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Old 08-10-2009, 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Bio300TDTdriver View Post
The fry catchers were on all the 124 seats. They are quite often broken off. The attachment pins are plastic and push through a hole and then snap back out. After 20 years of age the plastic is fairly brittle. The only ones left in Germany are black. That's what I have on my car now. They do a good job of catching the crap that falls out of my center console.
They are not on the earliest cars.

My 86 300E 5 speed didn't have them, nor did my 87 300TD with a May 86 build date.

All other ones have them (4 87s, one 89, one 93, and our 95).

Jim
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