Hey,
I did a quick search of Mercedesshop and I came up with this:
http://www.peachparts.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000052.html

It might be of some help. It looks as though there are feeds older than Jan 1, Y2K.

Just a FYI

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Kyle De Priest
1986 300e
1972 BMW R75/5 (Best there is)