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1979 Mercedes-Benz 450 SEL

United Kingdom • 12 Feb 2025

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This 1972 Mercedes-Benz 450 SEL was once owned by the seller's father and later suffered minor storm damage, leading to an insurance write-off. Despite this, the car underwent a professional restoration costing around £15,000, including new body panels, a repaint, and mechanical work. The odometer reads approximately 59,600 miles, believed to be the total mileage from new.

Condition

6

The car has been professionally restored after minor storm damage. It features new sunroof, sills, and front wings, along with a repaint and mechanical fettling by a marque specialist. The interior was refreshed with new old stock upholstery. However, it was written off by an insurance company due to storm damage.

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Transmission:

[Transmission]

Chassis No:

11603322096297

Odometer:

59,600 miles

Reg Number:

LNF 240V

RHD/LHD:

LHD

Introduced in 1972, the W116 was flagship of the contemporary Mercedes-Benz range.

Beautifully built, the newcomer offered levels of safety, interior space, handling, performance and ride that few, if any, rivals could match.

Equipped with all round independent suspension (McPherson strut front, semi-trailing arm rear), disc brakes and power assisted steering, engine sizes varied from a modest 2.8 litre straight-six to an extravagant 6.9 litre V8.

Though, it could be argued that the long wheelbase 450 SEL model was the pick of the range.

Reputedly capable of 130mph thanks to its potent 4520cc V8 unit, it was less nose-heavy / thirsty than the Wagnerian 6.9.

A lifelong Mercedes-Benz enthusiast, the vendor jumped at the chance to buy ‘LNF 240V’ during August 2012 because it had originally belonged to his father.

Unperturbed to learn that the 450 SEL had been written off by an insurance company five years earlier due to minor storm damage (tiles falling on its roof etc), he set abou...