[W126 Coupe] Mystery

[Flodur2 at aol.com]

It might be a provision for a hand-held fire extinguisher. European  MB's 
often have an extinguisher mounted at the front edge of the seat, usually  
rolled up in a foam piece and attached by a metal bracket and a quick-release  
band. In the U.S. these aren't a supported option. One version is also has 
a  molded tray with a clear plastic cover.
 
Rudolf Boenten
S320, S600, SL500



> I was vacuuming the interior of my 1988 560SEC last Friday  when I 

realized

> the presence of a cavity under the front passenger side  floor mat.

> Curiosity got the better of me and I lifted the mat to  discover that a

> large piece of the moulded high density foam on the  underside had been 

cut

> and peeled off leaving a large cavity between the  heater channel and the

> outboard side panel. A wire with a round  connector protruding from under 

the

> centre console was laying on the  floor.

> Is it possible that this cavity has been used for some kind of  accessory

> which have since been removed or is it possible that this car  was used 

for

> smuggling.

> It was imported used from  Japan.

>

> Any ideas?

>

> Carl H.

>

>  NFO

>

>

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Message:  2
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 10:47:50 -0700
From: "Dean Slone"  <daslone at saber.net>
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Mystery.
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Sounds like a good place to put audio  equipment.  The Japanese are big on 
sounds.
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From: Carl Hansen 
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Subject:  [W126 Coupe] Mystery.


Un-identified cavity: 
I was  vacuuming the interior of my 1988 560SEC last Friday when I realized 
the  presence of a cavity under the front passenger side floor mat. 
Curiosity got the better of me and I lifted the mat to discover that a 
large  piece of the moulded high density foam on the underside had been cut and 
peeled  off leaving a large cavity between the heater channel and the 
outboard side  panel. A wire with a round connector protruding from under the 
centre console  was laying on the floor. 
Is it possible that this cavity has been  used for some kind of accessory 
which have since been removed or is it possible  that this car was used for 
smuggling. 
It was imported used from  Japan.

Any ideas?

Carl H. 

NFO






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Message:  3
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 14:15:22 EDT
From: FPecar4525 at aol.com
Subject:  Re: [W126 Coupe] Mystery.
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Some of these beauties were owned by  dealers.


In a message dated 6/7/2010 11:05:25 A.M. Pacific Daylight  Time,  
daslone at saber.net writes:

Sounds like a good place to put  audio equipment.  The  Japanese are big on 
  
sounds.
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Message:  4
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:09:56 -0700
From: Josh Allen  <heyallen at null-ptr.net>
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Mystery.
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On 6/7/2010 8:04 AM, Carl Hansen  wrote:

> Un-identified cavity:

> I was vacuuming the interior of my  1988 560SEC last Friday when I 

> realized the presence of a cavity under  the front passenger side floor 

> mat.

> Curiosity got the better of  me and I lifted the mat to discover that a 

> large piece of the moulded  high density foam on the underside had been 

> cut and peeled off leaving  a large cavity between the heater channel 

> and the outboard side panel.  A wire with a round connector protruding 

> from under the centre console  was laying on the floor.

> Is it possible that this cavity has been used  for some kind of 

> accessory which have since been removed or is it  possible that this 

> car was used for smuggling.

> It was imported  used from Japan.

> Any ideas?

> Carl H.

>  NFO


Carl,

I'm not sure about the cavity around it, but I've found  a couple of my 
Benz's have the coax wire with the RF connector laying under  the 
passenger floor mat.
On the car I parted out, I traced the wire to  the same area as the radio 
antenna, (before I pulled the whole wiring  harness out.)

As was mentioned in the first reply, I'm fairly sure it's  an old analog 
cell phone antenna wire, just missing the transmitter and  handset now.

-Josh
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Message:  5
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:45:41 -0700
From: Laurel/Michael Feddock  <feddocks at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: [W126 Coupe] Rear Console  Cushion
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Can anyone tell me where to get one  of these padded cushions I've seen 
in the rear console of a couple SECs? My  car is a 1989 and I just have 
the deep console, no burl roll  top.

Thanks,

Mike
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Message:  6
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 22:59:50 -0600
From: "alal30319 at gmail.com"  <alal30319 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Rear Console  Cushion
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Mike, I believe Euro cars got these. What  color is your interior?

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 10:45 PM, Laurel/Michael  Feddock <
feddocks at sbcglobal.net> wrote:


>  Can anyone  tell me where to get one of these padded cushions I've seen 

in

> the rear  console of a couple SECs? My car is a 1989 and I just have the 

deep

>  console, no burl roll top.

>

> Thanks,

>

>  Mike

>

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 10:46:12 -0400 (EDT)
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Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Mystery.
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