I had the opportunity to drive a 600 belonging to a friend in Los Angeles. You feel the weight but it handles well and doesn't drive as big as it is. Hydraulics are everywhere - windows, locks and even the trunk. Beautiful bespoke vehicle. These are NOT modified 280sel - every panel, window is unique to the 600.
@anibalnikov472 жыл бұрын
This very car appears on the recently Beatle's movie "Get Back" Episode 02, you can see George arriving at apple records headquarters on that machine.
@ravisriram67463 жыл бұрын
Fantastic car: possibly the best Mercedes ever. You can keep the overstyled newer ones and the godawful MB SUVs. This was from an era when cars, especially those from Mercedes, really mattered.
@mrpdofff3 жыл бұрын
Top 3 cars ever....but not in any order are......Mercedes 600, Aston Martin DB5 and the E-Type. End of story.
@josephp50583 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this car at Tidworth motors down in Bow/Hackney in the 70’s - it had so many problems no one wanted it
@stringer-ik1pc3 жыл бұрын
I bet a Pakistani bought it, and is still using it as a taxi.
@MichaelRuss20065 ай бұрын
This actual car or another 600?
@josephp50585 ай бұрын
@@MichaelRuss2006 that actual car in white it was being repaired at Tidworth Mercedes at Bow East London if my memory serves me right it has novel hydraulic doors and windows
@TheLuisg923 жыл бұрын
Is almost impossible to believe this particular example doesn’t have A/C. Even in such expensive opulent car the A/C was optional. Today, even the cheapest car has it as standard. Times have changed, possibly weather too…
@wontee22 жыл бұрын
Everyone here is certain that the windows and door locks etc. are hydraulic. I worked on one as a mechanic back 60's and could have sworn that they were all pneumatically operated. I can remember hearing a compressor going in the boot when various things were operated, and assumed it was an air compressor as that's exactly what it sounded like. One thing that was really memorable was the performance, in the workshop at the same time was a Lotus Elan SE, considered to be a really fast car of the times. I drove the Lotus and the Merc. and there wasn't much between them, and I can remember thinking that the Merc. was maybe a bit faster in a straight line, but the Lotus would be a clear winner in normal conditions such as traffic or a typical bendy road.
@simes205 Жыл бұрын
They are hydraulic not electric
@wontee2 Жыл бұрын
A quick google reveals many pneumatic spare parts for MB doors and boot lock, including a pump motor. Maybe MB fitted different types for some reason. I've listened to enough compressor motors to know exactly what they sound like, and I know what a hiss means. Some years later a rumour circulated that car door locks could be opened by cutting a tennis ball in half and quickly squashing one half against the car door lock, compressing the air inside of the lock. Motoring forums joined in and before long reports were coming in of people opening their Allegro, Cortina, Reliant and house front door locks with half of a tennis ball. thought about it and the only car I could think of where it just might work was the MB 600
@njh44736 ай бұрын
The car windows and door locks were 100 percent hydraulic no air, the compressor was used for the air ride suspension.
@nwk-wt3ty3 жыл бұрын
George Harrison had great taste. Friar Park, guitars and cars.
@007meus3 жыл бұрын
and wives.
@marjanp47843 жыл бұрын
Clothes...his 60's and 70's style was just fantastic....he was such a fashion icon...
@Rahoorkhuitable Жыл бұрын
Until the Maharishi said:" George , you have to get rid of all these earthly things.....give it to me!"
@marsattacks70713 жыл бұрын
Very nice review ! Thanks !
@spilot10163 жыл бұрын
That trunk close is lethal. Designed to send you into orbit.
@sumkunt0r3 жыл бұрын
Boot close reminds me of a hungry hippo 😊
@NickForest9993 жыл бұрын
Was able to see that in John Haynes workshop last week while they were working on my 107…it certainly has presence close up!
