Lot details Registration No: GDE391W Chassis No: 10702522000401 Mot Expiry: March 2012
Sharing the same basic (R107) platform architecture as its convertible sibling, the Mercedes-Benz 380 SLC fixed head coupe was introduced in March 1980. A full four-seater, the model's stretched wheelbase was disguised by various ingenious styling cues such as the louvered sail panels that adorned its rear three-quarter windows. Equipped with all round coil-sprung independent suspension, power steering and four wheel disc brakes, it proved a comfortable and refined grand tourer. Predominantly allied to automatic transmission, its 3.8 litre SOHC V8 engine developed a quoted 204bhp and 232lbft of torque. Reputedly capable of over 125mph, the 380 SLC remained in production until September 1981 by which time some 3,789 are thought to have been made (though, the majority were to left-hand drive specification).
`GDE 391W' is a nicely presented right-hand drive example of the relatively rare Fixed Head Coupe version of the R107 Series 380 SL model, and is finished in Metallic Green with a Brown leather interior. Reputedly impeccably cared for throughout its life, we are further informed that it won `Best In Show' in a recent Mercedes-Benz Owners' Club concours event. The vendor currently considers it to have "very good" mechanicals, interior and bodywork and says it drives "quietly and smoothly". A very original looking car, it is being sold complete with the original manuals, service book (containing nine Mercedes-Benz service stamps), related service invoices, MOT certificates dating back to 1995 and a spare set of keys.
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