1967 Mercedes-Benz 250SL

Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire 100000 - 120000 Registration No: T.B.A Chassis No: 113.04322-002139 MOT: Exempt Very rare, UK supplied 250 SL specified with power steering, automatic transmission, hard- / soft-top roofs and third seat etcFactory finished in Silver with a Black hardtop, Black upholstery and Black soft-topPreviously the property of speedway rider Taffy OwenCurrent ownership for fifty yearsSubject to an exhaustive 'bare metal' restoration between 2014 and 2016 by Classic Preservation, Roger Edwards and Aldridge Trimming etcMatching chassis and engine numbers Introduced at the March 1967 Geneva Salon, the 250SL was blessed with the same elegant Paul Bracq styling as its 230SL predecessor. Powered by an enlarged seven-bearing crankshaft 2496cc SOHC straight-six engine that developed 150bhp / 159lbft, the newcomer could reputedly exceed 120mph. Suspension was independent all-round by double wishbones and coils springs at the front, and swing axle, radius arms and coil springs at the rear. Braking was by power-assisted discs and steering by recirculating ball. Faster than the 230SL yet more agile than the later 280SL, the 250SL proved to be the rarest W113-series ‘Pagoda’ variant, accounting for a mere 5,196 sales worldwide, more than a third of which were exported to America. A cult car, SLs have had countless celebrity owners from Charlton Heston to Kate Moss, and starred in myriad films. More information to follow