Thread: Was there ever a leather steering wheel option for a W123?
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Old 11-30-2010, 11:40 PM
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Ah ha - do you happen to know if it was the same larger diameter wheel fitted to most W123s? {Me thinks perhaps I should take another look at that advert}
The Gen 2 W126 had the same diameter steering wheel as the W123 for most of its production run. But late in the Gen 2 W126's production run, the diameter of the steering wheel was slightly decreased, but it was still a big wheel. I want to say that happened around 1989-1990?
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