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Laptop - 1985 Mercedes 300TD Wagon
Laptop - 1985 Mercedes 300TD Wagon
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From a 1985 W123 wagon — the last Mercedes obviously built to outlast the road. The kind of slow, over-engineered car they don't make anymore.
This is a unique Laptop bag made from the original interior of a 1985 Mercedes 300TD Wagon.
* Compartment for the laptop
* Zippered interior and exterior pocket
* 4 internal open accessory pockets
* Adjustable and detachable shoulder strap
* Handle to carry the bag easily
* Size: 38cm x 27 x 10 (15" x 10 1/2 x 3 1/2)
Each ZEITWORKS bag is a unique creation, carrying the history and character of the car of the vehicle it once belonged to, making every design impossible to replicate.
Handmade in Canada
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The Car Behind This Bag
1985 Mercedes-Benz 300TD · S123 Estate · Sindelfingen · OM617 turbodiesel · Blue MB-Tex
Mercedes developed MB-Tex in the mid-1960s as a leather alternative. It was meant to be the cheaper option. It turned out to outlast everything else in the cabin.
The material is a thick, textured vinyl with a knitted synthetic backing — specified to tolerances that had more in common with aerospace gaskets than automotive upholstery. Taxi fleets in Athens, Berlin, and across North Africa clocked million-kilometre service lives on 300TDs. The vinyl did not crack. It did not fade. An enthusiast joke, repeated enough in Mercedes circles that it stopped being a joke, is that MB-Tex will be there after the apocalypse.
The blue MB-Tex in this piece came from the original seats of a specific 1985 300TD. If you want to know which one — where it came from, what four decades of use did to it, and how the material was recovered — read the full story on Patina & Steel.