£1.14m
Offered from The Tom Scott Collection 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL 'Gullwing' Coupé
Bonhams • UK • 12 Jul 2024
Market Position:
Upper Mid-Market
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£1,135,000
Offered from The Tom Scott Collection 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL 'Gullwing' Coupé
UK • 12 Jul 2024
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL 'Gullwing' Coupe, chassis number 1980405500152, is a rare UK-delivered example with matching numbers and desirable Rudge knock-off wheels. Restored by Daimler-Benz between 1989 and 1992 and recently recommissioned, it boasts known ownership history and low mileage since its rebuild.
Condition
8
The car was restored by Daimler-Benz between 1989 and 1992. The car's overall appearance is complimented by the optional (and highly attractive) Rudge knock-off wheels that were specified for 2 DMY as new. At the time of cataloguing the Gullwing is all but recommissioned by Jim Stokes Workshops Limited except for the fuel-injection pump that is presently being overhauled by a specialist contractor in Germany. The odometer had recorded a mere 850 kilometers since the Mercedes-Benz rebuild and, at the time of cataloguing, it is reading just 865 kilometers.
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Manual
2 DMY
1955
Auction
1980405500152
LHD
United Kingdom
£1.14m
Offered from The Tom Scott Collection 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL 'Gullwing' Coupé
Bonhams • UK • 12 Jul 2024
Market Position:
Upper Mid-Market
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Description
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One of only 59 delivered new to the UK • Matching chassis, engine and registration numbers • Ordered new with the desirable Rudge knock-off wheels option • Restored by Daimler-Benz between 1989 and 1992 • Known ownership history and Scott Collection since 2011 • Recently recommissioned by Jim Stokes Workshops Ltd "When it was first announced by Mercedes-Benz, the production 300 SL Coupé was a startling car built to the German concern's customarily startling standards, but above all what left the general public most open-mouthed about the new car was its upward-opening Gullwing doors...!" - Motors, 1963.
Post-war, Mercedes-Benz had returned to competition in 1952, fielding its new 300 SL (W194) sports cars configured in both open roadster and closed 'gullwing' form – the latter proving the more successful.
In that year's Mille Miglia, a pair of gullwings finished a creditable 2nd and 4th overall and this promising start was followed up by victory in the gruelling Carrera Panamerica...
Price Analysis vs Other (W198) 300 SL Gullwings
£906,717
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£1,261,516
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£3,843,602
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