I have a headlight bucket if you still want/need one. Contact me offlist.
On 12/18/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> The grill should fit. The differences in the 2 cars are in the rear door
> area. The SEL is 4" longer in the rear doors. Both the 280SEL and 280SE
> are W108s unless one is a Cabriolet (W111) or something other than a 4
> door
> sedan.
>
> A W113 is a 230/250/280SL which is the 2 seat sports car of the 70's -
> also
> called a "Pagoda" roof. The grill for a W113 will not fit a W108.
>
> Mercedes also produced a 280SE "Low Grill Coupe" in 1970 but these are
> very
> rare. Why not ask the seller to measure the grill?
>
> So, the short answer is, Yes, it should fit. But you should confirm the
> chassis number of the 71 280SE to make certain it's a W108 like yours. MB
> changed things often (still do I suppose) and the best way is to asl
> someone
> with the parts microfische to confirm the parts numbers. But you can
> check
> the chassis type numbers of each vehicle to be certain they're W108's -
>
> I'd have to check my microfiche but I believe the grill from any W108 will
> fit - which means a 65-72 250S/SE/SEL, 280S/SE/SEL will fit.
>
> Sincerely,
> Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 78 240D)
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "hue wong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Mercedes mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 5:00 PM
> Subject: [MBZ] Will a '71 280se grill fit a '71280sel?
>
>
> >
> > Trying to find parts for my 71 280sel that was popped
> > in the front end, need to replace the front grill and
> > one headlight bucket...
> >
> > After months of searching, finaly found a 71 280se
> > grill, but in doing a little research I see this is
> > for the 108 chassie and the 280sel is the 113.?.
> >
> > Does anyone know if the grill from the 108 will bolt
> > on to the 113 chassie?
> >
> > Thanks in advance;
> > -hue-
> >
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