MOT This eight-owner W123 Mercedes currently displays a total recorded mileage of 84,977.

Its silver paintwork is complemented by blue cloth interior trim and it has been dry stored by the current keeper, who presently classes the upholstery, engine and transmission as ‘good’ and the bodywork and paintwork as ‘average’.

As part of a warts and all appraisal he volunteers the following blemishes: corrosion in the offside rear wheelarch; minor dents in the bootlid; a paint bubble on the nearside front wing; foglight holes in the front bumper; minor corrosion on the sunroof; broken aerial; various stone chips.

‘B784 BTG’ is now offered at ‘No Reserve’ and complete with the aforementioned sunroof, radio cassette player and a good set of tyres.

Mercedes introduced the unitary, all steel four-door saloons from its new W123 model range in January 1976.

The smallest of the initial seven engine options the SOHC, four-cylinder unit of 1988cc, was replaced by a more powerful 1997cc unit in 19...