Beschreibung
H&H Classic Auction @ The Imperial War Museum, Duxford/ Cambridgeshire
20th September, 2023 10:00
Lot details
Registration No: E848 HCD
Chassis No: WDB1070462A076833
MOT: T. B. A
Original UK-delivery in January 1988
Only 88, 900 miles from new
Stylishly finished in Black with a Red leather interior
Offered with a partial service history
The Mercedes R107-series SL was launched in 1971 to replace the long-lived W113 'Pagoda' SL that first appeared in 1963. Though dispensing with Mercedes' usual model identification, it was based on the suspension of the W114 saloon and ran until 1989 with more than 237, 000 examples built, being the longest single series ever produced by Mercedes-Benz except the G-Wagen. The Bruno Sacco-designed car was bigger, heavier and softer-riding than its predecessor, but can still handle and won the plaudits from distinguished motoring writers including LJK Setright. The 245bhp 500SL made from 1980 had an all-alloy, fuel-injected V8 that was tailored to the European market. Reputedly capable of 0-60mph in 7. 4 secs and 140mph, it proved faster than the larger capacity but more restricted 560SL which was sold in the US, Japan and Australia. Plenty of R107s (and SLC’s) come to market but 500SLs are still a rarity, with only 11, 812 built.
`E848 HCD' is a tidy right-hand drive UK specification example of the most powerful of the R107-series Mercedes SL variants. Its bodywork is finished in Black that's pleasingly matched to Oxblood-coloured interior trim. An unrestored example, it has apparently travelled 88, 000 miles to date, and is considered by the vendor to have `very good' bodywork, paintwork, upholstery, five-litre V8 engine and four-speed automatic transmission. He further informs us that the big Benz is `well looked after and in sound condition inside and out', and he's now selling the car complete with `great MOT history', as well its original manuals and books, and some service history.
