There was no 300SL vehicle produced in 1969, although as you say the 6 cyl. engine from the 300SL Gullwing era may have still been in production. (M189)
On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 12:15 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yes, something like that. They all are 3 liter slant 6 engines with a > common lineage. > > M130 and predecessor M180 are vertical 6 cyl engines of varying > displacement from 2.2 to 3 L. > > > On May 27, 2015 10:31 AM, "Curly McLain via Mercedes" < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> No, I meant what I said. The original 109 had the M189, which is a >>> >> modified 300SL engine first used in the Adenour outside the 300SL, so the >> original 109 300SEL was a 4 door version of the 300SL. With the M130, it >> had no ties to the 300Sl, except maybe the differential. >> >>> >>> >> But you meant to mean that the 300SL's M198 (direct injection) and the >> W109's M189 (indirect injection) were both modified M186, right? The >> direct injection engine in the 300Sc (M199?) was a modified M198. >> >> Tom >> Pedant hat on >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
