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Originally Posted by deanyel
The body cladding is 86 to 89 - MB Tex was standard and leather optional. 1990 got new body cladding, the 300E had leather standard, the 260E had tex. But no one would change the body cladding - it has to be a 86 to 89 300E or 260E.
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Right. Unless it's been modified in some way, it's an '89 model. You can tell that from the ashtray cover door. It's the spring-loaded type rather than the pull-down type used through MY 1988. The other way to tell the '89 is that the radio antenna, when fully extended, angles to the rear about 10 degrees; earlier models had a vertical antenna. To the OP, check the 10th digit of the VIN. I'm betting it's a 'K' for MY 1989.