option codes

I dnt understand that list for mine,like yours it shows items that my G didnt have????

did you note that the wheels stated above were 6" light alloys on wider axle with arches and not the alloys on your G which were called wide alloys and not light alloys(which were the narrow ones)

Does anyone have photos of the following: ?

E51.....Bicycle rack, alustyle (double) (с 1978)
short-range interference suppression

Here is the full list the website showed , which I assume is all the options (standard & optional) my car came with ? The last 2 are a bit puzzling as my car has full black leather.

A02 joint heads, chromium plated (с 1978)
A52 track enlargement
A70 differential lock, front axle (с 1978)
B02 braking system, anti-lock (abs) (с 1978)
C27 reinforced front springs (с 1978)
D27 electric tilting/sliding/lifting sunroof (с 1978)
D39 multiway connector
E08 rear mounted loudspeaker, make becker
E43 trailer plug socket, thirteen-pin
cassette holder (с 26.06.1997)
E51 bicycle rack, alustyle (double) (с 1978)
short-range interference suppression
E69 automatic antenna and front-mounted loudspeaker (с 1978)
F46 headlamp wiper/washer (с 1978)
G75 speedometer adapter
H20 heat-absorbing glass all round (с 1978)
J11 speedometer reading in km/miles
J65 outside temperature indicator (с 1978)
K00 adhesive label with refueling instructions
K89 exhaust emission control system with catalytic converter with closed loop control (с 1978)
P39 enlarged fenders use wide tires (с 1978)
Q55 trailer coupling, reinforced, ball-head type, low mounted d96/4 (с 1978)
R02 light alloy wheel
light alloy rims ats
light alloy rims, 6", with enlarged track and fenders (с 1978)
S34 passenger compartment seat headrests (с 1978)
S37 driver's seat armrest (с 1978)
S38 co-driver's seat armrest (с 1978)
U46 rub strip all-round (с 26.09.1996)
leather seat cover
V18 interior trim in black (с 1978)
V35 steering wheel and gearshift lever with leather cover (с 1978)
V50 window lifter, electric, double (с 1978)
V63 luggage nets on backrests (с 1978)
W30 sliding-type window, rear (с 1978)
X03 leather, designo-blue, uni-color (с 06.02.1998)
X59 leather, designo-dark green, two-color (с 1978)
central locking syste

Some MB codes have had two uses over the years.

In your GWagen's case:

E51 means "short-range interference suppression", and not "bicycle rack, alustyle (double) (с 1978)"

E43 means "trailer plug socket, thirteen-pin", and not "cassette holder (с 26.06.1997)"

U46 means "leather seat cover" and not "rub strip all-round (с 26.09.1996)"

X59 means "central locking system" and not "leather, designo-dark green, two-color (с 1978)"

As for X03, this is the only meaning known to me and I don't know why is it shown in your datacard.

The full balck leather is made up to two codes, U46 (leather) and V18 (interior in black)

Webasto additional heater
Heated seats
Rockinger tow kit
Two-part rear bumper
Becker radios (if any, they were dealr-fitted Blaupunkts)
Tropical roof

All 463s came in the UK with the following as standard (as opposed to Germany and other markets):

Flared wheel arches

Well I have both seen and driven a 1992 300GE SWB and LWB 463 with a Webasto and Heated Seats. Strangely they were both the same colour bronze.

I'm not sure what the tropical roof is - but if it is the fabric roof that pulls back to expose the interior (not quite a convertible) then I have seen one of those on a RHD too but can't remember if it was a 463 or 460. But then I seem to recall that it was made for an Englishman in Africa.

Not sure what two part bumper is.

Definitely have seen 463s without flared wheel arches in UK.

I'm not sure what the tropical roof is - but if it is the fabric roof that pulls back to expose the interior (not quite a convertible) then I have seen one of those on a RHD too but can't remember if it was a 463 or 460. But then I seem to recall that it was made for an Englishman in Africa.

Not sure what two part bumper is.

Definitely have seen 463s without flared wheel arches in UK.

As far as the Webasto and the heated seats, I am not saying that nobody ticked the right boxes when they ordered their early 463s. I am saying that very few people did (specially in the Webasto's case).

As for the others:

I attach a picture of a tropical roof shown on a 460 (it is so rare that I can't find a picture of a 463 with it fitted). As you can see is a white, double roof that leaves an air chamber between it and the other one to reduce heat inside the car.

Picture attached of a Rockinger tow kit and a two-part bumper.

As for an early 463 without the flared wheelarches, well Max I think it's time to stop bluffing and show your cards! :lol: : Show me the pics, 'cause the flared wheel arches where standard equipment on all 463 sold by MBUK.

Now as an old man young Tom, I might be getting my decades, let alone years , mixed up, but I do remember the fashion for "tar macadam" or vinyl roof coverings, which I think would have been around the early eighties, wot when I larned to drive.
Dont know if yours would have been official or a DIY job ?
Cheers,
Marcus
PS
I also remember Vinyl seats/hot days/and shorts, ouch !

WOOD & PICKET were a coveted company and i remember seeing a white lwb at earls court motor show in 1984 with black coach lining and a black vynl roof.(ford capri style!!)

I don't walk around with a camera cataloguing every single G I see!!!

As for the 463 with the tropical roof - there are pics on someone in Dubai or Jakarta with one on Benzworld.

The roof I was referring too was a vinyl roll roof which rolls back probably 60% or so of the roof. Kind of like on an old Citroen.

I don't walk around with a camera cataloguing every single G I see!!!

As for the 463 with the tropical roof - there are pics on someone in Dubai or Jakarta with one on Benzworld.

The roof I was referring too was a vinyl roll roof which rolls back probably 60% or so of the roof. Kind of like on an old Citroen.

I was obviously referring to standard equipment and options offered/ordered in 463 GWagens imported buy MBUK (early 463s) as per my posting:

Some options that are virtually (or actually) inexistent in the UK (for an early 463)

Webasto additional heater
Heated seats
Rockinger tow kit
Two-part rear bumper
Becker radios (if any, they were dealr-fitted Blaupunkts)
Tropical roof

All 463s came in the UK with the following as standard (as opposed to Germany and other markets):

ABS
6x16" alloy wheels
Flared wheel arches
Front diff lock (optional in Switzerland)

Of course you have seen 463s without flared wheelarches in the UK. One such G is the one I own, but it is LHD and originally sold in Germany. But it is a fact that all 463s offically imported by MBUK had alloy wheels (6x16" standard and 7x15" as option) and all came with the flared wheelarches, though you could still order a 463 in Germany with the 6x16" and no wheelarches. But this was NOT the case in the UK.

As for the tropical roof, yes, you could have seen it on a G in Dubai, Jakarta, Daar-el-Salam, Timbouktu or Osaka, but I was commenting on the UK only.

I would naturally not expect you to "walk around with a camera cataloguing every single G" you see, but I would expect anyone to dispute a statement of facts with hard evidence, not with comments such as "Definitely (I) have seen ...."

I naturally stand to be corrected but in the meantime, I attach an excerpt of the 1990 UK-spec GWagen datasheet which shows that the flared wheelarches were standard.

Trusting that these comments will ruffle no more feathers than strictly necessary, I remain, faithfully yours, etc, etc

lol @ mortinson, your post is a classic...you must miss this every now and then!

i never knew those wider wheel arches/fenders existed before the G55k came on the market...i thought they were all the same width until 2005..interesting! this must be the one hus55 speaks off..mortinson please keep your old catalogues and stuff in a safe/fireproof place, it would be a pity if they go walkies or catch fire or something!

Max, the vinyl sun roof your thinking off was commonly know as a webasto