing.

Great video Gary really interesting

I;ve always loved these.

A stunning example of a stunning car.

Love the interior of this one. I really love the big mercedes cloth interiors, they make them feel more cozy over the leather I think. Happy new year to you and your family Gary and thank you for producing such interesting videos, I am looking forward to more in 2023, Perhaps a nice W126 to restore?

God bless you Margaret.

While riding in it, the car sounds like the Titanic! Quite eerie!😬

Fabulous !

Years ago, they used to say the mark of a very good , well designed car, is that a big car feels like a smaller one to drive, and vice versa a small car feels like a bigger one to drive. Happy new year to you and all your viewers

The Green fluid you speak of I've an old Audi Cabriolet it Uses Central Hydraulic Fluid aka Dragons Blood due to its strange green colour ! Another great Video Gary look forward to the Next episode 👏 👍

Nice history lesson

The sight of one should make any Iranian quake.

Great cars 😊

Brilliant brilliant Gary. I was holding on to every word you both said about the 600 . To me the finest car ever made. Dispute its floors. Have riden in a w126 560 sel. Wondering how better ther 600 is or not. An experience I've always cherished and bought Mercedes Benz consecutively over the decades. About to buy my long awaited S class after many E Cls Ml ect . Happy new year

happy new yr gary hope to see the rolls more this yr i love it great 600 sir

That was really great I think you need to own that car and put your magic touch on it

Mr David Atkinson, take part in the passing of a loved one

You nailed it again Gary. Please do a comparison with the Rolls of the era.

Equisite!

Mao Tse Tung owned 26 600s. I really must get out more.

This year Models from 1970-1980...Have, increased $10,000 Per year!

Rest in peace Margaret 💔

The increase of wants in Collection in Japan, Palm islands Dubai,a Sumatra, U.S California

Pik Botha who owned your car was for years and years one of the most powerful men in the apartheid regime [ though I think he backed the reforms of de clerk ] , he was foreign minister under a few different presidents , also your corniche has one of the most beautiful dashboards ever with its jewell like warning lights like emeralds and rubies !

Great video but the noise cancellation on your sound settings prevents us from hearing the engine sounds. 😞

John Lennon had one .I love the Mercedes W123 diesels .

For some strange reason I prefer the long wheelbase 600 Pullman , the shape seems more balanced .

Wafting to the extreme with a super long wheelbase to prevent front to rear interaction on bumps..

Here is a video proclaiming all of the owners of these 600's. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p86dfsV6nauWp3U.html Sure enough, PW Botha(the 6th President of South Africa) is listed as one of the original owners. It's time stamp in the video is 15:01. Wow that is amazing! I can't believe you sold that car Gary!!!

RR...Models Shadow 1 & 2....Wraith 2.....Big increase in Investments.

Incomparable. And likely to remain so. Today’s aesthetics are vulgar and crass by comparison. Thank you so much for your videos. Wonderful that owners who truly appreciate their car’s share their enthusiasm and love for these iconic vehicles. 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Abergele a couple of miles from me. Llansannan to TH

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Love how Gary said to himself about the teeth chattering, took yer man a minute to cop on, love the Scousers. Sorry that old boys wife missed have passed on…..

and to think Mao had 22 of these!

'It's very good suspension........' just as the car sounds like there was a loose lathe flying around in the boot.

The 600 is a technical tour de force. Extremely well made and it needed to be because the complexity of this car from the hydraulics to the injected engine and electronic transmission are extraordinary. But the best no. I actually preferred the 300 SeL 6.3. Which was much faster. I have owned 3 of these cars. My last a RHD 1972 had all the fancy interior the later 6.3 engine and transmission. But make no mistake. Parts for these cars are stratospheric and much is no longer readily available. Eg head gaskets etc. But to say best is too much of a generalisation IMO because cars are used for vastly different puposes and the criteria of quality is so subjective. Hispano Suiza Packard all produced superb vehicles. As has Ferrari Aston Martin and Toyota! Today one of my key criteria is can I fix it. And here the 600 and the 6.3 score very poorly and there are a good many orphans around the world where owners have given up. The complex bespoke parts have become a nightmare. Superb but...

The SWB seems to be a better car, a driver's car. Also the SWB buyers seem a better group, Udo Jurgens rather than Tito.

Pik Botha may have had great taste in cars but he was instrumental in keeping aparteid going for many, many years. Towards the end of the 80's, the National Party knew that their days were numbered and in order to alleviate a cival war, started their step down from power. I have no doubt in my mind had Nelson Mandela had died whilst incarcerated, there would have been bloodshed. Nelson also had great taste in cars though I doubt he would have turned it down. He was given a lovely W126 500SE soon after his release from prison.

Gary: lovely vid, but is it possible that the steering wheel at your Rolls isn´t straight when the car goes straight?:) How can a perfectionist like you, live with that:) Best Regards from the Country that made the MB600 Tobias

Did the Beatles group own one of these?

You know you’re a comparative spring chicken when someone with a driving license compares something to the size of a sixpence and you’re none the wiser.

you were better off with cloth, leather seats made you suffer with sweating?

Sorry, but you are still too severe closing those doors; this should be done more gently. The doorlocks are very sensitive and it does not take all that much to damage the hydraulics. The locks are a nightmare to repair and the hydraulic piece is no longer available as a sparel part, only the whole lock. The cost of a new lock will make your eyes water. I have seen these modified with a spring after the hydraulic part had sprung to leak, but it's nowhere near as neat as the original action. I owned one of these cars, restored it and drove it in Targa Tasmania ('93). It performed really well and completed the 2000 kilometers without a scratch. A temporary Ferrari could not catch it.

It was the best motorcar in 1964. Mercedes-Benz lost money on each car.

It always was a bespoke car everything was hydraulic windows seat sunroof boot lid doors don’t know why you sold your one rather have that than a roller I think They are terrible leak every where and the electrics are terrible

Best luxury car ever built makes a rolls Royce look crap they’ve only just started on self closing boot lids that had it in the 60s

Thanks for your email David, if i could get your address somehow , i could sort some photos out and send them, they would be hard copies, also i can put a note in with all the info i can remember, tried to respond earlier but it was returned, You Tube probably do not like us to contact each other, Regards Craig

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