Thanks everyone,
Yes, from what I can gather only 10 (or 12) RH drive cars came "ex factory" and yes the last 50 or so cars both LH and RH drive used MB hand brake levers/handles.
Also seems that there isn't much around in the way of Factory issued registers against which one can verify original delivery specs for individual vehicles.
So...forums like this are pretty valuable!
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