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Old 1st June 2018, 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Adrian E View Post
From memory FEs often quote the wrong code for the ‘wood’ finish. My Avus was the same

I don’t think there was a way to add options to an FE spec unless adding a factory towbar

The level of dead cow varied with exterior colour, but all should have matching colour steering wheel and gear selector. Earlier colour launches seemed to get more. Think black and red were last colour choices launched at slightly lower prices and got less cow

There was a lot of detail in an old thread - will try and find it
You're right about FE's having errors on the build sticker, but not just on the wood. My leather is listed on the sticker as platinum, but it's silver grey. And not all FEs had the matching gear selector either. Plus, the amount of dead cow varies pretty much at random and isn't always related to the exterior colour. The FE spec, as discussed in detail previously, was certainly a moving feast - the only real constants seem to be the limited paint & leather colours, the colour-coded steering wheel, dark myrtle 'wood' (?) and the phone prep!
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