Hello Alfred, I owe you and the forum an apology for the error in my Reply #2 of May 3 above. I have been looking at the carpet insert in the tray for over 45 years and I believed that it was as delivered. After seeing Engelen’s table I went to my old files to see if I could confirm the correctness of my statement.
In 1970 when I shipped my car from London to New Orleans, a number of items were stolen in transit including the Grand Prix radio, the Automatic antenna, the tool kit and the levers for roof attachment. My brother-in-law cleared the car, advised me of the losses and indicated that these missing items were obvious but perhaps other items were missing which were not so obvious. I wrote him a letter from London advising him in great detail of all items that might be easily removed from the car. One of the items listed was the wooden tray “with a leather bottom matching the leather upholstery in the car but not glued down.” It turned out the tray and insert were also missing.
A claim was filed with MBNA’s insurance provider Albingia and reimbursement was received for the missing items. When the local MB dealer replaced the missing items in late 1970, the carpet insert matching the carpet in the car was provided instead of the original leather insert.
My apologies for the confusion.
Ralph
