I bought my '80 300SD in Oct. Ever since then I have been looking at other W116s just to compare. There are a few things that my car has that I haven't found on other 116s. The big one is that my car does not have the infamous MB Tex. It is regular vinyl. The back corners of the front seats have pieces of aluminum covered in vinyl that cover up the seem. It is rather hard to describe. There are no pocket nets either. The other odd things about this car are the cruise control stalk is written in German. The eng. temp is in celsius. The oil press. is displyed in bar, not psi. Also it was once mentioned here I believe, that it was rare for the 1980 W116s to have a sunroof, mine has one. The last thing I can think of right now is the lights for the rear license plate. There are 2 that are above the plate, but there is also 1 plastic chrome light on each side of the plate. Currently only the side ones work. The manufacture date is April 1980. Obviously the car is not a gray market car since it was only in the USA that the 300SD was sold. However I can't figure out why the differences between my car and all the other W116s I see on some car lots and on E-Bay. Any insight would be appreciated. If it helps my vin is 11612012025263.

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