The elegant 220B Sedan was launched at the Frankfurt Auto Show in 1959 replacing the Ponton series.

Styling was by Friedrich Geiger who was also responsible for the 300SL ‘Gullwing’ and the 540K sports car range.

The cars were dubbed ‘fintail’ in response to the transatlantic styling that influenced many European car designers in the late '50s.

Having covered fewer that 500 miles since 2005 this particular car was imported from East Africa by the owner's father in 1973.

Having been regularly maintained and MOT'd up until June 2018 the car spent much of the time in the garage covering very few miles, as can be seen from the MOT records.

It represents an opportunity for the new owner to recommission for daily use or perhaps carry out a rolling restoration.