That was a car that was ordered over here and picked up in Germany. It came through the Port of Miami in 85 and was DOT converted at that time. However, the owner was no dummy, so when they ordered it out the got electric windows and ACC, which were probably the two things it wouldn't have had if they had gotten a "stock" spec for it in Germany.
Fortunately, they had the foresight to get the Euro headlights from the conversion company and put them back on after the DOT conversion. Having searched for many years for a LWB 123, I can tell you that 99% of the ones that made it over here were retired from taxi service in western Europe - there was a guy in CA that imported a boatload of them in the early 80s before the borders closed to gray market cars. The ones I saw, time after time, were diesels and had the bare bones in the way of amenities. They also had a funky differential on them that had it geared really low - no doubt to allow for better low end performance fully loaded, since they were designed for taxi service. The jump seats were a bit of a joke, as you would be hard pressed to get six adults in the back of that thing with the jump seats and the rear bench. Sadly, there was a large beam welded across the body pan just behind the front seats to stiffen the body and provide a mounting point for the jump seats. If you chose to take out the jump seats and build some sort of divider, it would have been hidden, but to just take out the seats you would still have this huge frame member across the floor. Dan --- On Wed, 8/13/08, Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] euro 300SDL > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 7:00 AM > Allan Streib wrote: > > Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> And possibly Japan. Never european to my > knowledge. > > > > I recall some taxis in Denmark that had fold-down jump > seats (rear > > facing). Must have been stretched a bit to accomodate > that.... > > > > Not an "S" class though -- cloth seats and > manual everything. > > > > Kind of like that 250LWB which Kaleb bought from Poos, > except maybe in diesel form? > > Mitch. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: > http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
