[W126 Coupe] Coupe body parts

[millerlh at earthlink.net]

I am just passing this along if anybody wants to act on it. 

Consider this a sort of "Public (the MB Coupe public, at least) service announcement". As a disclaimer, however, it is not authorized, requested, or sanctioned by the good folks who keep this site running. 

Monday I had my car (1990 560SEC) privately inspected (I have to do that to pass NJ inspection because of the European headlights, otherwise I could take it through the state system). The guy who did the inspection for me noticed that my grille was cracked. He told me he is about to visit his relatives in Lebanon and would look around to see if he can locate a replacement there, since there are a lot of coupes of our series in the country and a lot of them that have available parts in recycling centers, etc.. Since his estimate of price was "less than $50.00", I told him to go ahead and see if he can find one. It would beat getting one from any American source that I can find by a long shot, so I figure it's worth a shot!.

I mention this because he indicated that if anyone else has a need for body parts, they could contact him and he is willing to take a list over with him and see if he can help out.  We did not discuss the cost of shipping since my office is near his shop. He apparently goes over for a few weeks at least each year.

His name is George Bouchamoun, and he is a native Lebanese who has been in this country for over 30 years. He is a good mechanic and a former engineer, and gave my car a really thorough going over for the inspection, coming up with a number of previously undiscovered, and even unsuspected items that needed correction, which I appreciated.

If any of you would like to get in touch with him, he owns the Getty service station at the corner of Broad Street and Route 12 in Flemington, NJ. His phone number 908-788-8713, and his email address is abouelias47 at yahoo.com.

Lou Miller





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