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Est: £1,227,513 - £1,500,294
1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing Coupé
Switzerland • 7 Nov 2026 • Lot 172
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing is a highly original example, delivered new to Flash Gordon illustrator Alex Raymond.
It features its original chassis, engine, and body, refinished in Fire Engine Red with a black leather interior, and believed to have covered just under 67,000 original miles.
Condition
8
Highly original, unrepaired frame
/ 10
Transmission:
Manual
Chassis No:
198.040.5500680
Odometer:
66,748 miles
Reg Number:
1955
RHD/LHD:
LHD
Chassis No.
198.040.5500680
Engine No.
198.9805500636
Body No.
198.0405500659
On 1 May 1955, Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson brought their Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR back into Brescia to win the Mille Miglia in record time.
Four places behind them came a car far closer to anything a customer could buy.
John Fitch and navigator Kurt Gesell had driven a largely standard 300 SL Gullwing Coupe across roughly 1,600 kilometers of Italian roads, finishing fifth overall and first in the Gran Turismo class.
Later that season, Werner Engel drove another 300 SL to the 1955 European Rally Championship.
Competition shaped the design from the start.
Mercedes-Benz returned to sports car racing in 1952 with the W194 300 SL, developed under technical director Fritz Nallinger and test department head Rudolf Uhlenhaut.
Its welded tubular space frame was light and very stiff, but its tall side members left no room for conventional doors.
The engineers hinged the doors at the roof instead...
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£906,717
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£1,250,484
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£3,843,602
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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