Highlights
- Rare colouring and great elegance
- Newly polished bodywork and hardtop
- Fabric soft top intact and perfectly efficient
- Original maintenance booklets supplied
- Recently serviced and fitted with a new battery
The Attractions
Mercedes-Benz certainly intimidated rival car manufacturers when it launched the R107 in 1971. With its crisp, clear-cut lines and extremely comfortable cabin, on a par with the most luxurious saloons of the time, it immediately appeared as a truly impressive car in every respect and achieved great success, becoming one of the most sought-after and best-selling sports cars for almost two decades. The R107 soon became a symbol of success and good taste, in vogue in the most prestigious locations in Europe and the United States.
All R107s are excellent cars, but the 280 SL is certainly the most economical model to handle, which is why it proves to be a particularly practical classic even in everyday use, while being perfectly at ease in all circumstances and offering a high level of comfort and performance. We are therefore not surprised that these retro classics are having so much success lately, and we expect this fine example to be no exception.
Offered in a very rare and very attractive medium colour, this 280 SL comes with its matching original hard top and displays a truly remarkable level of originality. It is an original European trim car and has received a lot of recent maintenance before being offered for sale.
History and Documentation
- 1983 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL (R107)
- European equipment
- Original maintenance booklets supplied
- The seller has assured us that this car has never been involved in an accident
- Overhaul currently expired, but will be renewed before delivery to buyer
- ASI registered
- Odometer shows 253,097 km
Condition
- Bodywork and hardtop recently polished
- Some slight signs of use can be seen, not particularly noticeable
- Please examine photographs carefully
- Original 'Mexican Hat' alloy wheels
- Fabric soft top is intact and functioning properly
- Hard top in good condition
- Interior is in very good shape
- Small cracks and some signs of age-related wear can be seen on the upholstery
- The dashboard appears to be free of cracks and has only slight traces of wear
- Impressive wood-panelled steering wheel
- Carpet and carpets appear to be in very good condition, with slight wear in the leg room
The Mechanics
- M110 2.8-litre 6-cylinder engine
- 4-speed automatic transmission
- Automatic transmission was recently overhauled
- The gearbox gasket was replaced and an oil change was carried out
- An extensive service was recently carried out, including an oil and filter change
- Equipped with an anti-theft system that blocks the fuel pump
- Equipped with a battery isolation system for long periods of inactivity
- New battery
- Will be delivered with newly renewed overhaul
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