Description Showing just 99,432 miles on the odometer; good nick for its age; stylish and bullet-proof motoring at a modest guide price First registered in August 1980 and showing just 99,432 miles on the odometer, this Mercedes 230 W123 is fitted with the bullet-proof 108bhp four-cylinder carb-fed 2.3 petrol engine mated to four-speed automatic transmission.

Although there are no invoices for recent expenditure, there is a good-sized history folder showing regular upkeep from the mid-1990s to 2012 where we can see servicing was an almost annual occurrence.

As you would expect with a W123, only very minor remedial work has taken place, mainly on wear-and-tear items such as brakes and a replacement carburettor in May 2011 and a replacement exhaust in 2005.

Although now MOT-exempt and free to tax, the history file also shows a good handful of old MOT certificates that demonstrate MOTs were a regular although not quite an annual occurrence up until 2010 when its last MOT expired.

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