1989 300SE / road roughness transmits to car interior

[jarr56]

I am a new member of the site and would appreciate some guidance related to " ride smoothness / shocks, etc" for the 89 300 SE model.
I just purchased the car with 50k miles; its in excellent condition and I am going through the basic check list to bring the car to its top condition.
I have not changed the shocks yet and to an amateur like myself, they seem ok; however as I drive the car over mild road imperfections, I get a solid rough feel inside the car. Its like the shocks are not doing their job or like there are other components that may need replacement.
I guess the best way to explain this is that many of the imperfections of the road are felt a solid impacts to the chassis of the car and then transferred to the interior of the car,if this makes any sense to the experienced ones like the members of this group.
Any suggestions ?
I am not experienced in moving around this site, so if you can share any comments and send them to my email it would be greatly appreciated ( jarr56@gmail.com ).
thank you in advance for any suggestions.
jarr56