Description
This is a very nice late 1988 Mercedes-Benz 300SL which must be the best value in the market today! Our car is finished in the wonderful and rare Pearl Grey Metallic with the optional Full Grey Leather Interior. She has only covered 150k Miles from new and drives very well indeed, but in reality this car has an amazing service history and was previously purchased from the SL Shop, the leaders in the field!
Mercedes-Benz revived one of its most famous model designations of all time when it introduced the new 300 SL in 1985. However, on this occasions the newcomer was not a thinly disguised sports racer but the latest in a noble line of six-cylinder luxury Gran Turismos stretching back to the 230 SL of 1963. When the original Type 113 bodyshell finally bowed out on the 280 SL in 1971, it was replaced by the V8-engined Type 107, and there would not be a six-cylinder model in the range for a further nine years, an omission rectified in 1980 with the launch of the new 280 SL. The latter used the same twin-overhead-camshaft unit as the other '280' models, and with 185bhp on tap was good for a top speed of 127mph. When the 300 SL took over in 1985 it came with a single-cam engine that produced a mere 3 horsepower more at the top end, the main gains over the superseded smaller motor being a useful increase in torque and a marked reduction in fuel consumption.
The last word in motoring opulence in its day, our car was sold new on the 27th May 1988 to Natwest Investment Bank! Very Wall Street! it was purchased from Normand of Park Lane, probably inbetween Big City Deals! and we have the Full History from new, over 32 stamps and hundreds of invoices! the original Book Pack and service books with stamps, in addition to many invoices from recent years. Specified in the best Eighties colour of Pearl Grey Metallic, this automatic-transmission 300SL Convertible comes complete with Hard and Soft tops, the new Soft Top is Black and in great condition. The car has a new Advisory Free MOT, the mileage is average at 150k but the service history overcomes that. This car looks like double the asking price, it is one of the cheapest post facelift, galvanised, cars out there, and probably on of the nicest!
