Beschreibung
H&H Classic Auction @ The Imperial War Museum, Duxford
15th Mar, 2023 13:00
1981 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL
Estimate
£12, 000 - £14, 000
Registration No: BTU 80W
Chassis No: 1070Uthe details below
MOT: August 2023
Just 3 former keepers on HPI and current family ownership since 2011
Heated front seat, electric windows and rear child seats
Original sales invoice, bookpack, handbook and service book with 26 stamps
Last serviced in 2021 and a new hood fitted in 2013
The R107 series was the result of an extremely thorough design process. In an attempt to avoid falling foul of threatened American safety legislation, Stuttgart produced an open car whose structural rigidity surpassed that of some contemporary saloons! Indeed, even now some forty-seven years after its introduction, the R107 retains a reassuring air of solidity. Allied to this was sure-footed handling courtesy of all-around independent coil-sprung suspension, power-assisted steering, and disc brakes. Always more of a grand tourer than an out and out sports car, the vast majority of R107s were fitted with automatic transmission. Launched in September 1974, the Eurocentric 280SL was less powerful but more fuel-efficient than its V8 brethren. However, with some 185bhp and 177lbft of torque on tap from its fuel-injected 2746cc DOHC straight-six engine, the model could still boast authoritative 120mph performance.
With previous long-term ownership of c. 12 years and current ownership for the last 11 years and just 3 former keepers, this 280 SL is offered in the iconic Mercedes Signal Red (568) with a part cloth interior, heated front seat, electric windows and rear child seats. The factory hard top is also included.
In recent years the 280 SL has benefitted from a new soft top in 2013 and a new battery in February 2023. Last serviced in 2021, there is a very full service book showing 26 entries, and an MOT present, valid into August 2023. The car is offered with the original sales invoice, bookpack with handbook, service book, a collection of old MOT certificates and invoices and the hardtop. The Mercedes has history vehicle status and therefore road fund licence and MOT exempt.
