£745.3k
1963 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster
H&H Auctioneers • UK • 10 Sept 2025
Market Position:
Lower Mid-Market
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£745,312
1963 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster
UK • 10 Sept 2025
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1963 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster, one of 209 with an alloy block and disc brakes, was sold for £745,312. Originally delivered to the USA, it underwent a 'bare metal' restoration and was modified for rallying, retaining 'matching numbers' for key components despite an engine swap to a more durable cast-iron block.
Condition
7
The car was subjected to a 'bare metal' bodywork restoration in 1996-1997 and subsequently reconfigured for historic rallying usage during 2003. The listing mentions minor repairs to the sills and rear corner panels, dents removed from the underside, and inspection/repainting of the tubular spaceframe. There's also mention of the original alloy block engine being exchanged for a cast iron replacement while in the States. The car has been repainted and had its seats improved. This history suggests that while the car has been maintained and improved, it has also undergone modifications and repairs, indicating it's in overall solid condition with slight wear.
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60,800 miles
YKE 492A
United Kingdom
19804210003167
1963
Auction
£745.3k
1963 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster
H&H Auctioneers • UK • 10 Sept 2025
Market Position:
Lower Mid-Market
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Description
The titanic struggle between Auto Union and Mercedes-Benz for Grand Prix supremacy during the mid-to-late 1930s resulted in machines which would not be eclipsed in terms of horsepower or outright speed (200mph plus) until the 1980s! Arguably the leading light of the Mercedes-Benz GP programme, Rudi Uhlenhaut spent World War Two working for Daimler-Benz’s aero engine division where he became familiar with mechanical fuel injection.
A supremely talented driver as well as a brilliant engineer, he returned to the Stuttgart marque in 1948 and was instrumental in designing the W194 Sports Racer and W196 Grand Prix car the following decade.
Prompted by legendary US importer Max Hoffman’s promise to order 1,000 units, Uhlenhaut and his team debuted the roadgoing W198 300SL ‘Gullwing’ Coupe at the February 1954 New York Motor Show.
Indebted to the W194, the newcomer featured a lightweight tubular steel spaceframe chassis (the high sides of which necessitated its unusual, vertically opening d...
Price Analysis vs Other (W198) 300 SL Roadsters
£583,227
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£1,005,941
Median Price (Since 2020)
£2,270,612
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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Previous (W198) 300 SL Roadster Sales
MOT Information
Expired
Expired on 25th Mar 2019
Latest MOT mileage:
59,500 miles
MOT History
Passed
On 26th Mar 2018, 59,500 miles
Passed
On 20th Mar 2017, 59,415 miles
Passed
On 27th Mar 2015, 59,267 miles
There was 1 defect noted.
User Entered:
- slight play in the o/s/r wheel bearing
Passed
On 31st Mar 2014, 59,115 miles
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