[W126 Coupe] 500 sel

[eurotech1 at charter.net]

Hey everyone,

  There are 5-speeds out there (and 4-speeds, too), I have seen two. The first was an '85 300D, equipped with a five speed, that I looked at in 1994 when I was looking for my first Mercedes. I ended up buying an '82 300SD, because the 300D had been wrecked, and the 300SD had lower mileage (106,000, best I recall). The second manual car was a '79 350 SLC (yes, a 350, it was a gray market car, a model never sold in the US) with a 4-speed. It was a customer's  car, and was for sale at the time (about three years ago). I drove it, was unimpressed. It was underpowered, and desperately needed a fifth gear (35-3700 RPM @ 75-80MPH.
Would love to find the complete set-up to go in my SEC. I have always preferred a manual to an automatic, except in drag racing.

                     Later,
              Christopher Huffine
> From: "Attila" <attila at corlink.com>
> Date: 2005/01/25 Tue PM 07:54:10 EST
> To: <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
> Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] 500 sel
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