The hitch I made for my W126 served me well. W126 Trailer hitch
But now I have my wife's old W210 and I needed a hitch for it if I am going to haul enough fuel for a 4000 mile trip.
I did not like the looks of the Curt Hitch. It mounts with one pad on the body and another bolts to the bottom of the spare tire well.
So I designed a hitch and my son-in-law welded it up for me.

It has 2 pads that bolt to the body. The square tube sits behind a 1" seam where the back and bottom of the body are joined.
There is a 2"x 8" backing plate for the bolts on the inside of the trunk for each pad. I used grade 8 - 7/16" fasteners.

The hitch is built with a notch so the tube slides up behind the seam at the bottom. I put a jack under it to push it up into place and drilled the holes in the body though the holes in the pad.

The bumper has a styrofoam filler piece. I used a fine tooth hacksaw blade on my sawsall to notch it out over the pads.
I notched out the bumper cover. (I may make a trim piece for the hack job on the bumper cover notch.)

If anyone wants a hitch like this built, I can put you in touch with my son-in-law.
I have included a PDF of the plans.

Use at your own risk.

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Greg
2012 S350 BlueTEC 4Matic
2007 ML 320 CDI
2007 Leisure Travel Serenity
2006 Sprinter 432k
2005 E320 CDI
1998 SLK230 (teal)
1998 SLK230 (silver)
1996 E300D 99k, 30k on WVO
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1983 240D, on WVO
1982 300D, on WVO
1983 300CD, on WVO
1986 300SDL 237k, 25k on WVO (Deerslayer)
1991 350SDL 249k, 56k on WVO - Retired to a car spa in Phoenix
1983 380 SEC w/603 diesel, 8k on WVO
1996 E300D 351k, 177k on WVO