280" Concourse; Diary of a layman

[rumb]

nice find on the webasto.  have fun restoring the black paint all over the whole unit ...... the heat exchanger is suppose to be grey. and the long rubber hose is for water that is stuffed into the exhaust pipe....

anyway we can email each other with info to get both running again.

[ptashek]

The black catalogs are not the same at all, btw.. One of them is 3 times thicker than the other 3, tons more data.

Interesting. I was led to believe they're identical and only differ by which exact subset of models they cover based on model year.
Well, I stand corrected. Can you detail some of the differences between the various catalogue editions?

[floyd111]

This weeks finds..

The complete VDO outside temp system, original MB

[floyd111]

Another affordable Hazard switch, 2 more catalogs, and a chrome rear view mirror bracket

[floyd111]

Another affordable Hazard switch, 2 more catalogs, and a chrome rear view mirror bracket

[floyd111]

a bit late, but i finally got a becker amp, be it he needs a bucket of TLC

[rumb]

your outside temp gauge was made 8.84, so not a W116 part. 

R107 part

http://benz.17vin.com/partsearch/a0005424527/benz

[floyd111]

Yes, like I said before, a R107 part, but an MB part.
My reason to conclude those  6.9 gauges need to be MB is the fact that the amp meter in the 6.9 is a 60MM 70A VDO.
Go find that part. VDO never made those for the public.
For the very same reason I deduct that the outside temp meter must also have been a VDO-MB-supplied part, not just a popular aftermarket off-the-shelf item like the VDO Cockpit

[ptashek]

Yes, like I said before, a R107 part, but an MB part.
My reason to conclude those  6.9 gauges need to be MB is the fact that the amp meter in the 6.9 is a 60MM 70A VDO.
Go find that part. VDO never made those for the public.
For the very same reason I deduct that the outside temp meter must also have been a VDO-MB-supplied part, not just a popular aftermarket off-the-shelf item like the VDO Cockpit

Why not call the folks at Classic Centre in Fellbach, or at the museum in Stuttgart and confirm the details with 100% certainty? If anybody knows, it's them.
This was such a rare option, that I wouldn't be surprised MB pushed it out as a re-branded off-shelf item.

[floyd111]

I was just shown a photo of a 6.9 with the Amp meter, as well as the outside temp meter, both in VDO, with black white dials, and no red 0.
Surely not an aftermarket-identical VDO Cockpit with red 0
The 70A Amp bezel WAS the known chrome bezel version but contrary if what I expected the +40degrees outside temp gauge had a black bezel. -identical to the R107 MB-gauges

[floyd111]

Background shopping.

Some time ago I received a golden tip on the forum about a batch of car papers that showed the illusive "first 1000KM"brochure in the background. Now I have one.
I now apply the principle more regularly, and these are some examples

This is from a guy, trying to sell a rather beaten up W116, and he added a few photos of the interior.
Notice the goodie in the photo?
I called him, and he was willing to part with it, button, Zebrano casing and switch

[floyd111]

Then there was this guy, selling a rather dusty, incomplete Becker.
You can get the rest.
These power amps are getting rare!

[floyd111]

Bought this NOS ventilation trim, kept asking, and found a specialist in exclusive  W116 options, like car phones.

[floyd111]

Frustrated at my lack of success in tracking down an affordable Minimax, I decided to go on a 1-month internet vigil, digging every source possible in 25 languages.
When that failed, I went on a mailing rampage, wring to 50  random breakers around Europe.
The result was 1x brand new Minimax, in the box, 35 bucks, 2x Minimax with halter for 100 euros, once without halter for 30 euros, and maybe 2 more (unconfirmed) new and used.

[rumb]

Want to sell me the one without the halter?

rumb