hey Warden.....
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Cal,
It that a regular sealed beam, that sits in a housing so it looks like a composite headlight?
It that a regular sealed beam, that sits in a housing so it looks like a composite headlight?
VERY nice 
Looks better than when I last saw it, and CERTAINLY better than the "before" pics you showed me 
Early U.S. spec headlights:
Late U.S. spec headlights:
Euro lights (note that it's the same car that had the early U.S. headlights
):
A better shot of the Euro lens:
I've said it before and I'll say it again...appearance aside, the European-spec light pattern is much more efficient than the DOT-spec light pattern...it puts more light where you actually need it while not blinding oncoming traffic
Looks better than when I last saw it, and CERTAINLY better than the "before" pics you showed me Actually, that is a composite headlight...looks like the headlights came off a late-model U.S. spec 126. Early (pre-'86 IIRC) U.S. spec 126's had sealed beam lights; they went to that composite headlight design in (I think) 1986. The Euro lights are different still...
Early U.S. spec headlights:
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Late U.S. spec headlights:
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Euro lights (note that it's the same car that had the early U.S. headlights
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A better shot of the Euro lens:
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I've said it before and I'll say it again...appearance aside, the European-spec light pattern is much more efficient than the DOT-spec light pattern...it puts more light where you actually need it while not blinding oncoming traffic
Warden,
Are any of the above pictured Mercades in your garage?
Are any of the above pictured Mercades in your garage?
Sadly, no I've actually never owned a 126...I've owned two W123's and a W116. I still technically own one of those 123's (sold it to a good friend, but the title's in my hands as a lienholder until he finishes paying me off), but I'm using a TDI Jetta as my daily driver now
Besides, the 126 in Calvin's post is a gray-market g@$$er...it's the only 126 I've ever seen with hand-crank windows it's in really nice shape overall, but while I have little bad to say about M-B diesels, I'm very wary of their g@$ engines...
I'd like to get a LWB 126 300SDL someday, but that'll have to wait until I have more space...with where I live now, juggling two vehicles is difficult enough
I've actually never owned a 126...I've owned two W123's and a W116. I still technically own one of those 123's (sold it to a good friend, but the title's in my hands as a lienholder until he finishes paying me off), but I'm using a TDI Jetta as my daily driver now Besides, the 126 in Calvin's post is a gray-market g@$$er...it's the only 126 I've ever seen with hand-crank windows
it's in really nice shape overall, but while I have little bad to say about M-B diesels, I'm very wary of their g@$ engines...I'd like to get a LWB 126 300SDL someday, but that'll have to wait until I have more space...with where I live now, juggling two vehicles is difficult enough
NO_SPRK
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you guys didnt tell me you were into MBZ diesels! i love me some *****!
I've owned close to a dozen MBZ diesels. They live a very short life thanks to my daughter's mom. yes, the one in the pics is a gasser car but could easily get a diesel transplant. it already comes with a diesel radiator and oil cooler.
rather than hunt down the unobtainable gray market gasser radiator, I put in a diesel radiator and de-gas bottle. fits in there like it should and problem solved. got a "thumbs up" from one of my old boss/mentor for that one.
COOLyes, the one in the pics is a gasser car but could easily get a diesel transplant. it already comes with a diesel radiator and oil cooler.
!! Only problem with swapping a diesel in is that I imagine the CARB would blow a gasket 
With that said, a 126 with a cloth interior, a 617, and a 4 speed (or, even better, an elusive 5 speed
) would be a great car IMHO
NO_SPRK
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I've seen a driving legal om617 swap on a 380sl. He's a friends friend and said it wasn't hard to deal with the paperwork
NO_SPRK
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I've owned close to a dozen MBZ diesels. They live a very short life thanks to my daughter's mom. yes, the one in the pics is a gasser car but could easily get a diesel transplant. it already comes with a diesel radiator and oil cooler.
Poor cars! Im not too into w124 cars but love w123 and w126 diesels. I also have only owned w123 cars. Im always looking for oddball diesel's like my o309d bus
How long ago did he do the conversion?
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