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Old May 10, 2016 | 02:18 PM
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Wife Reunited With Mercedes Coupe for Mother’s Day



For a special Mother's Day gift, a husband went to great lengths to find his wife's old 1985 Mercedes-Benz SL.

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This is incredible! What a lucky wife!
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Lucky wife! Fantastic car! What a wonderful Mother's Day it must have been for all!!!!
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Hats off for Julio!

What a wonderful treat for his wife!
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Too cool
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Nice story.
One would think MBWorld Editors would know that is not a Coupe.
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What a great story! That SL is looking clean too!
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