£80,500
1969 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL Pagoda
The Market • UK • 23 Jun 2026
Market Position:
Highest 30% of Past Sales
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£80,500
1969 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL Pagoda
UK • 23 Jun 2026 • Lot 5110
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1969 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL Pagoda presents as a very good example following a comprehensive restoration in 2013, featuring a desirable red exterior and black leather interior. Despite recent mechanical attention and low mileage since restoration, some minor paint imperfections and a slightly damaged front wheel arch lip are noted.
Condition
7
The car has undergone a glass-out, bare metal restoration in 2013 with repainted bodywork, new front wings, and sill covers. While the exterior presents well with crisp panel gaps and a good paint finish, there are a few noted imperfections including a bent wheel arch lip with split paint, nascent bubbling near rear wheel arches, scratches on the hard-top, chips on the driver's door and rear wing, and a paint chip on the front wing. The interior is in very good condition with upholstery, carpets, and wooden elements in decent order, though the chrome ring around the ignition slot is loose. Mechanically, the car appears sound and has been used sparingly since its restoration. The condition aligns with 'Very Good' due to the recent restoration but with a few noted cosmetic issues that require minor attention.
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80,498 miles
11304422010883
RHD
United Kingdom
Automatic
FBY266H
1969
Auction
£80,500
1969 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL Pagoda
The Market • UK • 23 Jun 2026
Market Position:
Highest 30% of Past Sales
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Description
As you might imagine, the highly-prized, ever-popular and much-sought-after Mercedes-Benz SL is a fairly familiar sight here at our Oxfordshire HQ.
They are revered as classics for a reason.
Whatever the iteration - gull-wing, pagoda, ‘R’ variants ranging from 107 to 231 - the base DNA remains the same: exceptional quality married to brilliant engineering in an enduringly attractive and luxurious package.
This one is a fine example of the marque and the model.
It comes to us via a vendor who has owned the car since 2013, the year in which the car was stripped back for a glass-out, bare metal restoration, had all and any remedial work carried out to the bodywork and was repainted.
Among much other work undertaken at that time, the car received new front wings, new sill covers (on both sides), and had all the brightwork re-chromed.
The car’s odometer is showing an indicated 80,500 miles today.
In 1996 the figure was 71,074 miles.
So, as you will by now have discerned, this splend...
Price Analysis vs Other (W113) 280 SLs
£24,445
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£69,640
Median Price (Since 2020)
£346,514
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MOT Information
Expired
Expired on 1st Dec 2023
Latest MOT mileage:
79,658 miles
MOT History
Passed
On 2nd Dec 2022, 79,658 miles
Passed
On 25th Nov 2021, 79,351 miles
Passed
On 6th Nov 2020, 79,191 miles
Passed
On 9th Nov 2019, 78,952 miles
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