300GD Canvas Top

Hi I have just left a posting for Fred eccosse,I have one as well same colour with a full canvas and a bikini top.I took the bikini top off and will probably sell it,its like new and can be used in various ways tonneau ,pickup cover and roof only.Its green and in perfect nick.I am renovating mine,the previous owner fitted wheel arch extensions and covered up some rot,then painted the lower half with the wrong green.Does yours have the strange little 12v socket in the back?

hi soft top boys !!!
i have an 85 soft top in red 300gd 4spd manual, it came as usual just two front seats in vinyl, no rears heavy rubber floor covering.it had two strange rails in the load area half way up on the inside of the wheelarches.it did have ashtrays (possibly due to animal testing, all those beagles need somewhere to stub out their fags!)but no rear seat and no side windows in the soft top.it now has a different interior etc.
i also had a black soft top 86, that i sold to mate, 300gd auto.it had side windows and a merc rear seat and fronts all in black vinyl,the rear seat had three inertia rell lap belts.it also had arches and 15" alloys from new.it also had the two odd rails in the load area as well, what are these for?
regards

Officially the only Cabrios imported into the UK were the 300 GDs that I mention in my other post http://www.gwoa.co.uk/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=2752

I am checking my collection of sales catalogues and the only mention I could find was in the October 1986 one:

The 300 GD Auto you mention must have been a special order or have been retrofitted with the seats and the canvas top with side windows. It would be interesting to have the complete VIN to check this. The pick-ups tend to have the vinyl seats and the steel rims without extended wheelarches given their more utilitarian orientation.

As far as other 460 RHD Cabrios the only other that I know of is a 280 GE sold in Cyprus and subsequently brought to the UK.

Cheers

Agave Green! Same colour as mine! Hooray!

VIN WDB46031227037071
Body 3
Plant 61
Model 300GD244X4
Chassis 46031227037071
Engine 617931 20 011323
Transmission 717422 20 001114
tCase 750609 20 037336
Tyres
Primary 211Q76580
Rear 211Q76580
Order 6 4 537 01391
Approx. year not defined
Lights BOSCH/ULO
Rims SUEDRAD
Axle
Forward 730300 27 038218
Rear 741502 27 538422
Cab 460513 20
Steer 765502 20 004131
Dealer Great Britain (537)
Paint 6880 agave green

Options

A02 joint heads, chromium plated (с 1978)
A70 differential lock, front axle (с 1978)
A71 differential lock, rear axle (с 1978)
C70 two-part rear bumper (с 1978)
E40 trailer plug socket, seven-pin mb-telephone (cellular) with console and card (с 26.06.1997)
E51 bicycle rack, alustyle (double) (с 1978) short-range interference suppression
G48 five-speed transmission (с 1978)
G75 speedometer adapter
H20 heat-absorbing glass all round (с 1978)
L18 rear fog lamp (с 1978)
P81 folding top, removable, without side windows
Q53 trailer coupling, ball-head type, low mounted (с 1978)
Q58 tow-off coupling, front (с 1978)
R64 spare wheel carrier behind driver's seat (с 1978)
S01 safety belts, specific countries
S18 tilt adjustment, driver's seat
S30 driver's seat headrest (с 1978)
S32 co-driver's seat headrest (с 1978)
V01 interior trim, specific countris
V19 interior trim in brown (с 1978)
V24 interior trim in the rear (с 1978)
V34 grab handle and instrument panel padded (с 1978)
V47 tray with hot-air guide
Y10 first aid box (с 1978)
Z99 order as per detailed description v 140 pullmann limousine (с 12.02.1997)

Z99 is probably the code for suppresion of the Rear Bench!