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1971 Mercedes-Benz 280SL Roadster

Sale price: £45,000.00 make an offer

Car location: Weybridge, United Kingdom

Sale type: Fixed price listing

Technical specifications, photos and description:

Model:
280SL Roadster
Year:
1971
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1971 Mercedes-Benz 280SL Roadster for sale

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For sale by auction on Saturday 29 November 2014 with Historics at Brooklands. Brooklands Motor Racing Circuit. Weybridge. Surrey. Call 01753 639170
The Mercedes-Benz W113 roadster. designed by Paul Bracq. was
produced from 1963 through to 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. 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.

This lefthand drive 1971 Mercedes-Benz 280SL automatic was
originally supplied to the USA; the car was then imported and
registered in the UK with registration number APP 432J in 1999.
This was then exported to Ireland in 2006 where the car it was
subject to a cosmetic restoration before returning to the UK
earlier this year. This excellent 280SL Pagoda is finished in light
blue with matching hardtop. dark blue mohair roof and dark blue
leather interior. It is supplied with the Irish registration
documents. a UK MoT test certificate which expires in October 2015. br/>the service books and a file containing invoices and some
photographs taken of the restoration. The vendor hopes to have the
car re-registered on the original UK registration and a V5C
document available at the time of the sale. This 1971 example is
one of the last of the W113 series and one of the most sought after
examples from the 1960's/70's.



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