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Originally Posted by Pooka
Yes... This has nothing to do with the year and everything to do with the model of the car. The higher priced cars had the nicer trim.
I recall the 115 300D came with the wood trim since Mercedes was trying to convince everyone that a five cylinder engine was really a workable thing. This may sound weird now, but in 1975 it was one of those 'what are they trying to pull here' things, at least in the US anyway.
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Quite right.
All the coupes, and the 250, 280, and 300 sedans had the wood trim.
Trim consisted of three pieces: One to the left of the instruments, penetrations for the vent and headlight switch. Second was on the glovebox door, and third, to the right of the glovebox lid, with a penetration for the vent. The second and third piece is a matched pair.
The 300D had an additional hole in the left side trim, possibly for idle setting.
The dashes differ in both speaker opening and grain. It's a leather grain up to '72, then pebble grain for 73 and up. I'm not certain if the speaker differences are by year or by model, or both........
Jim