Are the inside of the trunk/trunklid BLACK or Body Color?

[jf308]

I am starting my hubcaps, rockers and some stone chips, etc tomorrow.   My trunk lid inside is BLACK.

Should it be body color???

[49er]

The darkest shade of dark grey that is almost black.

John

[Garry]

As John said it is very dark grey, officially called Tief Dunkengrau (very dark grey )

However to Quote Achim as not all were equal,

Well, there has been some discussion in the past whether or not "all" pagodas had tiefdunkelgrau-painted trunks  and softtop compartments or not. Shocked
There are several pre-1968 survivors (inluding my own 1964 230 - at least regarding this aspect) who did not come with a tiefdunkelgrau trunk but with a real (semi-gloss) black trunk. Clearly black not deep dark grey!  Cool
This changed at a certain manufacturing date but I don't know exactly when.

[KevinC]

From the Tech Manual...

"The trunk of M-B´s in the 60's (like W113) is actually not black, but a very dark gray. It can be ordered via Mercedes dealerships. Ordering code is 000 986 67 33 - 7164. The "000 986 67 33" is the part number of a one component (not catalyzed) paint sold by MBAG, and the "7164" is the color code for this deep dark gray. It is semi-gloss."

My 1966 built 230SL "survivor" (original red tire pressure label and hang tag) is definitely "very dark grey" in the trunk.

Kevin