560 SEL with a radio in the rear !

[d w124]

Originally Posted by ianrandom

Velour was a no cost option on 500 and 560 - if you ordered a 300 or 420 it was £1040 to have velour instead of the cloth upholstery. If you wanted leather on a 300 or 420 it was £1524.
But on a 560 you could have what you wanted. Those electrical adjusted individual seats would cost £4391 on any model other than a 560! Thats so much money back in the day. But on a 560 the same option would have been £1987. (Taken from options list from 1989.)
Personally I love the leather.

I was told different but always stand to be corrected

[neilrr]

W126 standard equipment, options & prices from October 1991.

[h17n dj]

Originally Posted by BillyW124

retro phone kit?

i thought that but no phone in there. will have to look for the wiring

[jaymanek]

strange that ASR was such an expensive option yet most 560's I come across have it...

[nurple]

The thread title should read 560SEL with really cheap radio in the rear.....It looks like its got a Blaupunkt Boston in the front, gawd knows what the badly installed unit is in the back!

[SilverSaloon]

Originally Posted by nurple

The thread title should read 560SEL with really cheap radio in the rear.....It looks like its got a Blaupunkt Boston in the front, gawd knows what the badly installed unit is in the back!

Fail its original equipment. Superb stuff.

[timk]

Never knew it was possible to listen to two radios at the same time in an S-Class. Does it have some kind of magic noise filter to stop interference between the front and rear seats when both are turned on?

[ianrandom]

I've seen a fair few cars with radios in the rear. I remember my Mum having a huge Datsun 280 that had one. Lots of limos do, obviously.
I don't think the drivers allowed the radio on if the passengers in the rear have theirs on

[nurple]

Originally Posted by SilverSaloon

Fail its original equipment. Superb stuff.

Fail indeed! looks like someone knocked it up in nightschool!

I could probably have done better in a lunch break.......in fact id sack myself if I managed to make something that dodgy

And whatever the radio is in the back (its definitely not a Blaupunkt) is super cheap!

My 735ise had a Becker mexico built into the rear armrest.......much more of a classy solution

[Will]

Are we sure that radio and console is original MB?

Looks a bit aftermarket to me, maybe fitted 'back in the day' by some stereo shop at the same time as that car phone?

Doesn't look like a German Blaupunkt/Becker or whatever either, probably an old Pioneer tape deck or something

[nurple]

Originally Posted by Will

Are we sure that radio and console is original MB?

Looks a bit aftermarket to me, maybe fitted 'back in the day' by some stereo shop at the same time as that car phone?

Doesn't look like a German Blaupunkt/Becker or whatever either, probably an old Pioneer tape deck or something

Thats exactly what im saying (although ive been pooh poohed)

I reckon at most the radio in the rear is a Phillips, certainly not what youd expect to find in a top flight executive cruiser (Must admit that the Blaupunkt in the front is pretty much from the lower end of their range!)

[tali]

Velour on s class very rare -perhaps at best 10% -even rarer with blue or green and red - must be only a handful for UK
Option list -Never seen a s class with colour coded wheel trims

Originally Posted by neilrr

That's nothing.

The BMW E23 745i of the era had radio controls and electric front passenger seat controls hidden in the rear centre armrest. You could move the front passenger seat forward allowing huge legroom in the back.

Afaik E23 had only radio controls. It was E32 740/750iL that had option of rear armrest with seat controls

[nurple]

Originally Posted by tali

Velour on s class very rare -perhaps at best 10% -even rarer with blue or green and red - must be only a handful for UK







Afaik E23 had only radio controls. It was E32 740/750iL that had option of rear armrest with seat controls

My E23 had a complete Becker headunit in the armrest and the electric seat controls (forward and backward ) were in the seat squabs

[neilrr]

Originally Posted by tali

Velour on s class very rare -perhaps at best 10% -even rarer with blue or green and red - must be only a handful for UK
Option list -Never seen a s class with colour coded wheel trims







Afaik E23 had only radio controls. It was E32 740/750iL that had option of rear armrest with seat controls

I had an E23 745i Executive & it had front seat & radio controls in the rear armrest.

[ianrandom]

Wicked in the armrest, love it.

I agree, the console in that 126 looks very aftermarket. I drive a Daimler DS limo sometimes that has a similar looking affair, that was fitted in more recent years.