@euc1313 жыл бұрын
Beautifully built car... but mega expensive parts so only worth buying if properly maintained/restored
@Shane-zx4ps3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful car, a bit weddingly looking though, I’d prefer the Pullman that was in the excorcist..
@CmackMacj3 жыл бұрын
Most beautiful car Mercedes happens to be my favorite car no wonder I loved George Harrison so much I have the same taste as him ' he is well missed he had a party and I was invited him and Eric Clapton had a band party and I was laughing with him he said to me you're the most beautiful person I have met in a long time I said to him oh i thought it was me who only felt that way about me he invited me to stay with him somewheres in California i thought me and George Harrison it was exciting but the bad news i turned him down. I just loved him as a person a beautiful man it probably not long after him and patty broke up he was my favorite but Paul also was my favorite i was in love with their music George was a very special man in everything about him from music to his personality. Love you George.
@rodericklohrey1746 Жыл бұрын
Australian formula One champion Bob Jane bought a Pullman. A cabriolet,metal roof over the driver but a convertible roof over the 5 seat rear.A very stylish car.
@marjanp47843 жыл бұрын
What a beast!!! No wonder George had great taste...❤️
@johnsmith14749 ай бұрын
This thing is an obscenity, Harrison was no doubt drunk on his wealth.
@axeljacobs97233 жыл бұрын
You lost me as soon as you said the boot looks like a Shadow! What Are you Smoking????🙁
@JSDesignHK3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. 😵💫
@richardmiranda6403 жыл бұрын
This is a great video! Love the car and Geo. Harrison provenance. Thank you from the people’s republic of California.
@pereldh57413 жыл бұрын
George had great taste in cars and influenced lots of others into buying MB’s, like John Lennon, Ringo and Eric Clapton too. It’s clear this presenter doesn’t know too much about him or his music tho.. 😄
@Banglish1233 жыл бұрын
I thought that too. When he mentioned the cigarette lighter I was waiting for him to say "Looks like it's had a bit of use"
@breakfastsurreal56503 жыл бұрын
It's okay not everyone studies the lives of celebrities...
@pereldh57413 жыл бұрын
@@breakfastsurreal5650 Altho George was never a celebrity :)
@ralphl76433 жыл бұрын
I thought it weird he even mentioned the cigarette lighter. Few cars in the US didn't have them until recently.
@philipcooper82973 жыл бұрын
Are those electric windows? IIRC, they used hydraulic system to operate the windows.
@jonathanmb81573 жыл бұрын
windows are hydraulic, like the trunk.
@brandbryce3 жыл бұрын
That was the correction I was looking for! Don't get your fingers caught!!!!
@dennisalexanderreilly86243 жыл бұрын
which is why they open and close so quickly
@johnsmith14749 ай бұрын
Tom Hartley has a 600 Pullman for sale "once owned by Lennon & Harrison" right now.
@flippert02 жыл бұрын
I saw a 600 one or two times in my life personally. First time in 1988 by chance on the autobahn. And despite the production had already ended seven years ago, this car was not only one of the fastest back then (only Porsche could match), but it had the greatest presence of all cars I've seen so far. Really big SUVs weren't a thing yet in Germany.
@gene9783 жыл бұрын
POSH! Notice: Head rest in the rear seat and none in the front. hmm. They may have been an option in 1967. LOVE This type of presentation
@niconesta85663 жыл бұрын
This makes me sob about todays designs, esp luxury vehicles. My, this is a pretty car all around, simple yet so perfect.
@TheAtstube3 жыл бұрын
Very nice years all the way up to 1971, I like the 280
@jeffyu88542 жыл бұрын
Love this car.
@mohmoudfarah18973 жыл бұрын
Informative; thank you for sharing it with us. Oh btw, I take a Left-Hand Drive version of it.
@PhantomWoIf Жыл бұрын
what a wonderful classic looking car, the W100 and the color is interesting too, i dont think there is many of them left over in that white color.
@ronpage19943 жыл бұрын
Everything’s cool with this bloke.
@goral7053 жыл бұрын
STYLE!
