Mercedes-Benz Ponton Variants

(4 and 6 cylinder / pick-up / wagon / ambulance / hearse)

Origins & Production Data // Variant Photo Gallery

Terminology:

Origins:

Until 1965, the only Daimler-Benz approved kombis were built in West Germany by the coach builder Binz in Lorch, and by Miesen in Bonn. Binz had the most experience with Mercedes-Benz, having built kombis on the separate body-chassis Type W136 170 models in the early 1950s. Miesen began building kombis when the Type W121 190 sedan was introduced in 1956. The situation in Europe in the late 1950s to the early 1960s was the following: kombis were almost unknown except as utility vehicles (mostly ambulances and hearses) which accounts for their low production numbers. The conversions were done by small workshops (mainly Binz). Miesen made mostly ambulances. Pollmann also built ambulances and a 300d hearse in Bremen.

Binz Brochure:

binz_brochure1.jpg (192983 bytes) binz_brochure2.jpg (190607 bytes)

Binz brochure courtesy: Bob Gunthorp / October 20, 2003

Binz coach builder's badges:

Binz coach builder's badge courtesy: David Willoughby / December 25, 2003

Binz badge (serial number 1592) taken from a Mercedes-Benz 
Type W121 190b Ponton kombi (wagon).
Courtesy: Walter Klatt / February 7, 2006

Binz badge (serial number 1592) taken from a Mercedes-Benz 
Type W121 190b Ponton kombi (wagon).
Courtesy: Walter Klatt / February 7, 2006

Miesen coach builder's badge:

The Miesen coachbuilder's badge as it appears on a 1967 Type 230 (W110) ambulance.

owner: Bob Gunthorp / photo: Ron van Seventer / Fashion Island / May, 2001

Chassis with partial 2-door body destined to become a pick-up.

Right hand steering for South African market.

Production Numbers:

Courtesy: Mercedes-Benz IG

Translation

Translation:

The Utility-Benz

Overview of MB chassis variants

Chassis

Model

Implementation

Wheelbase

Construction Period
120.000 180a/b/c chassis with partial 4-door body for ambulance 2650 4.55-10.62
120.001 180/a/b/c chassis with partial 2-door body for for pick-up 2650 11.55-10.62
120.002 180 chassis with partial 4-door body for wagon 2650 9.55-7.57
120.100 180D/Db/Dc chassis with partial 4-door body for ambulance 2650 4.55-10.62
120.101 180D/Db/Dc chassis with partial 2-door body for for pick-up 2650 11.55-10.62
120.102 180D/Db/Dc chassis with partial 4-door body for station wagon 2650 9.55-10.62
121.000 190/b chassis with partial 4-door body for ambulance 2650 4.56-8.61
121.002 190/b chassis with partial 4-door body for station wagon 2650 4.56-8.61
121.100 190D/Db chassis with partial 4-door body for ambulance 2650 7.58-8.61
121.101 190D/Db chassis with partial 2-door body for for pick-up 2650 7.58-8.61
121.102 190D/Db chassis with partial 4-door body for station wagon 2650 7.58-8.61
105.000 219 chassis with partial 4-door body for station wagon 2750 4.56-7.59
180.000 220S chassis with partial 4-door body for station wagon 2820 4.56-7.59

Note: In the original table, the data in column 6 does not necessarily correspond to the data on the same line. For clarity, the column for "Total Production Numbers per Model" is placed in a separate table.

Total Production Numbers per Model

Model

Production
180 279
180a 198
180b 382
180c 183
180D 2439
180Db 400
180Dc 222
190 354
190b 349
190D 136
190Db 711
219 3
220S 11

Total production numbers for Ponton variants: 5,667

Created: September 3, 2001 / Jeff Miller
Thanks to: Helu Hansen / Mercedes-Benz IG / Henry Magno
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