The Mercedes-Benz G-Class, often called the G-Wagen, is one of the longest running production vehicles in the marque’s history—surpassed only by the Unimog.

For over 40 years, the German company has been producing the boxy body-on-frame vehicles in successive generations.

This example is a special model of the earliest W460 generation.

Introduced for the Italian market only, the 200 GE was offered as both a station wagon and a pickup truck.

The pickup truck, as seen here, was officially named the 200 GE Cabriolet.

It was built on the short wheelbase (model 460.216) measuring 2,400 millimeters versus the standard 2,850 millimeters.

The engine, model M102.964, was used specifically for the Italian W460 models.

With just two liters of displacement, its four-cylinder was small enough to avoid the high tax penalties incurred on engines over that size.

Each engine was fitted with A Bosch KE-Jetronic fuel injection and output was rated at 134 brake horsepower.

The 200 GE was fitted w...