yup. I've had two 123 leather equipped vehicles. it's REALLY hard to distinguish between tex and leather on the 123... ya have to look at the number on the rad support, or look very closely at the dimples in the seats. tex has molded dimples, leather has perforated holes.

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Very informative thread. Mine is the 152 mbtex.

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85 Merc 300D - Unwinding 31 years of wear
86 VW TD
Mahindra Diesel
Iseki Diesel

In 2007 I didn't own a diesel.

...so if the uphosltery code starts with a zero, it's non-plaid cloth, with one, it's 'Tex, with a two, it's leather, with a three or four, it's plaid fabric?

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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes

1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

My reference

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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes

1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

youve also got.. electric sliding roof, cruise control, revolution counter, central locking system, us specs, electric right side mirror, becker grand prix, automatic antenna, automatic climate control with electric windows

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1981 NA 300D 310k miles

The radiator tag on my 300D (1983) turbo does not contain the interior code. I had to look up the VIN options list specific to my car to determine this. I guess not all W123's had this problem, as demonstrated by the OP's car.

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Thank you! I've been trying to figure out what radio originally came with the car!

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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes

1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

Here is a page that I discovered a long time ago.

astralsilber.de - Infos Rund um die Mercedes-Benz Baureihe W123 und mehr...
Click on Polsterungen im W123

They have an actual photo posted on just about every color in every material. It's in German but you shouldn't have any trouble.

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

I would recommend that as a general guide, but the color renditions in the photos for each paint code are slightly off. The colors appear to have more blue, somewhat "colder" than what they really are.

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My car was sold to me as having plastic seats - it turned out to be leather!

The best tip I've had for checking if it is leather or not - and it is a really simple one so here goes (!) => feel the underside of the covering. Even Mercedes didn't try to fake the underside of a treated hide.

It is worth noting that whilst some cars still have their original interior there are many chances for upgrades or downgrades in 30+ years of second hand car life.

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!