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Originally Posted by bracurrie
My '71 280 SE is a four speed that came with white steering wheel and the black round shifter knob when new. I found a white knob but now I am contemplating the more modern shaped shifter for comfort after daily driving use for about a month.
Brad
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Interesting. I thought that 1971 was the year that Mercedes stopped using the ball-on-a-stick and moved to the W123-style shifter. But I guess so many owners changed these out between the two types that it would be hard to tell after all these years. All the floor-shift W110s I've seen, though, had the shift knob and wheel the same colour, whether black or white. But those only ran up until 1968, so perhaps things changed after that.
I personally prefer the ball-on-a-stick shifter because it lasts longer. The rubbery foam W123-style shifters get kind of yucky after heavy use. Some companies make wooden versions on the W123-style shifter which I've found to hold up better as well.