I think my wood is decent enough to refinish. It actually looks pretty good. You can see it on my webpage link in the first post of this thread.

Went out again in the car tonight for dinner and drinks with my wife. I'm just totally enamoured with the car.

Yes, I found out the door switch is about $66 from Advance Auto Parts. I just got a catalogue from them and haven't looked elsewhere. Maybe I'm a bad "restorer", but I just feel like $66 is better used elsewhere at this point. But I am a big salvage yard fan. It is always like a stroll through the museum for me. Anyway, I plan on going to one I know has some old mercedes tommorrow. No big plans, but I want to try and find the switch and maybe a celing light. Who knows.... If I find the right car I may bring back a bunch of stuff.

Wow!!! I hadn't seen the lights in the A/C control panel until tonight. They look pretty darn cool. Much more modern looking and very pretty than I would've expected. Looks so much cooler than your typical ac controls. It refracts and is all luminescent through the clear plastic sliver in those discs. Neat. Now I'm really curious what this car must have really been like new. Even though I consider it in good condition, it has got to be fairly beat up compared to what it was like on the dealer lot.

Anybody know what a car like mine cost new in 1971? I'm really tempted to do a little research and find out who bought it new. Maybe I'll call up Mercedes on the off chance they have a maintennance history report somewhere reasonably accessible. Any good VIN websites for placing the car in the production series?

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