[SpartanAir]

I'm not sure how hard it would be. First would be finding one, as I'm pretty sure they weren't sold with a manual in North America. In Europe, especially Germany these cars are still common. And only recently have automatics become more common; gotta respect that about Europeans, a CAR has a MANUAL transmission and an AUTOMATIC transmission as an OPTION.

If you could somehow source one over there, then ship it here, and if you did the labour yourself, I suppose it could be worth it. But keep in mind, Mercedes are not "mechanics" cars. They are a fucking pain to work on, and there are no apologies for it. They are precision machines designed to be serviced by trained professionals. So making them easy to "tinker" with was never a priority in design.

Believe me, I love these cars. I still gasp when I see one on the road. I'm 6'5", and I could fully stretch out in the back, there's so much goddamn room. So classy looking, solid like a tank. But parts costs and lame things like the speakers in the doors, which were amazing in the 90's, but probably blown now, are a weird metric size, and therefore not easily upgradable. Lame.