One you can buy
Asking price £12,950 Year of manufacture 1990 Recorded mileage 53,582 Vendor Edward Hall Classic Mercedes, Bucks; tel: 01844 339666
For Super condition; lowish mileage; good value Against No air-con (some would say that’s a plus)
This tidy, fairly low mileage 300SL-24 is nicely but slightly oddly specced, with adaptive dampers, heated/memory seats, cruise control and headlamp wash/wipe, but no air-con. It’s clearly been well kept, with a dozen service stamps (the last at 50,805 miles) and sundry bills, including £1659 for damper work in 2014, a later £4268 ticket from Silchester and various bits of paint.
It presents well, with unscuffed body plastics and alloys, and the expensive front grille smart. The tyres are 2017 Dunlop SP Sport Maxx up front with plenty of tread, older Dunlops at the back, and a Uniroyal 550 (maybe the original) on the spare. The exhaust is the factory item.
Inside, the leather, dash plastics and veneers are good, and there are a couple of minute burns on the carpet and door. The toolkit and warning triangle are present, but not the first-aid kit.
It starts instantly with a little air pump noise (normal) that soon quietens. Everything works, the auto ’box is responsive, it tracks straight and the brakes are smooth, with a very solid feel. Oil pressure is the expected max 3bar when running, dropping to 2bar on tickover, and temperature is steady at 80ºc. It will be sold serviced, with original books, two remote keys and a new MOT.