- Passenger Cars
- Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars, since 1946
- E-Class Saloons and predecessors
- "Ponton Mercedes", four-cylinder models (W 120, W 121), 1953 - 1959
- 180 D chassis with four-door partial body / W 120 D I, 1955 - 1959
180 D chassis with four-door partial body
Download
Please wait a moment ...
Download
Please wait a moment ...
- Design name: W 120 D I
- Type: 120.100 (ambulance); 120.102 (estate)
- Production period: 1955 - 1959
- Combustion principle: four-stroke Diesel (with indirect injection)
- Configuration: front, longitudinal; vertical
- Engine type: OM 636 VII / 636.930
- Number of cylinders / arrangement: 4 / in-line
- Bore x Stroke: 75 x 100 mm
- Total displacement: 1767 cc (tax classification: 1755 cc)
- Compression ratio: 19
- Rated output: 40 hp at 3200 rpm; from 09.1955: 43 hp at 3500 rpm
- Rated torque: 10.3 mkg at 2000 rpm
- Number of valves / arrangement: 1 intake, 1 exhaust / overhead
- Valve operation: lateral camshaft
- Camshaft drive: spur gears
- Fuel system: indirect injection, mechanically controlled; Bosch 4-plunger injection pump
- Fuel tank: position / capacity: in the rear / 56 l
- Frame design: floor assembly / steel unit body
- Front-wheel suspension: double wishbone
- Rear-wheel suspension: swing axle; from 09.1955: single-joint swing axle
- Front springs: coil springs, torsion bar stabiliser
- Rear springs: coil springs
- Shock absorber front/rear: telescopic shock absorbers
- Steering: recirculating-ball steering
- Brake system (foot brake): hydraulic, acting on front- and rear wheels; four-wheel drum brakes
- Parking brake (hand brake): mechanical, acting on rear wheels
- Wheels: sheet-steel disc wheels
- Wheel rims: drop-centre rim 4 1/2 K x 13
- Tires: 6,70-13
- Driven wheels: rear wheels
- Drivetrain: divided cardan shaft
- Gearing: 4-speed manual transmission
- Availibility: as standard
- Shifting: steering-column shift lever
- Clutch: dry single-disc clutch
- Transmission type: change-speed gear
- Gear ratios: I. 4.05; II. 2.38; III. 1.53; IV. 1.0; R. 3.92
- Final drive ratio: 3.70
- Wheelbase: 2650 mm
- Front / rear track: 1420 / 1450 mm; from 09.1955: 1420 / 1460 mm
- Length: 4446 mm
- Width: 1740 mm
- Kerb weight: ambulance: 1050 kg, estate: 1060 kg
- by Guideline: chassis with partial body, tank full, not including spare wheel and tool kit
- Gross weight: for ambulance: 1850 kg; for estate: 2000 kg
- Units produced: 2439 chassis with 4- and 2-door partial body, resp.19
- Prices: 09.1955: DM 9350.00
01.1956: DM 8900.00
05.1956: DM 8700.00
09.1958: DM 8500.00