Greetings,
Thank you for your feedback in regards to my previous message. I did not get the W140. By the way, where is there a good place to buy 126 Euro headlights? I am looking to do this by August.
By the way, my family is from Banes, Cuba. My ancestors are pre-1959. I was born in California.
- Buenas Noches from CubanDiesel.

I found a place in Simi Valley, California, that sells Euro aftermarket parts for Benzes. I bought Euro lamps from them for my old 420SEL. The problem is that when I sold the 420SEL I threw away a lot of the paperwork.

Maybe you can Google "Euro parts" + "simi Velly" or something like that and see what it comes up with. There was also a place in Florida (Miami?) but people here had bad results with them.

If you are in the L.A. area, check with Enrique, at MR. M.B. MOTORS. He may know of a source.

It is good to see a fellow Cuban here.

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Current Benzes

1989 300TE "Alice"
1990 300CE "Sam Spade"
1991 300CE "Beowulf" RIP (06.1991 - 10.10.2007)
1998 E320 "Orson"
2002 C320 Wagon "Molly Fox"

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Not in this weather!

Concerning the design, I wonder how much of it comes from engineering rather that artistry? The smoothed lines and curved outter surfaces look like an aerodynamics design rather than art. I don't mean to be uh, ugly, but I'm thinking of the Ford Taurus or the Chrysler full-sized cars or the Infiniti J-30 or the older 939. They all look like they have the same basic plan of curving gently out from teh grill with rounded corners and a severely raked windshield and a gradual downward taper to the trunk.

Also, to save weight the cars all take advantage of curves through two dimensions to get 3-D rigidity probably lowering the need for structural framing.

Every decade brings a teardrop nearer in both engineering and poetically.

I love my 99' Grand Edition S500. She only comes out when the weather is nice.

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-1984 Mercedes 190D 2.2 5-speed gray market(bought@30,000 miles) (Sold back to original owner@170,000 miles)
-1999 Mercedes E300DT (245,000 miles)
-1999 Mercedes S500 Grand Edition (80,000 miles)