Check this out for an idea:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4563833628&category=18731&rd=1

Who'd have thunk it?

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1984 W126 300SD (356,800 miles) Gone to the wrenchapart
1984 W123 300D Gone to the wrenchapart
1972 W108 280SE 3.5 (sold but not forgotten)
1986 Buick Grand National 3.8l Turbo (86k miles)
1966 Glassic Model 'A' Replica http://www.glassicannex.org

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That's a clean top. It looks good up and doesn't leave a huge visible bulge behind the rear seat. The soft top of an R129 should be that clean.

Sixto
95 S420
87 300SDL

Here, just so you don't have to go to Ebay:

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1998 W202 C230 - The money pit of late.
1984 W126 300SD (356,800 miles) Gone to the wrenchapart
1984 W123 300D Gone to the wrenchapart
1972 W108 280SE 3.5 (sold but not forgotten)
1986 Buick Grand National 3.8l Turbo (86k miles)
1966 Glassic Model 'A' Replica http://www.glassicannex.org

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Thats one of the biggest convertibles I've ever seen.

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'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

looking car. reminds me of the big "adenaur" 300 of the fifties and early sixties. of course they were a lot bigger than a 126.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Awesome...
Putting the mercedes benz trunk to good use

I saw a white 70's Cadillac limo convertible similar to that W126 at the beach on Saturday afternoon in Malibu on the way to a Biodiesel meeting.....extremely gaudy

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I don't know.

The W126, although reasonably stiff, doesn't seem like it could withstand the top being removed. The undercarriage, with it's unitbody frame, does not lend itself to proper stiffening.

Seems like a big W126 convertible would have the body flexing all over the place, given sufficient time.

prob true. the bmw 320 converts look like they simply add another layer of a more square shape to the outside of the rocker panels. there may be other reingorcing as well. i suppose the people who do these conversions simply cut off the top and start adding steel til it seems stiff enough. i drove a 280c that had been chopped into a convert once. it wasnt too bad but not as stiff as a normal benz.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Yeah tell me about it, the 325ic has like 5inch tall steel plates on each side...its like I am climbing into a canoe...

I think the w126 body would be flexy as well, but you never know what those people may have done to it to make it stronger.
I wouldn't drive it very much but I think its pretty cool regardless