Description
Offered here at Craner Classics is this very stylish and elegant 1980 Mercedes for those of you that know these cars they had excellent build quality it has had £11, 118 spent on this well cherished car including new front wings, headlamps, front bumper, new radiator, subframe bushes, stub axel, front anti roll bar and bushes, slam panel, exhaust manifold, both lower quarter panels, full stainless steel exhaust and the list goes on with another bill totalling to £1, 278 with more bills totally to large amounts. It has got a very large extensive history file including all the old mot's, old tax discs, and several bills carried out by Mercedes Benz dealership.
The cars bodywork on close inspection will not disappoint with beautiful gold paintwork from every angle the interior has been restored to a very high standard indeed as you can see from our photos its has had a recent mohair roof and this Mercedes comes with the hard top and stand also included with sale the wheels have also been refurbished to a very high standard. When riding in this car with such excellent build quality with the roof down really does put a smile on your face everything feels sharp and solid with strong pulling power drives without fault. this is a rare opportunity to acquire such a well maintained Mercedes SL-450. viewing by appointment only I suggest parties to phone rather than email to avoid disappointment.
in 1971, R107 was introduced with new design language and safety features that spread to the subsequent Mercedes-Benz models. For the first time, the V8 engines were fitted to the SL-Class. With the production from 1971 to 1989, R107 was one of few longest-produced vehicles from Mercedes-Benz. R107 received a very minor update in 1972 with new rubber-edged wing mirrors from W116 and a major update in 1985 for 1986 model year. The engine options were updated in 1980 for the 1981 model year with new aluminium V8 engines from W126 S-Class introduced in 1979 while the 2. 8-litre six-cylinder in-line engine carried over. It was updated again in 1985 for the 1986 model year with new 3. 0-litre six-cylinder in-line engine from W124 and enlarged 4. 2- and 5. 5-litre V8 engines while the 5. 0-litre V8 engine carried over.
The SLC Coupe is much rarer, produced from 1971 - 1981, as 280, 350, 380 and 450 SLC. With the 450 SLC, 450 SLC 5. 0 and 500 SLC models, Daimler-Benz took part in major rallies at the end of the 1970s such as the 30, 000 km long Vuelta à la America del Sud (1977), the Safari Rally (1979) and the Bandama Rally.
The R107 received its first update in 1985 with deeper front air dam, revised brake system with larger discs and four piston calipers, driver's side airbag (standard for US market and extra-cost option for the European market), and, for the European market, catalysator option. The 5-mph bumpers and four round sealed-beam headlamps fitted to the US models remained unchanged despite the revised US FMVSS regulations that allowed the 2. 5-mph bumpers and form-fitting headlamps, starting with 1982 and 1983 model years respectively. The US model received the third brake lamp mounted on the trunk in 1986.
The 560 SL was sold in the United States, Canada, Japan, and Australia only.
