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2716cc, automatic.

This white Mercedes-Benz 280 SL (R107) is offered as a promising project from a long-term owner.

It features a smart black interior trim with 2+2 seating and a removable hardtop, and the white bodywork shows only a few signs of age.

The vendor describes it as being in mostly original condition, though he believes it may have had a colour change by a previous owner.

The odometer shows only 62,665 miles (unwarranted).The vendor purchased the car in Hong Kong in 1998, and its sills and floors were replaced the following in year.

In 2000 it was shipped to the UK, then moved to France where it remained in storage (covered) until 2024.

It finally returned to the UK earlier this year, and since then it has received a new water pump and V-belts, the fuel tank has been cleaned, and the seats have been re-covered.

We're told the idle valve needs to be replaced (parts supplied), and as this has been removed there is currently no coolant in the system.

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