@6th.replicant5773 жыл бұрын
David Bowie owned one, too.
@chaimshamza58503 жыл бұрын
it was the best, thats why people chose one.
@bluebear65703 жыл бұрын
It´s really a pity that Mercedes gave up on their signature design features in favour of contemporary, but generic ones. Put a Kia badge on a Merecdes and everyone will say it´s a Kia.
@shelleyharris28503 жыл бұрын
That color was the same as the 420 SEL I owned, palomino interior
@realkontrols.r.o.84712 жыл бұрын
Who knows, may be the famous German composer, pianist and singer Udo Jürgens, who was 10 years older than the famous English composer, guitarist and singer George Harrison, influenced him to buy, drive and enjoy this wonderful luxury long limousine. And may be, the famous English singer and actress Marianne Faithful referred in her song Lucy Jordan to this long white car that waited past the crowd?
@MrMightyytau3 жыл бұрын
The Maserati Khamsin, Bora and Merak and 4.9 Indy uses some of the 600 Bosch micro Hydraulics
@sputumtube3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful vehicle to be sure, but this isn't a review, it's just name dropping in order to sell it.
@JSDesignHK3 жыл бұрын
Bingo.
@Backwardlooking3 жыл бұрын
Contrast this with the garish contemporary Mercedes designs.
@MercOne Жыл бұрын
The very definition of a tank. Greatest Mercedes sedan, like ever.
@publicidad4206 ай бұрын
Is the car turned on when he uses the hydraulics? If don't I believe that there is a pressure limit to use those amenities when the car engine is turned off
@colingarner6175 Жыл бұрын
Two hands firmly on the steering wheel ! 😮
@bestbox83762 ай бұрын
Nice color brand new car i hope to drive same car Or pullman
@admiralsemmes69393 жыл бұрын
Where was this videoed? Southern England?
@wollaminfaetter3 жыл бұрын
Did you say that this badass has electric windows?
@tjm39003 жыл бұрын
I think he should have said Hydrulic powered windows.
@rogerbear603 жыл бұрын
I'm curious about the hood (bonnet) release being on the passenger side of the car. In the U.S. the release is always on the driver's side. I wonder why it's on the passenger side?
@ralphl76433 жыл бұрын
They didn't bother to move it for the British market. It's surprising they made any RHD ones at all. The Queen wasn't going to buy one.
@guyspooner45808 ай бұрын
Interestingly another white RHD 600 has just come on the market, also claiming to have been owned by George Harrison (who bought it from John Lennon). Different registration. So there seems to be some confusion.
@MrPhotodoc3 жыл бұрын
Massive, Large, Enormous...
@jimsmith18563 жыл бұрын
Look under the dash see if there's any acid.
@elediablo Жыл бұрын
The Malaysian Sultan in the State of Johor ,Sultan Ibrahim ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar is said to own 7or 8 mix units of this pullman 600
@lenny1083 жыл бұрын
7:30 seems the car was made for people who would never even touch the door handle what to speak of sitting on the driver's seat. In Germany for example only CEOs would own such a car who were providing well-paid jobs for thousands of employees. The employees would feel proud working for such a boss. There was no envy because they got paid very well. So why has this cult disappeared? It is plain and simple, there are no more such companies where thousands of people are well-paid. Even the Amazon owner Jeff Bezos drives Honda Civic because he knows that his minimum wage employees would freak out when he drives up in a fancy limousine.
@danielesbordone18713 жыл бұрын
That is a real and proper Mercedes.
@londonman86883 жыл бұрын
great car.. what price is expected ?
@JustFunandGames3 жыл бұрын
Sold for £145,000
@lonewarrior15433 жыл бұрын
Would have been nice to actually find what the driving was like....not interested in the buyers...bit of a fail really
@terrygoodman97823 жыл бұрын
Worked on it and driven it 1968 9.
@MichaelRuss20065 ай бұрын
George's actual car or another 600?
