Highlights
- Desirable Light Ivory over tan colour combination
- Comprehensive service history with original booklets and keys
- Always garaged and dry stored; reported rust-free
- Complete with colour-matched hard top
- Wooden steering wheel no longer with the car
The Appeal
Timeless, robust, and endlessly capable, the R107-generation SL is one of the most widely lauded roadsters in the history of the motor car. Produced across an extraordinary 18-year production run, these big, handsome Mercedes earned their reputation through sheer competence: they perform well, they're built from stern stuff, and they remain immensely comfortable grand tourers to this day. The later examples, such as this 1989 car, are amongst the most desirable - more rust-resistant and better built than their already hardy predecessors.
This particular 300SL is presented in a highly desirable Light Ivory over tan colour scheme and comes with a colour-matched hard top. Inside, the part-fabric plaid seats and dark walnut veneers look in very good order, while the period cassette player is all present and correct. indicating under 44,000 miles, which the vendor reports as genuine, this is a well-documented and carefully kept R107 that merits serious attention.
This particular 300SL is presented in a highly desirable Light Ivory over tan colour scheme and comes with a colour-matched hard top. Inside, the part-fabric plaid seats and dark walnut veneers look in very good order, while the period cassette player is all present and correct. indicating under 44,000 miles, which the vendor reports as genuine, this is a well-documented and carefully kept R107 that merits serious attention.
History and Paperwork
- Registered in 1989
- The DVLA records 6 previous keepers
- Purchased by the vendor in 2025 from Car & Classic
- Advisory-free MOT valid until June 2026
- Indicates less than 45,000 miles, which the vendor reports is genuine
- Comprehensive service history with a stack of paperwork
- All original booklets and keys are present
The Condition
- Bodywork looks in very good order
- Light Ivory (paint code 623O) in excellent condition
- Original Mercedes-Benz alloys
- Brightly presented chromework
- Presented with a colour-matched hard top
- Soft top is free of rips and tears
- What we can see of the underside looks clean and well-presented
- Tan interior is in very good order
- Part-fabric plaid seats are free of any rips or tears
- Dark walnut veneers are in good, clean order
- Period cassette player is still fitted
- All instruments are clean and legible
- All controls, switches, and instrumentation are reportedly in good working order
- Original steering wheel has been put back in the car as per final photo in the gallery
The Mechanics
- 3.0-litre M103 six-cylinder powerplant
- 4-speed automatic transmission
- Engine bay looks in very good order
- The car looks to be in fine health
- This is backed by the advisory-free MOT
- We've no reports of any mechanical issues
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