1983 Mercedes-Benz [W123]

1983 Mercedes-Benz [W123] in Captain Cosmotic, Movie, 1998

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

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Jale ◊ 2009-12-10 16:30
Hiergehts ◊ 2009-12-11 05:36	Wow, it's quite rusty. Surprised it would be considered roadworthy with how stringent the TÜV is? Rectangular headlamps suggest a higher spec W123 (e.g 250, 280, 300D)?
Ingo ◊ 2009-12-11 09:42	"needs minor polishing" would stand in the adverstise. @hiergehts: Germany is not corruption-free. It's possible to "buy" a TÜV-inspection. Here I would say, it's wreck, prepared for the movie. The plates seems to be from WAF (Warendorf), compared with the other (more or less retouched) plates, I would say, it was filmed in Eastern Westphalia. The landscape fits, too.

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Jale

◊ 2009-12-10 16:30

Hiergehts

◊ 2009-12-11 05:36

Wow, it's quite rusty. Surprised it would be considered roadworthy with how stringent the TÜV is? Rectangular headlamps suggest a higher spec W123 (e.g 250, 280, 300D)?

Ingo

◊ 2009-12-11 09:42

"needs minor polishing" would stand in the adverstise.

@hiergehts: Germany is not corruption-free. It's possible to "buy" a TÜV-inspection.

Here I would say, it's wreck, prepared for the movie. The plates seems to be from WAF (Warendorf), compared with the other (more or less retouched) plates, I would say, it was filmed in Eastern Westphalia. The landscape fits, too.

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1983 Mercedes-Benz [W123]