1973 Mercedes-Benz 280 S [W116]

1973 Mercedes-Benz 280 S [W116] in Love and Bullets, Movie, 1979

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
Ingo ◊ 2010-12-06 09:58	Faked Italian car (orange front indicators, no side indicators). And the hubcaps seems to have wrong colours. -- Last edit: 2010-12-06 10:00:21
130rapid ◊ 2013-12-28 12:09	1973-1974 indeed because aerial on right front fender.
electra225 ◊ 2024-12-01 23:08	Ingo wrote Faked Italian car (orange front indicators, no side indicators). And the hubcaps seems to have wrong colours. This car, if for Italy, between 1972 and late 1976, had got white lense with a very small portion of it in amber on the side and so, witjout a separate indicator (as in the case of the /8 series). Since late 1976 it had got thistype of lenses in full amber.
electra225 ◊ 2024-12-01 23:09	130rapid wrote 1973-1974 indeed because aerial on right front fender. Can I see them ?
130rapid ◊ 2024-12-02 02:24	There's also old interior mirror, pre-1977. https://youtu.be/PuG1ffsCxw0?feature=shared&t=2819 Filmed in Wallis canton, Switzerland, just pretending to be Italy.
night cub ◊ 2024-12-02 02:41	electra225 wrote Can I see them ? It's on the left-hand side, you can see it sticking up in the dark ledge behind the car -- Last edit: 2024-12-02 02:41:48