@terrygoodman97825 ай бұрын
Worked at mercedes benz brentford.1964 1971.Was always in for repair. Also lennons white Pullman.Good times.
@nedcoburn64212 жыл бұрын
John Lennon owned Rolls Royces, Bentleys and Mercedes-Benz.
@TheLuisg923 жыл бұрын
No 600 review would be complete without mentioning the morbid association of this car with dictators and the mafia. This car is good enough and interesting on its own; there is no need to keep telling the dark aspects of the people who bought it when it was brand new.
@danielmarshall45873 жыл бұрын
"electric wndows all round"..... oh dear.
@z978ady Жыл бұрын
In 1967 USD that would have sold for a little over $20,000 loaded out the door?
@paulpan25533 жыл бұрын
Hydronic windows not electric
@edwinblank583 жыл бұрын
Absolutely right!
@westhavenor95133 жыл бұрын
You mean hydraulic
@daviddalby96993 жыл бұрын
I when to the bungalow and hered Abbey Road before it was released
@LeonThe4th3 жыл бұрын
Wow...just Wow...SO jealous😌
@daviddalby96993 жыл бұрын
I have been in that car . With Terry dorran .
@ralphl76433 жыл бұрын
There isn't much space above his head in the back. No tall dictators wearing hats.
@rory6932 жыл бұрын
No one with skinny jeans and trainers should be even test driving a W100
@kielbasaglen68432 жыл бұрын
I had to turn the volume down because I thought the guy was a real putz.
@Giddykippa65 Жыл бұрын
the windows seats and boot aren't electric they're all hydraulic
@Philip.Magnusson3 жыл бұрын
Can't believe it only sold for 145,000 pounds! A regular 600 is at least 100,000 pounds! And if I'm not wrong this was the very car that when it was restored, it was the most expensive car restoration in the world.
@hamadmirza73253 жыл бұрын
is their seats are very soft cushion or firm?
@Licenciadopedro3 жыл бұрын
Are you sure it's George Harrison's MB 600? Isn't it John Lennon's MB 600? George had a Grey MB 600, he might had had this one too, In those days Rolls Royce was as always very luxurious but Mercedes Benz 600 was used by the cool people in England, John Lennon, George Harrison, the hip series Department S, the TV comedy show The Goonies and in USA Elvis Presly and Hugh Hefner. Elvis Priestly shot the car and I heard that it was sold with the shots but the restored to its original state. Also bad guys bought the MB 800, Yugoslavian dictator Tito, North Korean Dictator Kin, Uganda´s dictator Idi Amin Dada, and some nice world rulers like the Pope, West German Chancellor and the Shah of Iran
@gotham613 жыл бұрын
John Lennon's 600 was a long wheelbase Pullman, also in white. Ringo had a SWB also. Paul was the only Beatle who never owned a 600.
@reljaradojicic45193 ай бұрын
Don't be stupid. Yugoslavian "dictator" was very good guy. One of the biggest leaders of last century.
@Licenciadopedro3 ай бұрын
@@reljaradojicic4519 Don't call me stupid. Whenever you call someone stupid look at yourself in the mirror and there you'll see who is stupid.
@eight-cloudspurple5871 Жыл бұрын
The Official car of German Engineering, timeless masterpiece, and His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, lord of all the beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and conqueror of British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular
@rodericklohrey1746 Жыл бұрын
Ah yes,the man who upon meeting Queen Elizabeth the second called her "Mrs Quinn".
@shelleyharris28503 жыл бұрын
Was that 23 on the speedometer
@MrMortenf Жыл бұрын
Price ?
@computerjantje3 жыл бұрын
as this is not an British car, the steering wheel is on the wrong side.
@lesklower72813 жыл бұрын
The 600 pure luxury has quater windows and ashtrays with a cigar lighter my 1997 hi lux ute has these luxury appointments
@gglen21413 жыл бұрын
It also has 4 wheels and steering wheel. Difficult to tell them apart.
