Mercedes Benz W108 vs. W109 plus other differences

all right since uh i have both of these cars here that i make a quick video on the differences between a 108 and a 109 mercedes benz as well as a us car which is the 108 and european car which is a 109 as well as the differences between some year changes this is a 1970 and this is in 1968. so each of those three things causes a few differences in these cars um obviously very similar cars to the casual observer they're gonna look like the same car but between you and me these are completely different automobiles so let's get into it so um since i have these cars here and i don't always have them together that often um i thought i would uh show you a few things so if we look here first at the front end we'll start with some uh euro and uh us differences so the euro car over here uh the uh you notice fog lights and you're gonna notice here you have turn signals in the headlight group versus on the us car you've got your turn signals here no fog lights and the headlight group is just marker lights so that's one of the differences between a euro car and a us car now you might notice if you're you know uh hawkeye that uh this eurocar has side marker lights and of course so does the uh us car this um the best of my knowledge this uh car was federalized at some point in time in the past when in its contemporary age that would have caused it to have the uh the lights installed all right um beyond that if we go a little farther now just between 109 and 108 differences you notice on the 109 you have bright work on the a-pillar and around the windows and on the 108 you have a painted a-pillar painted window surrounds with a small amount of chrome that was the difference between a 108 and a 109 regardless of the year both of these cars are sunroof cars they're identical in that with that regard if we go back around to the back uh back to some euro us differences you're going to notice the license plate lighting on the us car versus the license plate lighting on the euro car much different so you know kind of details but differences the big difference between the two cars though is that right there and and uh this right here you know the the 108 is a 2 8 2.8 liter six cylinder the 109 is a 63 v8 so major difference that way so under the under the underneath these two cars then the 108 is a spring suspended car you know pretty pretty standard for the era of course in to this day but as a spring suspended car the uh the 109 is an air suspended car so under the hood there's an air pump there's a air tank there's air controls inside that raised in lower suspension uh so major differences between the two cars that way additionally the 109 has a limited slip differential and the 108 does not the um the 109 in this case with the 63 much different transmission than the the 108 car with the six so those are some of the some of the differences now if we go inside the two cars [Music] you've got a little uh upgraded interior the 109s had a wood surround they had a higher quality wood in the interiors than 108s in the case of some year differences if we get to the interior here the dash in the case of a 68 we've got this center molded uh component which a later car a 1970 would not have had the other thing you have here if you're going to notice our shifter it's in park right now so the 68s had a at what i'll call a reverse shifter so the park is toward the back and uh drive is forward in addition uh they had a different uh console if you will this is just a wood bin uh versus uh center console and we'll take a look at that in the 108 here so if we go over to the 108 then you notice that it's this is a year difference the center console is different the shifter is parked to the forward and our window controls are in the center so difference due to a year this car also had you know air quotes factory air um so that's a little different installation of the air conditioner also the 108s are going to have a clock in the center of the pinnacle in this case as well you know just a lower grade of wood mahogany wood in this case and the other thing is you notice on the door panels no wood trim all right now also in 1970 the uh the wood surrounds of the uh 109 cars were gone i'm not sure that the 108's ever had wood surround in here but a major difference there too uh if we go over here to the 109 get in the driver's side then um again would would surround much higher quality would but also due to it being a 68 we've got the window controls on the door and being a 109 the clock is here we have a tachometer in the center of the console instead this car is a aftermarket ac and uh it looks quite a bit different than the 109 or i'm sorry than the 108. uh this 109 car was restored and uh it was originally delivered with a velour interior not leather mighty v8 motor the end versus the six these uh these ones are sweet cars to drive and uh it really is something uh they're both really fun cars to drive and i like the one i like them both you know what can i say the one thing about the 108 is with the six is that these will run down the road at highway speeds at a much higher rpm than you used to and that's the way they were designed other than that i'm sure there's probably things i'm leaving out but um i don't want this video get too long uh this car happens to be uh very original it's uh to the best that i can determine it's a forty seven thousand mile car uh i've got all the original receipts and invoice original invoice all that kind of thing interestingly enough they ordered air conditioning but they didn't order a radio in this car and it doesn't have one to this day so there you have it so a few difference between 108s 109s differences between early w108 and 109s and later ones as well as the difference um between a us and a euro car so hopefully you enjoyed it

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Length: 8min 17sec (497 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 21 2020