Mercedes-Benz 350SL (R107)

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Dating from August 1971, this must be one of the earliest 350 R107 series SL’s on the market.

Finished in red with black leather interior, the car has recently been the subject of an extensive restoration over the last 18 months with a new aluminium bonnet, new boot, wings, valences and doors, new chrome, four new tyres with refurbished Mexican hat alloy wheels, a brake overhaul, engine and gearbox service, new exhaust and many hard to find and expensive seals and rubbers .

Our vendor, a Welsh borders-based enthusiast set about restoring the car to the great state it is in today, sparing no expense to ensure it looks as right as it can.

The car features a couple of tasteful additions, including later style alloy wheels and a rubber boot spoiler from the '80s variant along with body coloured chin spoiler with black lower lip.

The car’s brightwork and paintwork shine in equal measure and it runs as it should, the three-speed automatic transmission dropping into gear nicely. The factory hard top is also present and correct as is the black mohair soft top which is in very good order.

The car’s history file includes the V5C, owner’s manual, numerous old MOTs, old invoices and photographs of the works undertaken which support the mileage of 114,000. There are no invoices for recent works as they all went through the vendor’s business but a cursory look around the car shows what has been done.

R107’s are really good news at the moment, with strong demand and prices reflecting this as they chase after the earlier Pagoda series of SLs. Very well built, usable and great fun to drive, especially when fitted with a big lazy V8 as in this 3.5-litre version, we all love them here.