Registration No: Y639 SBC
Chassis No: WDB1290642F201634
MOT: March 2023

• A mere 28,648 miles from new (at time of consignment)
• Just three former keepers and first registered to the supplying dealership as a demonstrator
• Offered with the original book pack including the stamped service book
• Desirable late example with body-coloured hard-top

The Mercedes-Benz R129 SL roadsters were produced from 1989 through 2002. It replaced the R107 in 1989 and was, in turn, replaced by the R230 SL-Class in 2002 for the 2003 model year. The R129 models were produced as a two-door, two-seat roadster with an automated (electro-hydraulic), collapsible textile roof, with a shell-like, colour-matched, tonneau cover. All these particular models came standard with an aluminium detachable hardtop that was fitted by folding the canvas roof down and manually attaching the hardtop. Designed in 1984, the R129 was based on the shortened floor pan of the Mercedes-Benz W124 and featured many innovative details for the time, for instance electronically controlled damping (Adaptive Damping System ADS, optional) and a hidden, automatically extending roll-over bar for safety. The number of standard features was high, with electric action for the windows, mirrors, seats and hydraulic convertible top, all of which paved the way toward the more innovative roof design we see today. When introduced in 1993, the SL320 variant featured a DOHC in-line six-cylinder petrol engine of 220bhp and was continued through to 2002.

This late model SL 320 was manufactured in 2001 and supplied new to the United Kingdom, being registered on the 20^th of June. Fitted with the aforementioned 3199cc V6 engine allied to the five-speed automatic transmission, the R129 is finished in Brilliant Silver metallic with Orion Grey leather interior upholstery, a hood trimmed in Black, and a body-coloured hard-top. Specified from new with climate control (including air-conditioning), cruise control, electric and heated memory seats, electric folding mirrors, and electric steering column adjust amongst others. Having covered just 28,648 miles from new (at the time of consignment), the SL 320 has had only three former keepers, with the first of these former keepers being registered as a demonstrator to Evans Mercedes of Leicester, the supplying dealership.

Benefitting from some £2,800 worth of expenditure in 2020 including a major service, front brake discs and pads, new lower wing covers and front-wheel bearings adjustment. Offered with a history file which includes the original book pack in the Mercedes-Benz wallet, including the stamped service book, a large selection of invoices, past MOT certificates, some of the previous logbooks, a current V5C document and two keys.

For more information, please contact:
Paul Cheetham
paul.cheetham@handh.co.uk
07538 667452