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Mercedes-Benz W123 Coupe Blueprint Wall Art
Open production · Made after your order
A hand-plotted technical blueprint, drawn stroke by stroke in real ink.
- ✓Made-to-order
- ✓Free shipping — Canada only
- ✓14-day returns
We'll hand your exact text to the operator before plotting — 40 characters max.
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A technical plan of the Mercedes-Benz W123 coupe, drawn line by line in pen on 250gsm paper, at 11 x 17 in (27.9 x 43.2 cm). A physical tip presses into the paper and lays down real ink. On the back, a serial number and date, plotted in UV ink in the same pass as the drawing.
The W123's silhouette exists in file form everywhere. What doesn't exist everywhere is a single copy you can point to and say who drew it, where, on what day, under what number.
The Mercedes-Benz W123 became the best-selling Mercedes of its era, with 2.7 million built between 1975 and 1986 — and the C123 coupe, introduced in 1977 on a shortened wheelbase, was its most elegant expression. The W123 line earned a reputation for near-indestructible engineering: taxi fleets across Germany routinely passed 500,000 km on the original drivetrain, and many were later exported to Africa for the same reason. It was also a quiet engineering milestone, debuting the OM617 turbo-diesel — the world's first in a passenger car — before being replaced by the W124 in 1986.
At a Glance
- ◆Coupe production, 99,884 total
- ◆Family's best-selling Mercedes ever
- ◆Famous for 500,000+ km taxis
- ◆Shorter wheelbase than the sedan
- ◆First production turbo-diesel engine
- ◆Replaced by the W124, 1986
Each piece is physically plotted by the studio's precision robot in Québec City, using Stabilo® Fineliners and Sakura® Gelly Roll inks on 250 gsm (120 lb) stock — stroke by stroke, never printed. A physical tip presses into the paper and lays down real ink. The result is a tactile, hand-plotted finish — never printed.
Specifications
> FORMAT: Tabloid Standard [11" x 17" / 27.9 × 43.2 cm]
> INK SYSTEM: Stabilo® Fineliner / Sakura® Gelly Roll
> SUBSTRATE: 250gsm High-Density Stock [120lb]
> EXECUTION: Precision Vector Plotting
> PRODUCTION: Open · plotted after you order
> ORIGIN: Québec City, Canada
What the robot does, what a person does
The robot
- ◆runs the file
- ◆traces the line
- ◆lays down ink
- ◆repeats without tiring
A person
- ◆picks the vehicle
- ◆designs the linework
- ◆decides which lines disappear
- ◆sets pressure, speed, pen height
- ◆watches the plot start to end
- ◆signs, numbers, packs
Drawn by a robot. Designed by a person.
Included
Production timelapse included — every order · no extra cost
Watch your piece being plotted, line by line, by the studio's robot. A personal timelapse of your production is sent with every order — to share, or to keep as a record of how your piece came to be.
Hidden signature
Real footage — an early production piece, shown under blacklight.
A signature only UV light reveals
On the back of every piece, in the same pass as the drawing, we plot a signature invisible under normal light — codeink.art, the piece's name and serial number, the year, and Québec. Shine a blacklight on it and it glows.
“A car that taxi drivers trusted past half a million kilometers was never built to impress anyone in a showroom — it was built to just keep running. Tracing its lines by hand felt like the right kind of tribute to something that earned its reputation the slow way.”
Open production, no duplicates
Each plot is made after you order, one at a time. The pen wears slightly with every hour of use, ink density shifts, and no two lines close at exactly the same point — nothing is corrected or hidden.
PERFECTLY imperfect.
A real process, not a printer
Each piece is physically plotted, pen on paper, in Québec City — watch the machine work.
Watch the process14-day returns
Real defects — shipping damage, wrong colour, missing lines — are replaced free of charge.
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Numbered and signed
A unique serial number and the date are plotted on the back in UV ink — invisible to the naked eye, laid down in the same pass as the drawing.
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Questions & Answers
Everything you need to know
> STATUS: RESOLVED
It is physically drawn. A precision plotting robot holds a real pen and draws every single line on paper — exactly like a human would, but with mechanical consistency. No inkjet. No toner. No digital print.
> STATUS: RESOLVED
Plotting time varies with the size and complexity of each artwork. Every line must be physically drawn across the paper, so more detailed compositions naturally take longer to complete.
> STATUS: RESOLVED
We use real ink applied directly to the paper by the plotter. Ink colours and pen types may vary depending on the artwork. To help preserve the piece, display it away from direct sunlight and excessive humidity.
> STATUS: RESOLVED
No frame is included. We ship unframed intentionally — so you can choose a frame that complements your space perfectly. The piece fits any standard 11" x 17" / 27.9 × 43.2 cm frame available at IKEA, Artifact Uprising, or local framers.
> STATUS: RESOLVED
Every order includes a personal timelapse video of your specific piece being drawn by the robot. It's sent digitally after your piece ships. Perfect for sharing — or for keeping as a record of your piece's creation.
> STATUS: RESOLVED
Yes. We accept commission work for custom blueprints — aircraft, ships, cars, architecture, or any technical subject. Visit our Commission page to start the conversation.
> STATUS: RESOLVED
No. Every drawing starts from a real source — a technical plan, real geographic data, a photo you send me, or code I write myself. What the robot traces is a human decision, not an automatic generation.
> STATUS: RESOLVED
A print sprays droplets onto the surface. Here, a physical tip presses into the paper and leaves a groove of real ink. In raking light you see the line in relief. Under a loupe you see the crushed fibre. It isn't the same object and it doesn't age the same way.
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