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10-13-2007, 11:52 PM
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Gutless Diesels and Other Observations
Well, today my friend Mike, owner of an '84 300D, invited me on a little junket to Rockville, Maryland to help him check out a $600 5-speed '83 Volvo 240 wagon. Seller wasn't availible to show the car until 3:30, so meanwhile, Mike got the chance to test drive my '82 240D. Mike's comment after a brief run around his townhouse complex was how much more peppy my car was than his! What! An automatic 240D more peppy than a turbocharged 300D? So I drove his car and it barely crawled away from a stop and struggled to reach 3000 RPM in third gear. We decided some new fuel filters might be a good idea, as the ones on the car had Mercedes markings and we had a feeling the PO hadn't actually visited a Mercedes dealer in ages. So on down to the local Advance Auto for a set of nice new Chinese Purolator fuel filters and now Mike's car no longer needs to be embarassed by my 240D!
So on the trip to see this fine Volvo, we saw another W123 240D on I-66 and that car, which had 5-mph bumpers and USA headlights, also had REAR headrests. What's the deal with that? Was it an option here or only availible with European delivery, like the trunk triangles? I have a couple of spare front-seat headrests I could install in the rear of my car if I get too much time on my hands, and anyone thinks there might be factory headrest sockets hidden back there. I haven't looked under my rear shelf liner yet. As for the Volvo, it was a four-speed rustbucket, with perforated floors and an inoperative overdrive! Happy Motoring, Mark
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10-14-2007, 12:07 AM
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As for those rear seat head rests...
I'd be willing to guess that the tracks are installed from Sindelfingen. I found this out on a 108 a while back. All you've got to do is carefully slice the upholstery to insert the four plastic grommets where the vertical headrest posts drop through the top of the seat back and into the tracks. It seems that rear seat headrests are quite popular in the Middle East, actually - no matter the body series. I have seen many 60s, 70s, and 80s vintage Mercedes with rear seat headrests in Turkey and Israel.
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10-14-2007, 05:08 AM
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Had rear HR's on my Euro '77 SEL, fabric upholstery too. The headrests are identical to front ones. Same socket arrangement in seats. Pulled em though on account of blocking rear windshield visibility.
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10-14-2007, 05:14 AM
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I understand rear head rests were an option on most 123's, never have seen any.
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10-14-2007, 02:07 PM
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Well, I just checked inside my old rear 240D seat-back and there are no tracks, sockets, receptacles, or other reinforcements to support any headrests. I thought maybe there might be sockets in the steel panel under the rear shelf-liner, like some mid '80s BMWs, but if that were the case it looks like one of the headrests would have to go right where my first-aid box is now. So maybe I won't be adding any rear headrests for now.
Happy Motoring, Mark
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DrDKW Last edited by Mark DiSilvestro; 10-14-2007 at 02:15 PM.
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10-15-2007, 06:00 PM
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Old Blue, now deceased and living on in bits and pieces as a parts car, we ordered and picked up at Sindelfingen...with rear HR's. The interior of the seatback framework has a doodad or two to receive the HR slides. The HRs rotate down to improve rear visibility. However the W123 did not have HR recess wells as the replacement model did.
If you are handy with a MIG set, you could rework what you have...or go to a pick and pull. Good luck.
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