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1970 Mercedes-Benz 280SL

Sale price: £40,000.00 make an offer

Car location: Weybridge, United Kingdom

Sale type: Fixed price listing

Technical specifications, photos and description:

Model:
280SL
Year:
1970
Mileage:
33,050
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1970 Mercedes-Benz 280SL for sale

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For sale by auction on Saturday 07 June 2014 with Historics at Brooklands. Brooklands Motor Racing Circuit. Weybridge. Surrey. Call 01753 639170
The Mercedes-Benz W113 roadsters. designed by Paul Bracq. were
produced from 1963 through to 1971. They were known as the 'pagoda
roof' SL and replaced the W198 SL in 1963 which was then. in turn. br/>replaced by the R107 SL in 1971. All models boast an inline
six-cylinder engine with multi-port fuel injection. using a
mechanical pump system adapted from the diesel motors. Most of
these early SL's were sold with both the removable hard top and a
soft top in the so-called 'Coupé/Roadster' configuration. By 1955. br/>Mercedes-Benz Chief Engineer. Prof. Fritz Nallinger and his team. br/>held no illusions regarding the 190SL's lack of performance so in
1960; he eventually proposed to develop a completely new 220SL
design based on technology from the W112. This led to the W113
platform. with an improved fuel-injected 2. 3 litre M127 inline-six
engine. and the distinctive 'pagoda' hardtop roof called the
230SL. It made a remarkable debut at the prestigious Geneva
Motor Show in March 1963. where Nallinger introduced it as follows:
'It was our aim to create a very safe and fast sports car with high
performance. which despite its sports characteristics. provides a
very high degree of travelling comfort. ' The 250SL was
basically a one-year model. introduced at the 1967 Geneva Motor
Show. The more desirable and more powerful 2. 8 litre 280SL was
introduced in 1967 and continued in production largely unchanged
through to 1971.

This lefthand drive1970 Mercedes-Benz 280SL was originally
supplied to the USA. the car was then imported to Ireland a number
of years ago. where it received a complete body restoration. br/>painting the car in the attractive burgundy it is presented today.
The 280SL came to the UK in 2013 and after registration the
interior was restored using the correct basket weave Naper leather
in tan. This Mercedes 280SL is supplied with a V5C registration
document. an MoT test certificate which expires at the end of
August 2014 and a photographic record of the body restoration that
took place in Ireland. This is a good example of what has become
one of the most sought after Mercedes from the 1960's/70's.



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