Chassis No.

111.026.12.001661


Engine No.

116.980.12.001430



The original invoice shows that the car was ordered by its first owner on 29 April 1970, and dispatched to Switzerland on 23 June, where it was delivered to Doris Schindler of Hergiswil by Gebrüder Ottiger & Co.

of Luzern.

Placed near the pinnacle of Mercedes' model hierarchy, the 280 SE 3.5 Coupé was often the car of choice for royalty, financiers, and industrialists.

This includes Mrs.

Schindler from the well-known 152-year-old Schindler Group, industry leaders in escalators, moving walkways, and elevators.



Mrs.

Schindler retained the car for an impressive 40 years as noted on its Swiss registration, until September 2010, with the accompanying stamped Service Booklet documenting its mileage and well-cared for history in Luzern.

Leaving Switzerland for the first time, the car returned to Germany in June 2012.

The car then passed through a chain of documented owners until October 2019, when it entered the coll...