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Minimalist Wallet - 1970 Mercedes 250 W114
Minimalist Wallet - 1970 Mercedes 250 W114
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From a 1970 W114 "Stroke 8" — the Mercedes that ran fleet duty as a Hamburg taxi to seven-figure odometer readings. The bridge to the W123 legend.
This is a minimalist wallet made from the original interior of a 1970 Mercedes 250 W114. It serves also as a cardholder.
* 2 credit card pockets
* Size: 10 cm x 7 (4 inch x 2" 3/4)
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The Car Behind This Bag
1970 · 2.5L M114 inline-six · Sindelfingen · W114 chassis · the "Stroke 8
The W114 was the car Mercedes used to define what a mid-range German saloon should be for the rest of the century. Launched in 1968 and known by the factory designation "/8" — Strich-Acht, "Stroke 8" — it replaced the Fintail saloons with a flat, restrained body and a properly modern semi-trailing-arm rear suspension. The 250 used the 2.5-litre M114 inline-six, the engine that would carry the line through to 1976.
In Germany the /8 became the taxi. Hundreds of thousands of them ran fleet duty in Hamburg, Munich, and Frankfurt — many to seven-figure odometer readings on diesel and petrol both — and a generation of Europeans grew up associating the silhouette with airport runs and weddings in equal measure. The interior was deliberately plain by Mercedes standards: MB-Tex, painted metal dash, vinyl door cards. It was built to last, and it did.
Mercedes sold over 1.8 million W114 and W115 saloons across eight years, making it the best-selling Mercedes line of its time. The /8 is now the entry point into vintage Mercedes ownership — durable, parts-supported, and finally beginning to be understood as the bridge between the W111 and the legendary W123.