300GE with 2 level diff lock??

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Re: 300GE with 2 level diff lock??

Looks like one with just central and rear diff locks, a la 500GE of 1993. Might be that the front diff lock was an option.

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Re: 300GE with 2 level diff lock??

The front diff was optional at least in Switzerland ....

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Re: 300GE with 2 level diff lock??

mortinson wrote:
The front diff was optional at least in Switzerland ....

Looks like a Swiss import. A few days ago there was a similar one for sale on Swiss Autoscout(color, interior, wheels, 2 difflocks) with about 325t kms for only 6,900 CHF. I wonder if this is the same car. As there were no pictures of the interior, I did not know it has only 2 difflocks, so I contacted the seller. He sent me the VIN and some interior pictures too, so maybe we can check if it is the same one.

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Re: 300GE with 2 level diff lock??

The front diff locks were also optional in Austria at that time... see picture of a 300GE I stumbled upon in the streets of Graz a few years back:

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Re: 300GE with 2 level diff lock??

Interesting!!

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Re: 300GE with 2 level diff lock??

Standard Puch had no front diff. This is a photo of a '90 W463:

That car had all the badging changed to MB but had a Puch VIN:

That is how you will know.
Eddie.