£299k
Offered from The Tom Scott Collection 1971 Mercedes-Benz 280 SE 3.5 Cabriolet
Bonhams • UK • 12 Jul 2024
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Highest 10% of Past Sales
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£299,000
Offered from The Tom Scott Collection 1971 Mercedes-Benz 280 SE 3.5 Cabriolet
UK • 12 Jul 2024
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1971 Mercedes-Benz 280 SE 3.5 Cabriolet is a rare, right-hand drive model, one of only 68 ever made. It was delivered new to the UK and features a professional restoration performed in Germany, recent recommissioning by Jim Stokes Workshops, and was part of the Tom Scott Collection since 2011.
Condition
7
While described as being in mint condition after a restoration in Germany, the report from Jim Stokes Workshops (JSW) indicates that further works may be required to meet full and frequent road use. This suggests that while the car is in good condition, it may not be in perfect or outstanding condition and has been recommissioned to address issues from static display.
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28,601 miles
111027-22-003994
1971
Auction
Automatic
RHD
United Kingdom
£299k
Offered from The Tom Scott Collection 1971 Mercedes-Benz 280 SE 3.5 Cabriolet
Bonhams • UK • 12 Jul 2024
Market Position:
Highest 10% of Past Sales
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Description
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One of only 68 280 SE 3.5 Cabriolets built with right-hand drive •
Delivered new to the UK • Professionally restored in Germany • Present ownership since 2011 • Recently recommissioned by Jim Stokes Workshops 'Exclusive' is a much bandied-about word in the classic car world, but it is a most apt description of the Mercedes-Benz 280 SE 3.5.
Why? Because at $13,500 in 1970 its price was not only $3,500 more than that of the equivalent Mercedes-Benz sedan but also more than double that of a Cadillac Deville Coupé! Commonplace it was not.
The 3.5-litre version of the 280 SE typifies the resurgence of larger-engined Mercedes-Benz models that began in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when the progressive easing of fiscal constraints, which had dissuaded customers from buying cars with large capacity engines, encouraged the German manufacturer to offer bigger, more potent power units.
Thus the ultra-luxurious 280 SE Coupé/Cabriolet and 300 SEL saloon were the models chosen by Mercedes-B...
Price Analysis vs Other (W111) 280 SE Cabriolets
£8,122
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£192,166
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£571,340
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