Finished in Smoke Silver with blue pinstripe upholstery, ‘E475 YDS’ is a Mercedes-Benz 300 SE that was built in 1988.

Showing what we believe is 92,500 genuine miles, it comes with an extensive history file that has “every receipt going back to 1988”, plus a complete service history.

And we do mean it is complete: While many think half-a-dozen stamps in the book means it’s got a full-service history, this one has been serviced on-the-dot every single year since it was new though to 2023.

Every single year, no matter how small the mileage, and the service history picks up again in 2026, after the car had covered another 3,500 miles.

It’s had regular brake fluid and coolant changes throughout its life too, and a recent alternator.

A large part of this car’s extraordinary provenance is because it stayed in its first owner’s care for the first 30 years of its life.

Always garaged too, of course, although even that wasn’t enough to negate the need for some bodywork a decade ago.

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