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rumb

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6.9 45 years old yesterday?
« on: 14 August 2020, 03:34 PM »
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Randys01

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Re: 6.9 45 years old yesterday?
« Reply #1 on: 14 August 2020, 04:36 PM »
......and aren't they getting difficult to keep going?.....parts are becoming an issue.
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UTn_boy

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Re: 6.9 45 years old yesterday?
« Reply #2 on: 14 August 2020, 06:10 PM »
Quote from: Randys01 on 14 August 2020, 04:36 PM
......and aren't they getting difficult to keep going?.....parts are becoming an issue.

No kidding!  I think Mercedes has figured out that if they make parts no longer available people will turn their interests toward new models and forget about a lowly (to Mercedes) W116.  Even the 450se I'm going through at the moment I'm having trouble getting some things that were always available......that all of  sudden aren't. 
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ptashek

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Re: 6.9 45 years old yesterday?
« Reply #3 on: 15 August 2020, 03:22 AM »
...and it's not just the W116. The W124 is facing the same fate.
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UTn_boy

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Re: 6.9 45 years old yesterday?
« Reply #4 on: 16 August 2020, 10:32 AM »
Quote from: ptashek on 15 August 2020, 03:22 AM
...and it's not just the W116. The W124 is facing the same fate.

That's even worse (to me) because I want a 400E! 
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1966 250se coupe`, black/dark green leather
1970 600 midnight blue/parchment leather
1971 300sel 6.3, papyrus white/dark red leather
1971 280sel Black/black leather
1973 300sel 4.5, silver blue metallic/blue leather
1976 280s astral silver/blue MB Tex
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