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Originally Posted by jay_bob
That is a W166 chassis. Early to mid 201x ML350.
You are looking at a clip job (salvage rebuild where 2 bodies butt welded together) and patched and repainted.
Butt welds are notoriously weak.
There is no transverse factory seam at that location in a 166 chassis.
The roof panel is one piece front to back and so is the floor pan. You can see it on EPC.
It wouldn’t split clean like that if it was one piece of steel, it would be completely deformed at the break.
I guarantee the embedded VINs don’t match front and back on this thing.
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Curiously enough,
I have heard a lot of bad things about the ML350. Any comments from drivers/owners? It's an older car but my wife likes the style and wants me to find one, even though I thinks a turbo 300 CD might actually be more to her liking.
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