Found this while surfing ebay.de...

What the heck is this (somethin to do with ASR which it has?):





http://cgi.ebay.de/Mercedes-560-SEC-71-500-GARANTIEKILOMETER_W0QQitemZ260020187929QQihZ016QQcategoryZ9801QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

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I'm looking at a speedometer. What are you asking?

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

I Have Never Seen Instrumentation Like This, Look At The Rpm Counter It Is Where The Gas Gauge Should Be, And What Is The Electronic Stuff Where The Conventional Tach Should Be. Looks Nice On What Models Was This Offered, Was It An Extra?

the pic didn't load for me, but what youre seeing is probabaly the trip computer. pretty rare option.

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1980 500SE/AMG Euro
1981 500SEL Euro
1982 380SEL
1983 300TD
1983 500SEC/AMG Euro
1984 500SEC
1984 300TD Euro
1986 190E 2.3-16
1986 190E 2.3
1987 300D
1997 C36 AMG
2003 C320T 4matic

past: 1969 280SE 4.5 | 1978 240D | 1978 300D | 1981 300SD | 1981 300SD | 1982 300CD | 1983 300CD | 1983 300SD | 1983 380SEC | 1984 300D | 1984 300D | 1984 300TD | 1984 500SEL | 1984 300SD | 1985 300D | 1986 300E | 1986 560SEL | 1986 560SEL/Carat | 1987 560SEC | 1991 300D 2.5 | 2006 R350

It's not just a speedo.... the tach is on the LEFT where the fuel gauge is normally and there is some sort of Digital read out where the tach/clock is typically.

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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.

'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty.[/IMG]

As Johnhef said it's a factory installed trip/fuel mileage computer. The tachometer had to be moved to the left side of the cluster to accommodate the the computer. I saw one on a friend's car once but never saw it in operation. Mark

Pretty slick!

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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.

'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty.[/IMG]

i saw that same set up on a swiss 500sel 86 import [gray market car] in 1994. david poole dallas tx.

i have NEVER seen one like this one a w126, was it an expensive extra, i cant even recall that it was an option? I would love one of these on my 560sel 1990!

any idea where one can locate a cluster like this. I wonder if the dealer will be able to sell me one?

I happen to own a very rare euro 420SE with the left side half moon tach and trip computer as well as a sport shift transmission with E=economy and S=sport setting; both rare options even in europe; reputedly for AMG cars but I can't confirm. Trip computer is connected with a special wiring harness to shift console where the buttons are to enter requests for trip distance; gas mileage; km/h computations etc.
K.J.

The E/S switch were on nearly all 2nd gen Euro cars. Its not an AMG item, nor did AMG have any part with it. The trip computer is infact a rare option as mentioned above.