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W115 dash differences?
Anyone know which models/model years of W115's featured wooden dash trim and which ones did have the all plastic?
Looking to buy a nice W115 but most have the ugly all plastic dash, needless to say I'd rather not watch it on my daily commute. Maybe this could be a regional difference, most W115 in Sweden seems to have plastic dashes. See attached image for example.
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Tomas, Sweden 1966 Mercedes Benz 230S with OM617.912, automatic. Disk brakes from W108 1983 Mercedes Benz 300TD grey, OM617.912 and 5-speed manual 1983 Mercedes Benz 300TD blue 7-seater, OM617.912 and 5-speed manual |
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Might have found my answer; appears only 250, 280 and coupe models had wooden trim, others (200,230,200D,220D,240D) did not. Not sure about the 240D 3.0 though.
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Tomas, Sweden 1966 Mercedes Benz 230S with OM617.912, automatic. Disk brakes from W108 1983 Mercedes Benz 300TD grey, OM617.912 and 5-speed manual 1983 Mercedes Benz 300TD blue 7-seater, OM617.912 and 5-speed manual |
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I think your question is about options. In the US, most 115 cars don't have wood, most 114 cars do have wood. But there are dash differences between a 114 and 115 (speaker opening for example). You might be able to add wood to a 115 dash. 250 and 280 and coupe models are all 114 cars. 200, 230, 200D, 220D, 240D are all 115 models.
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My 240D 3.0 has wood dash. I'm guessing it was standard on the 3.0
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63 220S W111 76 300D W115 2013 VW JSW TDI M6 previously- 73 280 SEL 4.5 86 300E 5 speed 2010 VW Jetta TDI M6 |
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Yes... This has nothing to do with the year and everything to do with the model of the car. The higher priced cars had the nicer trim.
I recall the 115 300D came with the wood trim since Mercedes was trying to convince everyone that a five cylinder engine was really a workable thing. This may sound weird now, but in 1975 it was one of those 'what are they trying to pull here' things, at least in the US anyway. |
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Quite right. All the coupes, and the 250, 280, and 300 sedans had the wood trim. Trim consisted of three pieces: One to the left of the instruments, penetrations for the vent and headlight switch. Second was on the glovebox door, and third, to the right of the glovebox lid, with a penetration for the vent. The second and third piece is a matched pair. The 300D had an additional hole in the left side trim, possibly for idle setting. The dashes differ in both speaker opening and grain. It's a leather grain up to '72, then pebble grain for 73 and up. I'm not certain if the speaker differences are by year or by model, or both........ Jim
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More than you ever wanted to know about 114/115 speaker grills... |
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