In picture 17 (and others), what is the side-to-side lever thing in the wood trim strip immediately above the switch panel? Something to do with air flow in the manual climate control? I noticed that my 1985 300DT (basically the same body) has a cutout for something when I pulled the wood strip for repair.

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"Buster" in the '95

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1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
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