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Originally Posted by JuiceMan
One very interesting thing I've discovered digging through this paperwork is that all documentation claims the car is a 1961 model. However the dash and steering wheel look like a 1957-1960 style. It has the metal knobs instead of the rubber style and the non-padded steering wheel.
So if the car is indeed a 1961 then I assume it must've been a very early one that maybe MB used leftover parts from the 1960 run to build. I can't seem to find any 1961 models online that have the older style dash attributes.
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Back in the day it was quite common for M-B to offer unsold or late year production cars with a next year designation. As an example, I have a 300 SL which left the plant in December, 1960 and M-B declared and sold it as a 1961. Cars such as yours really didn't have model years like the American cars of the era but rather were the result of many small changes made as necessary over the life of the production run.