1968 Mercedes-Benz 200 [W115]

1968 Mercedes-Benz 200 [W115] in Police Python 357, Movie, 1976

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

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Author	Message
rpcm ◊ 2007-03-06 01:21	The small bootlid handle identifies a 1968+ car.
sixcyl ◊ 2007-03-06 07:33	I thought rear lights were second serie type, (not smooth)
chief tin cloud ◊ 2007-03-06 09:55	sixcyl wrote I thought rear lights were second serie type, (not smooth) That's right. I owned one (230/6) years ago, and it had these ribbed tail lights. I remember also the big plastic steering wheel...
rpcm ◊ 2007-03-06 15:57	Since it's a 1976 film, it seems more likely that the owner tried to update the car with the 1974 model year rear lights ( in fact it's just a matter of changing the plastic covers, because the structure attached to the body remains the same ). The bootlid handle of the 1974 model year car is larger and different, but also the sort of part not so common to change ( to swap the bootlid handle of a 1974 car to a 1968 one, I suppose will imply the painting of the bootlid ).