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Originally Posted by gerryvz
I have a friend in Germany with a manual W126 300SEL, but it's the M103 motor. This combination was never offered here in the US. It gets noticeably better gas mileage than than the auto-box.
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Which is a shame, the OD and lack of moronic second gear start would be fantastic. My five speed E23 735i drives significantly different than the auto versions of the 735i...the extra gear in those really helps those pigs get moving. The US 300SEL is one of the worst cars I have ever owned for city driving.
The manual swap seems to be pretty simple all things considered for a M103 powered W126 when I looked into it some time ago.
I have seen a few manual 280SE grey market 126s in the yards.