Highlights
- Attractive Smoke Silver car with low 96,000 miles from new
- Comes with excellent condition hard top & usable soft top
- Desirable later 300SL with galvanised body
- £25,000 invested since 2018 via SL Shop, Autoclass and other marque specialists
- £13,400 bodywork, respray, chroming and trim work in 2020
- £7,752 of mechanical work and servicing by Autoclass in January 2026
- Detailed service history including original service book and supplying dealer PDI
- MOT valid to May 2026 with no advisories
The Appeal
This is the kind of R107 you hope to find - one in the right spec and where someone else has put in all the investment. That expenditure is recent, meaning that as a buyer you get the full benefit.
Since 2018, this Smoke Silver metallic 300SL has received over £25,000 of work, primarily by well-known specialists like the SL Shop and Autoclass. The work has included body repairs and a full bare-metal respray, a cabin retrim in correct beige leather, and extensive mechanical renovations. In late 2025 and early 2026 alone, the car received over £7,700 of mechanical work by Autoclass, including a full service. The extensive history file shows regular maintenance by main dealers and specialists throughout the car’s life.
The vendor bought this low-mileage car in 2025, intending to keep it, which explains the extensive work. Sadly, circumstances have changed, and it is now for sale. Savvy buyers will likely need no reminding that if you plan to use and enjoy your R107, this is the SL to have - the reliable and economical 185bhp 3L straight six and the later galvanised body. The icing on the cake is an advisory-free MOT to May 2026.
The vendor says:
“Result is that the vehicle looks and drives beautifully, sounds right and with the replacement 16inch wheels on Michelins all round handles well - an all round splendid convertible in top condition, ready for summer use with a minimum of foreseeable future mechanical or cosmetic expenditure necessary.”
History and Paperwork
- First registered 1st August 1988 in the United Kingdom
- Five registered keepers from new, two of whom were long-term we are told
- Current keeper since September 2025
- Private registration plate included in the sale
- Only 800 miles driven since 2018
- Extensive bodywork repairs and respray in 2020 at cost of £13,395
- 2022 chassis and mechanical work by SL Shop including health check and service, costing £4,500
- Extensive work by Autoclass November 2025 to January 2026 costing £7,752
- Detailed service history including original service book
- Factory handbooks and wallet branded by supplying dealer
- V5C
- PDI inspection paperwork from 1988
- Handbook for Alpine stereo
- MOT valid to 16th May 2026 with no advisories
- Vendor is selling due to change of personal circumstances
- Service details below with history file showing additional service work
Service history (further details in photos):
- 01/26 - 95,817 miles - Autoclass (independent marque specialist)
- 02/23 - 95,685 miles - Chelsea Cars
- 03/22 - 95,582 miles - Kent High Performance Cars
- 01/10 - 87,147 miles - Keys Bexleyheath (independent marque specialist)
- 02/07 - 81,575 miles - as above
- 04/01 - 71,316 miles - Brunswick Mercedes-Benz
- 05/00 - 70,241 miles - as above
- 07/99 - 66,101 miles - as above
- 06/98 - 60,107 miles - as above
- 07/96 - 53,897 miles - as above
- 04/95 - 48,206 miles - as above
- 08/94 - 43,765 miles - Drake & Fletcher (independent marque specialist)
- 02/92 - 35,837 miles - as above
- 02/91 - 30,321 miles - Mercedes-Benz Woking
- 08/90 - 24,716 miles - as above
- 03/90 - 18,421 miles - as above
- 02/90 - 17,481 miles - as above
- 05/89 - 7,908 miles - as above
- 09/88 - 1,211 miles - as above
The vendor says:
“First registered 01-08-1988 as F477LPJ. 4 previous keepers, two long term. This car had only been driven some 800 miles since 2018, during which time much body, interior and chassis restoration had been carried out (including by SL Shop). I purchased it in 2015 and carried out a very comprehensive mechanical recommissioning through Autoclass of Milton Keynes, a marque specialist. Due, however, to a change of circumstances, the car is reluctantly offered for sale in a substantially improved mechanical and cosmetic condition.”
