Hi,

A few weeks ago i bought a W126 500SEL from '81. I've imported it from France, and it's originally from Monaco.





It's a great car, 100% rust free, 115k miles, fully loaded.

The previous owner told me the story that the car originally is bought by the princess of Monaco: H.S.H. Stephanie of Monaco. Too bad he didn't have any documentation of it He told me to try contacting the Palace of Monaco, so i did. They didn't replied yet, nor did Mercedes Monaco/France. The local Mercedes Benz dealer tried to verify some things, but could not get more information the i could retrieve myself using the VIN decoder.

My father got from his car, a Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit from '81, some sort of chassis-history. He bought it trough the Owners Club, and it has documents like the original Bill of sale, who was the first owner, which options etc.

Perhaps someone of you can help me to get some documentation like this about my car. Does Mercedes-Benz keeps record of this kind of information?

The details are as followed:

Mercedes 500SEL
Date de 1ère immatriculation: 09/09/1981
VIN: WDB12603712012435

And this is what the VIN Decoder gave me:

VIN WDB12603712012435
Model 500 SEL
Chassis 12603712012435
Engine 117961 12 012547
Transmission 02 111986
Order 0 1 531 16973
Approx. year 1991 (It's 100% sure 1981)
Lights BOSCH
Cab 02608
Dealer France, Monaco (531)
Interior leather black (231)

Hope someone of you can help me

Best regards,

Alex