Mine has a complete history to it.
The vin is both on the original radiator plate and the door jam importation plate.
I have no difficulties pulling the vIN from the Txdot and carfax but the russian website does not recognise the VIN

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1979 300SD Black/Black MBtex239000mi
1983 300TD euro-NA. White/Olive Cloth-MBtex 201000mi. Fleet car of the USA embassy in Morocco
1983 240D Labrador Blue/Blue MBtex 161000mi