The Condition
- Extensive recent bodywork repairs and repainting since 2018
- Professionally resprayed in correct Smoke Silver whcih remains in very good order
- Body inspection carried out in November 2025 by Autoclass with any repairs required undertaken
- Paintwork and bodywork present at a high standard as can be checked in photos
- Underside as shown with repairs by specialists since 2018 and no MOT advisories
- Replacement 16-inch ‘Gullideckel’ alloys fitted with Michelin tyres all round
- Matching factory hard top in very good order with few signs of use
- Soft top appears seldom used but may benefit from replacement to match standard of rest of car
- Instruments and switchgear reported to be in good working order
- New hazard switch fitted
- New carpets fitted in 2022 — William Marsden Kensington range in 'Wheat'
- New beige leather to seats fitted in 2022, with less than 100 miles covered since
- Some centre console woodwork refurbished in 2025
- Pioneer radio substituted for original in 2022; radio aerial auto raise/retract works
- Photographs show car fitted with Alpine radio cassette correct for 1980s
- Rear panel carpet in boot could cosmetically benefit from replacement
- Many minor cosmetic and other parts recently replaced as listed below
The vendor says:
“A full body and mechanical inspection was carried out in November 2025. Bodily and cosmetically excellent. Clean and sound underneath. Current MOT with no advisories and only one MOT failure since 2007. Full bare metal body refurbishment and repaint in original Smoke Silver was carried out in 2020, costing £13,395.00, including some chrome work replacement. Very low miles since means that the exterior looks like new, with an interior to match.
“All instruments and switchgear in good working order, new hazard switch fitted. New carpets in the William Marsden Kensington range ‘Wheat’ and new beige leather to seats in 2022 (less than 100 miles ago). Some refurbished centre console woodwork in 2025. No rear seat (not called for in standard specification). Pioneer radio substituted for the original in 2022. The radio aerial auto-raise/retract works. The rear panel carpet in the boot could be replaced cosmetically. Hard top in excellent condition, soft top appears to have been seldom used but might benefit from being replaced - intention was to fit a brown German canvas top with beige lining, cost approx £650.00 plus fitting.”
The Mechanics
- M103 185bhp 2,962cc inline-six engine
- 4spd automatic transmission
- Recent £7,750 work by Autoclass summarised below and in photos
- Very well maintained supporting low displayed mileage as shown in photos
- Over £25,000 of maintenance since 2018
- Car checked all necessary repairs by Autoclass in late 2025 and early 2026
- No advisories on MOT
Summary of recent works by Autoclass (further details in photos):
- Renewed engine oil
- Replaced brake fluid
- Changed coolant
- Gearbox oil and filter replaced
- Power steering fluid renewed
- Rear differential oil changed
- Replacement headlight bulbs
- Side repeaters
- Fuel cap seal
- New battery
- Brake reservoir caps
- Windscreen washer jets
- Distributor cap and rotor arm
- Rear brake discs and pads
- Overhauled steering box to correct play
- Replaced gear selector bushes
- Sub frame bushes
- Transmission sump pan replaced
- New front and rear prop shaft couplings
- New rear brake hoses
- Rear exhaust back box
- Front anti roll bar bushes
- Near side suspension arm bushes
- Steering idler bushes
- Exhaust system rubbers
- Fuel pump cable cover
- Cleaned and regreased fuel pipe
- New bolts to offside suspension ball joint
- New fuel sender to correct erratic fuel gauge
- Various other minor items as shown in photos
The vendor says:
“Detailed and comprehensive service history, including original service book, made up to date. Chassis and mechanical work carried out by SL Shop in 2022, including a full health check. Major service in 2022 with many corrective works costing £4500.00. Very low miles since but on acquisition by the present owner recently, the car underwent full body and mechanical inspection by Autoclass, a marque specialist between November 2025 and January 2026. The resulting works are detailed in the car’s paperwork.”
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