A very comprehensive site for codes

[mulrik]

Here is a link with a very comprehensive list of Mercedes codes. It has more codes than I have seen anywhere on the internet. So for those of you who want your data card explained, this is the place to look. Also check out the rest of this homepage it is very exhaustive. BUT SOME IS IN JAPANESE!
http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~mtor/mbcodedsc.html
http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~mtor/mbvdc.html

'67 250 SL Papyrus White 113043-10-000023

[J. Huber]

Thanks Mulrik. That really is a thorough and enlightening list. Nice thing is the dates where numbers have been duplicated. Rodd, I stand corrected, as you were right about 325 being 2K laquer (and not the groovy radio-phone option) ... It still had to be one of the coolest cars of 1963!



James
63 230SL

[n/a]

I have spent some time researching the data card for my '64 230SL, which is mint original and unrestored. You might find the details helpful.
Download Data Card: Data Card image
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Download image of relevant car: Horizon Blue original unrestored '64 230SL
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If anyone wants to inform me of any errors or extra details, feel free!!

Schicht-Nr = Shift number (thanks Chris!)
Fahrgestell-Nr = Chassis number
Prod.-Nr = Production number
Aufbau-Nr = Assembly/construction/build number
Baumuster = Bau=build
Auftrags-Nr = Order/assignment number the order number. It has the following structure:
ABBBCCCC, where A is the last digit of the year the order was placed (1964), BBB is the dealer code (901 = Australia), and CCCC is a running number for this dealer (0607 = 607th order for Australia).
Lackierung = Paint, UT = bottom, OT = top,(304=Horizon Blue)
Ausstattung = Interior 121 = MB-Tex Parchment
•   401 from 01.01.1962 to 31.01.1978 SINGLE SEATS.
•   416 from 01.02.1963 to 31.10.1980 HARDTOP MOUNTED.
•   42- indicates power steering or automatic gearbox not fitted.
•   43- indicates safety belts were not fitted.
•   44- indicates no over-riders fitted to bumpers
•   45- probably indicates no locking fuel cap fitted
•   461 from ? to ? INSTRUMENTS WITH MILEAGE READING AND ENGLISH LETTERING
•   471 from 01.01.1963 to 31.01.1968 SPECIAL EXPORT VERSION FOR BAD ROAD CONDITIONS AND OIL BATH AIR CLEANER ON EXPORT VEHICLES
•   48- indicates that heavy-duty springs and shock-absorbers not fitted
•   49- indicates not US version
•   50- indicates no exterior mirror was fitted. 502 from 01.01.1963 to 31.03.1983 would have indicated "OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR, ON THE RIGHT", while 503 for the same period would have indicated "OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR, ON THE LEFT". It also indicates that none were supplied for dealer or owner fitting, as 507 (from 01.01.1964 up to 31.07.1968) indicates “OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR, RIGHT, LOOSE”, while 508 for the same period indicates “OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR, LEFT, LOOSE”.
•   51- indicates that no radio was fitted by the factory.
•   525 from 01.04.1962 to 30.06.1983 1 KG OF LACQUER.
•   53- indicates that no antenna was fitted by the factory.
•   54- indicates the storage area between the seats was not lockable.
•   56- indicates that neither front seat was a Reutter reclinable.
•   57- indicates no optional headrests (573) and wheels not chromium plated (574).
•   58- indicates no rear seat option and no armrest option.
•   59- indicates no extra foglights fitted.
•   60- indicates no chrome strips added to hardtop.
•   619 "HALOGEN LAMP UNIT WITH HIGH BEAM/LOW BEAM FOG LIGHT AND HEADLAMPS AND FOG LAMPS OR ADDITIONAL HIGH BEAM, AMBER; ASYMMETRICAL HEADLAMPS FOR L.H. TRAFFIC, AND REAR TURN SIGNAL LAMPS, ORANGE, FOR AUSTRALIA, ITALY, GREAT BRITAIN"
•   621 from 01.10.1962 to 30.11.1991 EXPORT LICENSE PLATE (ELIMINATION OF LICENSE PLATE MOULDING)
•   63-, 64- and 65- indicates no special order tyres fitted
•   668 from 01.01.1963 to 28.02.1963 662 + 666

o   662 from 01.01.1964 to 28.02.1986 10 LITERS OF FUEL
o   666 from 01.01.1963 to 30.06.1964 SPARE WHEEL WITHOUT TIRE
•   67- indicates no Vriedestein (Holland) tyres fitted, and that standard “Varta” brand battery is fitted.
•   681 from 01.09.1963 to 31.12.1971 "INSTRUCTION MANUAL IN ENGLISH, SERVICE BOOKLET IN ROMANCE, COOLING WATER REFERENCE PLATE IN ENGLISH, TIRE PRESSURE INSTRUCTIONS IN ENGLISH"
•   723 from 01.12.1960 to 29.02.1968 FOLDING TOP FABRIC NAVY BLUE (896)

Getriebe = Transmission number
Hinterachse = Rear axle number
Lenkung DB = Steering number
Batterie = self explanatory
Motor Nr = self explanatory
Vorderachse = Front axle
Räder = wheels
Lenkungsschoß = Steering lock
Scheinwerfer = Headlights
Koffer – und Handschuhkastenschloß = Boot and glovebox key number
Vorderachse re. = Right front axle number
Bereifung 5-fach = Tyres 5ply
Tür – und Tankschloß = Door and petrol tank key number
Scheibenwischer = windscreen wiper (Right hand control)



Happy New Year!

[Mike Hughes]

Now if you'd REALLY like to see something neat, click on the "Code Decoder" link at the top of the Japanese page and you will be transported to the appropraite page on the Mercedes-Benz Club of Russia web-site.  Click on "English" in the upper right-hand corner and you will find that you can enter a code and select the proper category and you will get a fairly complete description for that code.  Not bad!

- Mike Hughes  -ô¿ô-
  1966 230SL Auto P/S
  Havanna Brown (408)
  Light Beige (181)
  Cream M-B Tex (121)

[gugel]

aussie230sl:

Nice looking car!

Your list and translations are really comprehensive.   I do have a few clarifications or corrections:

Schicht-Nr.  =   (work)shift number

Ausstattung:  I believe the final 1 means "individual front seats",
and that 416 means "equipped with both hard and soft tops"

There are two front axle numbers, one for each side:
   Vorderachse li. = left front axle number
   Vorderachse re. =  right front axle number

Bereifung 5-fach = 5-ply tires

Chris Earnest

[Jazn]

I had a guy decode my data card, he said mine was quite interesting as it was sold without a hardtop and that it was originally shipped to St. Pierre Et Miquelon, which are a pair of tiny little islands off the coast of Newfoundland.  After dropping the subframe, I found a bunch of sand up in it.  There was also sand packed in the A-Arms.  I guess the car spent a lot of time on the beaches there.

[n/a]

Can someone tell me what code "140" in Ausstattung (box means?

Thanks

[Klaus]

140: seats MB Tex cognac 8006, usually combined with carpets brown 8008

Klaus
1969 280 SL