Vehicle Description
1971 Mercedes Benz 250 - 2.8L Inline 6 Cylinder - Automatic
Transmission - 66k Miles - White Over Brown Interior - Timeless
Benz (Please note: If you happen to be viewing this 1971
Mercedes-Benz 250 on a website other than our Garage Kept Motors
site, it's possible that you've only seen some of our many
photographs of the car due to third-party website limitations. To
be sure you access all the more than 180 photographs, as well as a
short start-up and walk-around video, please go to our main
website: Garage Kept Motors.) Buy the Mercedes-Benz 250 and spend
your money on engineering, not status-you'll sleep better at night.
�€" 1971 Mercedes-Benz magazine advertisement The classic Mercedes
ad quoted above included tidbits like these to establish the
unparalleled quality built into the 250: Owning a Mercedes-Benz250
will be a tribute to your good sense, not your ego. You can
reasonably expect to keep this car until it has more than repaid
its cost by years of faithful service. Your investment won't be
eroded by annual facelifts, slapdash construction or cheap
materials. Built for the long haul. You pay for superior
engineering when you buy the Mercedes 250. For instance, its 16
selected gauges of sheet metal help form the 250 'unit' body. It is
welded at 10,000 points, then hand-sanded and inspected for 3
hours. In all it carries 45 pounds of protection against rust
(including 24 pounds of permanent undercoating). Not a Barge. If
you are a good driver now, your 250 will make you a better one. It
is an almost incredibly responsive car. One reason: the 250
measures two feet shorter than its major rivals. You thread through
traffic with the agility of a sports car. Foiling fatigue. 'The
seats are as good as any in the world,' writes the Editor of Car
and Driver magazine. Racing-car brakes. Mercedes-Benz engineers
fitted the 250 with the same brake system found on Grand Prix
racing machines: 4-wheel caliper-type disc brakes. Offered here is
proof of the Seventies Mercedes build quality. This is a 1971
Mercedes-Benz 250 sedan in Light Ivory (Code: DB-623) over Mercedes
Tobacco Brown (Code DB 423), a low-mileage example still in good
shape with 50 years of history. The odometer shows 66,721 miles,
fewer than 1,350 miles per-year on average since new. The exterior
Light Ivory paint has been refreshed and shows generally good
condition and presentable color, but with some signs of light rust
on the lower rocker panels, door bottoms, and lower rear fender.
(To best assess the quality of the paint and trim finishes, please
be sure to view the close-up photographs of the car in the
accompanying gallery.) Sheet-metal body panels show no dents,
dings, or impact damage. The classic Mercedes formal grille is in
excellent condition. Chrome body trim and bumpers are also
well-maintained, and factory badging is complete. Cabin glass and
lighting lenses are clear and undamaged. Original Mercedes steel
wheels with body-color wheel covers are mounted with period-correct
Michelin® X 185/14 thin-whitewall tires. The Mercedes Tobacco
dark-brown interior is very well maintained. Door trim is free of
significant flaws and vertically pleated seat upholstery is in
impressive condition with few signs of wear and no splits or
damage. Door armrests, window cranks, and handles are operational
and undamaged. Dark-brown loop carpeting shows well with little
wear. The classic Mercedes padded steering wheel with horn ring and
3-point star emblem frames the formal instrument cluster, a
timeless look. The black padded dashboard is in well-preserved
condition free of cracks. Wood trim is in good condition with minor
crazing but no significant damage. The original Becker® Europa
AM-FM push-button radio is in place; switchgear is complete. The
shift lever for the automatic transmission is mounted on the
steering column. (Please view the close-up photography in the
gallery to assess the condition of the Mercedes' interior su
