Topic: Building a NOS instrument panel

[floyd111]

Since my ultra-rare R107 M110 NOS instrument panel was stolen, and there's none to be found anywhere online, I am forced to try and build one from NOS parts.
However, I am beyond confused after checking all the parts I could find, with missing numbers, VDO Numbers and MB numbers.
Would anyone be able to list the component numbers that make up a M110 instrument panel with either clock/RPM counter combi?
That way, at least I'd have a long shot at achieving such a feat.

[ptashek]

Send me the VIN Stan, I'll check Xentry for you over the weekend.

[floyd111]

Not sure I can get the vin for you. I think all the paperwork is with the car. It's a 79 280S. Would the VIN matter at all? As far as I know, all the post-1976 M110's have the same panel, and the share it with the R017 M110

[ptashek]

Not sure I can get the vin for you. I think all the paperwork is with the car. It's a 79 280S. Would the VIN matter at all? As far as I know, all the post-1976 M110's have the same panel, and the share it with the R017 M110

Making any sense of what Xentry shows can be a daunting task at times without the full VIN.
I'll check by the chassis type.

[ptashek]

Fresh from Xentry: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jromk2oyvhhjay4/Parts_Information.pdf?dl=0

[floyd111]

Thanks a mille!
One of the parts I found was 001 542 61 16. Xentry shows the 001 542 60 16.
Is there a way of finding out whether that is a simple matter of a succession number?

[floyd111]

NOS instrument cluster found and bought! 85 euros!

[Nabstud]

Good find, you would be lucky to find a used one for that in Aus...

[floyd111]

Yeah, not only are they rare, but mostly go between 350 and 550 usd.
Still, this is but the left cluster. I already have the RPM counter, -if I can get that needle back in place-. Still need the speedometer and the housing, as well as the housing seal. That one is quite illusive.
So, not quite there yet.

[floyd111]

Rare indeed. So rare that it never arrived, and the website, and all possible online data is gone as well. Nothing in mailboxes, no trace online. Pretty sure my credit card company isn't gonna give a damn. The ONE time I used a credit card number in 2020.
That makes that the second time I pay for a NOS instrument cluster and got robbed of it.  :'(
Still, we plough on...