A customer in Texas contacted us with a special request; She loves her Mercedes 190SL but wanted the smooth easy to use Automatic transmission in place of the 4-speed manual.

The 190SL was never built with an automatic, so this will have to be a custom fitment but we decided to take on the job!

We sourced a suitable Mercedes Automatic trans from a later 190 Fintail Sedan which also supplied all of it’s unique components required for the conversion: Flywheel & flywheel housing, electrical harness & switches, speedometer cable etc. A Mercedes 230SL Automatic floor shifter was selected to keep the installation a stock-appearing as possible.

UPDATE 9/9/2021 : Plenty of fabrication was needed to fit the larger K4A025 Automatic transmission behind the M121 four-cylinder. We widened the transmission tunnel (which is a structural part of the chassis on these cars) then fully boxed & welded it to retain its strength. A Transmission mounting plate was fabricated similar to a W113 to strengthen the center chassis and support the transmission.

An upper transmission tunnel was fabricated to house the Automatic shifter. which will seamlessly integrate into the widened transmission tunnel.

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