Highlights
- Lots of recent investment to running gear
- Only five registered keepers
- Rare and attractive Pearl Grey over Medium Red leather
- Very good condition and with factory hard top
- Later facelifted and galvanised car
- Low mileage for year of 93,000 miles
- Long MOT to July 2025
The Appeal
If you’re after a R107 then you’re not spoilt for choice. And with good reason because these cars were engineered to last. They deliver a particularly relaxing, cossetting drop-top experience.
Yet this one stands out. There is the colour combination - a highlight being the red leather cabin - and then there is the low mileage. With just five keepers from new this very smartly presented 300SL benefits from a raft of recent maintenance, including a long list of parts sourced from The SL Shop.
The history file indicates recent work to the structure and running gear, including a set of quality Bilstein shocks. They will have undoubtedly improved the driving experience.
The impression created by the history file and photos is confirmed by the MOT which runs to July 2025.
The History and Paperwork
- First registered 1st January 1989
- Factory built November 1988
- Only five registered keepers from new
- Current marque enthusiast keeper from December 2022
- V5C in seller’s name
- Thick history file with several SL Shop invoices
- Factory handbooks and wallet
- MOT to 3rd July 2025 with two minor advisories to note
- Mileage on MOT 93,411 miles and now showing 93,422 miles in photographs
- Recent work and parts summarised below and shown in photographs
Recent maintenance in 2021-2023:
- Four Bilstein shock absorbers
- Sill repair panels and front and rear valance
- Rear trailing arm bushes
- Suspension and drivetrain repairs
- Various repairs by local garage in November 2021
- Long list of SL Shop parts in November 2022
The Condition
- Attractive Peal Grey (122O) metallic over Medium Red (277) leather
- Very good condition inside and out reflecting low keepers and mileage
- Facelift galvanised car with good bodywork particularly sills, arches and panel edges
- Underside similarly well kept with no structural advisories on current MOT
- Recent attention to sills and front and rear valances indicated in history file
- The sills show light surface rust to edges that may benefit from remedial undersealing
- Retains its factory black colour combination including black fabric roof
- Soft top is in great order with good colour depth and clear rear screen
- Supplied with matching body colour hard top in very good condition with stand
- Soft top and hard top headlinings both present well with no obvious marks
- Well preserved leather cabin that even retains its period correct Blaupunkt Bremen radio cassette
- Cabin fittings including carpets, veneers and switchgear present very well
- Fitted with Gullideckel alloy wheels in good order with Nexen tyres showing plenty of tread
- Factory specification includes headlamp wash/wipe and cruise control
The Mechanics
- 2,962cc straight six 185bhp engine
- 4spd automatic gearbox
- Very tidy engine bay
- Recent investment in long list of parts from The SL Shop
- These invoices and others are shown in photographs
- Four new Bilstein shock absorbers fitted in 2022
- No reported running or driving issues
- Two very minor advisories to note on current MOT
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