@robertd44682 жыл бұрын
Imagine no possessions.
@davidhynd44353 жыл бұрын
Very large. Very German. Very thirsty.
@juusohamalainen75073 жыл бұрын
Who is George Harrison?
@MG-qo2ok3 жыл бұрын
No AC !!!???? I'm surprised that AC wasn't standard fitment
@rjnation50423 жыл бұрын
Remember this car was the dealership display car, it looks like it's in poverty spec to me, I've owned mine since 1990, Rj in Oz
@gglen21413 жыл бұрын
AC was a big deal back then. A lot of people didn't even know what it was back then. My Dad ordered a 230-6 from the factory back in 1969 and had it shipped to Rajasthan (long story). The car was $2,300 and AC was another $800. One third of the purchase price.
@russcattell955i3 жыл бұрын
I'm sure I saw a finned A/C compressor under the bonnet, or was it the hydraulic pump ?
@foxxster35653 жыл бұрын
Can’t see any air con controls and he didn’t mention it so I guess it doesn’t have it.
@gotham613 жыл бұрын
All 600s came with standard automatic climate control with air conditioning. You can see the controls @ 9.43. The oblong panel and the round knob to its left.
@jackh54893 жыл бұрын
Pneumatic windows, not electric and what happened to the soft close system. Gingerly skipped past the gauge, that adjust the ride firmness.... Clarkson vs May private cars, have a much better look into the world of the Pullman....
@21stcenturyozman203 жыл бұрын
Hydraulic, not pneumatic.
@wontee22 жыл бұрын
Yep, Pneumatic. You could hear the compressor working in the boot.
@mrconstable19083 жыл бұрын
How amusing that 14 Idiot don't appreciate this magnificent vehicle, or understand they extraordinary level of engineering it took to create it.
@ralphl76433 жыл бұрын
The winning bid was 145,000 pounds.
@flyinghedgehog38333 жыл бұрын
Plenty play in steering
@rodericklohrey1746 Жыл бұрын
MBenz did not use rack and pinion steering,so play is a given.
@MrTiti3 жыл бұрын
1:15 who is j k ?
@ale16_693 жыл бұрын
Jason key, singer of jamiroquai.
@MrTiti3 жыл бұрын
@@ale16_69 thank you
@gotham613 жыл бұрын
Jay Kay. He owns the ex Coco Chanel car.
@MrTiti3 жыл бұрын
@@gotham61 thanks a lot!
@jorgefonseca92253 жыл бұрын
When the really MERCEDES BENZ made a best car's 👌 today only piece of crap electronics sensors, plastics, etc... never ever MERCEDES made car's like that the last great car made it was finished in 99 (W140) after that day only crap vehicles 👎👎 ROLLS-ROYCE also are a really fucking good car👏👌👍👍 a silver spirit 👏 👍 great vedeo and great explanation for the people never driver that beast or never hear about that (W100) 👍 👏 cheers from Norway
@JSDesignHK3 жыл бұрын
No, the windows are not electric, as you state. The wheel covers are not original or correct for the year, ditto the tyres. If you think that a 600 could be mistaken for a Cadillac or a Silver Shadow, then you need a new occultist - each is unmistakable. Although I don’t doubt your enthusiasm, the dumbed-down style of this video really lets the car down.
@THIRSTYGUMS3 жыл бұрын
stunning car , shame about the chrome rust-smugglers on the arches... cant stand those
@gotham613 жыл бұрын
Those were standard factory fitted on the 600
@THIRSTYGUMS3 жыл бұрын
@@gotham61 yeah i know... just dont like them, in the 90s and 2000s they were everywhere, used to hide big scabby rust holes
@fidelcatsro69483 жыл бұрын
240hp from a whopping monster 6.3litre kettlepot? lets add a twin supercharger to it and squeeze 600hp out of it!
@fludeball3 жыл бұрын
Let’s not.
