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Started by W140 S500L, 01 November 2008, 04:43 AM

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Quote from: oscar on 05 November 2008, 10:03 PM
Holy cow I think it is.  You were looking for a pic of one on a w116 ages ago weren't you.  But yep, that's an original unmolested w126 wheel.  :D  BTW, I have heard before that the very last w116's had w126 wheels, but this one's 78 so.........hmmm.
Late W116's had the same diameter spline as W126's, but the wheels were definitely not the 1980's type, unless they were retrofitted such as in this case.

Tim
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1969 300SEL 6.3 1394
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oscar

Definitely.  78 was the supposed year that they changed to the larger splines (there's a few exceptions reported) but they still had w116 syle steering wheels.  But by the "very last w116's" with w126 wheels I mean some of the last w116's off the assembly line in 1980.  That's what I've read some time ago.  It was if they ran out of w116 wheels towards the end.  Might be a bit hard to prove though since like you say, they could've been retrofitted at any time.
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Quote from: oscar on 06 November 2008, 01:52 AM
Definitely.  78 was the supposed year that they changed to the larger splines (there's a few exceptions reported) but they still had w116 syle steering wheels.  But by the "very last w116's" with w126 wheels I mean some of the last w116's off the assembly line in 1980.  That's what I've read some time ago.  It was if they ran out of w116 wheels towards the end.  Might be a bit hard to prove though since like you say, they could've been retrofitted at any time.

It must be pretty late as my highest number one is 7114 (out of 7380) and mine was a Stuttgart pickup - still has the 116 wheel.
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