Yeah I was thinking the same about the manual tranny. That might be the only thing that would make the 250 saleable.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 25, 2021, at 6:33 PM, Dwight Giles <dwight.gi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I wouldn't swap the gloor shift as that makes the 250 saleable. Why not just > build a bigger garage & keep them both? > > Dwight Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > >> On Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 6:17 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> I have a couple of coupes. Both in sad shape but one is solid with very >> little rust. The good one is a US spec 1963 220SE automatic, the extremely >> rusty one is a euro spec 1967 250SE with floor mounted 4 speed manual. >> >> I need to get the rusty 250SE out of my garage to make room. It’s very far >> gone and I don’t have the time to restore it. I’d like to swap its beautiful >> euro headlights onto the 220SE. What do you all think? Is it >> straightforward? Is the wiring the same? Is this an ok thing to do from an >> originality standpoint? >> >> I’m also thinking about swapping the four speed into the 220. This would be >> a pretty big undertaking and I’m not sure if I’m up to it. Again, >> originality wise what do you all think? >> >> When I’m done I’d like to sell the 250 off. Hopefully someone wants to >> restore it! >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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
