• Desirable British-supplied, right-hand drive example • Genuine 62,000 miles from new • Cherished number plate, body-coloured hardtop, tool kit, and original book pack, all included in the sale • Outstanding, show-worthy car • Supplied with a large history file, displaying exemplary service history • Sought after 500SL variant—the rarest R107 with only 11,812 built The mighty Mercedes R107-series SL was launched in 1971 to replace the long-lived—and loved—W113-series ‘Pagoda’ SL that had first appeared in 1963.

Though dispensing with Mercedes’ usual model identification, it was based on the suspension of the W114 saloon and the model ran till 1989 with more than 237,000 examples built: with the exception of the G-Wagen, this was the longest single series ever produced by Mercedes-Benz.

The Bruno Sacco-designed car was bigger, heavier and softer-riding than its predecessor under a more mature skin—though these cars still handle—and was designed to reflect a changing marketplace, winn...