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The 560SL has the plastic fender liners, but the 380SL doesn't. In addition to the plastic, there is a long rubber body seal involved, and, of course, the sheet metal screws with built-in "seals" (there is probably a technical term for this).
The shop manual mentions that all 86+ cars (not just 107's) have these.
There is a removable plate with rubber on the outer edge between the wheel well and fender on both cars, and in the 380SL's case, this seal had failed at the bottom.
I'm not so worried about the 560SL, because I don't drive it in bad weather and/or the winter, but I'm going to have to do some thinking about how to make sure this doesn't happen to the 380SL again. The first step is going to be replacing the rubber on the plate shown in your post. I may get the 86+ liners for it. There may be subtle differences between the 380 and 560, though, and of course, you have to drill the pilot holes for the screws (very exciting when you aren't certain what's on the other side).
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