[stomachmonkey]

We had the hardtop and jump seat from our 55' 190SL nicked one night while the car was on the driveway.

Some time later my father is at a shop that is known to specialize in hard to find Benz items and spots the jump seat.

Shop owner and my father have known each other for years and have done plenty of business in the past.

My father raises holy hell, wants to know where the hard top is. Shop owner claims no knowledge and gives my father the jump seat.

Year or so goes by and a casual associate of my fathers calls him to tell him he finally found a hard top for his 190 but there is something odd about it and can my father come by and offer some advice.

Pop goes, they have a nice dinner then head to the garage. Garage door opens and my father immediately tells the guy, good news, I know how to deal with that issue, bad news, that's my top.

Associate tells him he got the top from, you guessed it, the same guy who had the jump seat.