When the 450 first came out they were shipped with 350 badges for a few months. The dealers in the usually switched them to 450 badges when they arrived here.
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 18, 2017, at 10:03 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > There was a 72 350SL at the Cars & Coffee this morning, that beautiful light > blue metallic, blue interior, it was perfect and gorgeous. Owner says it was > a 4.5L V-8, the Germans didn't want Merkins to have 450 badging to compete > with their domestic cars or something at that time. And here I thought it > was the 6cyl engine but he set me straight. It made no sense, but then > German... > > My buddy has a 79 450SL, I guess the Germans got over their issue at some > point. > > -- > --FT > Winston Churchill: > “Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large > or petty, > never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. > Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the > enemy.” > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