@fidelcatsro69483 жыл бұрын
@@fludeball arrgghhh but i want a 6litre to go like a 6 litre!
@fludeball3 жыл бұрын
And I want it to go like George’s All Things Must Pass album- horrendously bloated and proceeding with dignity.
@DejaView2 жыл бұрын
I have only ever seen one of these cars up close. Have not thoroughly studied them but various times & places I have seen ratings of 247HP, 250HP, 300HP. Not sure what accounts for the differences. Were the early cars 250 & later ones 300? Starting in the early 1970s. USA required NET HP ratings. Does that account for the unusually low number? Also, given the weight of these cars, low end torque, rather than the highest possible HP may have been one of the design parameters. But I have long suspected, however, that these engines are seriously under-rated. Consider the following. Rated 247 (250) HP at only 4000 RPM. By the tach, red line appears to be around 5000, and that seems low for a Mercedes. In the smaller cars the 2.8 litre (170 CID) 6cyl. Produced 180 (gross HP) & the 3.5 litre (215 CID) V8 produced 215 (gross HP). Given that the two smaller engines were capable of 1HP/cubic inch or greater AND that Mercedes had experience with racing engines in the 1950s that produced 100 HP/ litre of displacement, do you really think this approx 386 CID engine was only good for 250HP? Wouldn't surprise me if it was closer to 350/400. Same engine in the smaller (approx 4000 lb.) 300SEL was competitive with American muscle cars in the late 1960s. 250HP wouldn't have cut it against our engines. The heavy 600 may not go like a rocket but even at that size & weight it was no slouch. AND they weren't all out of breath at the end of the quarter mile. The top speed was well up there too and that necessitated having some serious HP just for the wind resistance. Interestingly however, Jay Leno has one with a supercharger. Don't think he ever gave any info on actual performance of his versus stock engine though...
@MegaPunisher7773 жыл бұрын
The boot is a finger guillotine
@WSNO Жыл бұрын
I've got John Lennon's
@Paravantos Жыл бұрын
The windows are not electric. They’re hydraulic! This guy repeatedly fails in lot of the videos on automotive Terminology.
@jamesstuart33463 жыл бұрын
You say you want a revolution? I want a great big capitalist imperialist pigmobile
@alexanderstefanov64743 жыл бұрын
It doesn't have air suspension, but Citroen derived hydraulic suspension
@edwinblank583 жыл бұрын
No, the W100 had air suspension (Luftfederung) like the 300SEL 6.3. Only the 450SEL 6.9 had the Ciroën system.
@21stcenturyozman203 жыл бұрын
It sure did have air suspension, not hydraulic.
@Schlipperschlopper3 жыл бұрын
Sadly from 2030 on all combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in EU :-( In Germany the Green party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing petrol stations to only one single state operated central gasstation per city or county. :-(((
@Czechbound3 жыл бұрын
This video adds nothing new, and is 90% filler faffing. Avoid
@markahomer3 жыл бұрын
If Hitler had survived he would have no doubt ordered a 'custom' convertible version....
@cliveedwards29583 жыл бұрын
Made me laugh :D thanks
@joachimkniprath70053 жыл бұрын
@@cliveedwards2958 Hitler would have preferred AUDI fomerly known as HORCH which was his favoured car.
@verdict11633 жыл бұрын
Who cares about some giant limo that you can't park anywhere. W108/W109 sedans are much more interesting
@MICHGO13 жыл бұрын
LIMO'S AREN'T PARKED, THEY DROP OFF THE OWNER AT THE DOOR THEN DRIVE OFF TO A PRIVATE GARAGE.
@raycroal3 жыл бұрын
rolls royce were junk back then and they were no rival to the 600 get real man
@paulgabolinscy25023 жыл бұрын
Hardly
@jimstanage76702 жыл бұрын
Boring script, lifeless commentary = very disappointing.
@stringer-ik1pc3 жыл бұрын
That's one expensive Pakistani taxi. Hideous vulgarity designed to appeal to the yanks.