009 paint was offered on the E320 and E420 in USA, but not the E500. This car appears to be one of the "special edition" late builds, note the stainless door sills as well. I believe these came with different wheels from the factory (funky 5-holers) but I'm not certain if they all did, or if the wheels were optional, or if a PO replaced them on this car at some point. This car has ASR too, if I were in the market for an 034, I'd be all over this one despite the fungal interior.
It's both. ASR was not super common on the .034 chassis. I don't know numbers, but by estimate is that less than half of them had ASR. For USA-spec cars, ASR was almost always bundled with heated seats as a 'cold weather' package, particularly from 1993-up. I've seen ASR without heated seats on 1992 models, but I don't think I've ever seen them separately from 93-up (unless it was a special order).
It's both. ASR was not super common on the .034 chassis. I don't know numbers, but by estimate is that less than half of them had ASR. For USA-spec cars, ASR was almost always bundled with heated seats as a 'cold weather' package, particularly from 1993-up. I've seen ASR without heated seats on 1992 models, but I don't think I've ever seen them separately from 93-up (unless it was a special order).
The 009 color is very, very rare on any 124 in the USA... possibly worldwide.
Interesting! Could you send me the VIN's via PM or email? I'd like to take a look at these.
That is the exact opposite of my experience, but it may be regional.
That would be awesome, especially if he could parse it down to USA-delivered 034's. I'd love to get an export of the data into XLS if available, I'd be happy to crunch the numbers.
I’m sure it’s easier to integrate into the 1997 websiteLotus cc:Mail! There's a blast from the past. I remember being forced to migrate to Outlook when cc:Mail went NLA.
But nah, I'm fully in the 21st century now using Excel 2003. (Not 2013, 2003.)
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