RobertFini, thank you for your last post. Now the bad news.

The Service Manager got in touch with me.

He basically said it looks like they have hit a dead end on repairs. They were not able to locate the transmission tunnel replacement part for the body shop to replace and he heard from them this afternoon that they are not able to locate the part either. All sources say the part is either no longer available or on backorder with no ETA. Without the availability of the part to weld into place, the car is not structurally sound and can not be repaired. Even if the part was available, the cost to repair was going to well exceed the value of the car deeming the repair not advisable.

I am exploring what available options I have now.

Sell individual parts and junk the car?

Hang on the car and do little by little doing the work myself?

At least, the service manager also indicated the repairs alone will exceed the value of the Mercedes. Basically, this mercedes is a money pit. Putting more money into mercedes is more than its worth.

I do have another Mercedes e320 wagon same year model that is fully functional but needs body paint and interior restoration.

Any other ideas out there now that I know where I stand on this situation? Anyone out there need parts or suggestions as to what for me to do as advise? Thanks to all for reading.