The Mercedes-Benz 230SL (W113) remains one of the marque’s most enduring and elegant sports cars, combining refined touring capability with Paul Bracq’s distinctive ‘Pagoda’ styling.

Introduced in 1963, the W113 successfully bridged the gap between the more overtly sporting 190SL and the larger grand touring models that followed, earning a reputation for quality engineering, usability and understated sophistication.

This 1967 example is an original right-hand drive car, finished in its correct factory colour of Silver Grey Metallic (colour code 180G) with a black interior.

Registered in the UK as ROY 344E and bearing chassis number 11304222018186, the car is understood to have spent a period of its life in the USA before returning to the UK in 2015.

While relatively little is known of the earlier history, the car benefitted from considerable restorative works under the stewardship of its previous owner in 2021.

The work was entrusted to The Classic Car Workshop Ltd , who carried ...