1989 Mercedes-Benz 420SL
A very well maintained example displaying a warranted c.61,000 miles from new

Registration No: F422 UJB
Chassis No: WDB1070472A100531
MOT: August 2026

• Specified with an Arctic White exterior and hardtop, Royal Blue leather interior and Dark Blue soft-top
• Displaying a warranted c.61,000 miles on the odometer and maintained regardless of cost
• Post-1986 facelift model with galvanised body

Mercedes have been producing an SL (Sport Leicht) model or range of models since 1954, when the landmark 300SL was unveiled. The similarly styled, but mechanically unrelated, 190 followed in 1955, completing the first generation of cars. The second generation SL (W113) began with the 230 of 1963. It was distinguished by its lower waistline, big curved screens and a distinctive optional hardtop that earned the nickname of "Pagoda top." The larger, third-generation model (R107) was launched in 1971. The newcomer featured a two-door monocoque bodyshell with independent suspension all round. Over its very successful 19-year production span the R107 featured no less than two straight-six engines and six V8 units. The 420SL variant is understood to be the rarest of all the 237,287 R107 SLs made, with just 2,148 leaving the factory between 1985 and 1989. Its 4.2-litre V8 produced some 215bhp at 5200rpm – sufficient output to endow the big Benz with effortless acceleration and a top speed of 130mph, while remaining more economical than its bigger-engined siblings. From 1986, the R107 was facelifted with updated styling and also had a galvanized steel body as standard, benefitting from superior long term corrosion resistance.

Built in March, 1989, and still appearing in its original colour scheme of Arctic White with a Royal Blue interior and Dark Blue soft-top, this extremely tidy 420SL has remarkably had only four registered keepers and covered just over 61,000 miles from new. Originally owned from May, 1989, by Mr. Raymond M. Bushby of Castel, Guernsey, it arrived on the British mainland in the mid-1990s and had covered just 9,000 miles by 2000. It has seen slightly heavier use since, but remains in fine fettle thanks to servicing on an almost annual basis up to 2007 and again from 2013 to the present, with very many of the services completed by Mercedes-Benz dealers. Impressively, it spent the period from 2001 to 2022 with just one owner, who installed a Tracker system immediately upon purchasing it.

The 420SL comes with many invoices which mainly concern servicing and the replacement of consumables, but in 2014 £1,335 was spent on some body and paint repairs near the soft-top cover by classic car body specialist Automo, and very substantial cosmetic overhaul was completed by GT Vehicle Solutions for £5,800 in 2023. This involved detailing the car inside and out, including the engine bay, undersealing the chassis, fitting some new trim pieces, retrimming the rear interior side walls, repainting the bonnet, installing a refurbished original Blaupunkt Canberra radio-cassette player, fitting “factory original” Royal Blue ridged carpets and having a stainless-steel exhaust fitted “as per factory.” A remanufactured radiator was purchased from Scotrad in 2024.

Having seemingly been cherished for most of its life, the Mercedes’s history file contains many invoices and MOTs running back to 2001. It also retains a factory book pack with material including the owner’s manual, service book and Blaupunkt Canberra instructions, plus some spare keys, and an older V5 and the most recent V5C. The car will be sold with an MOT with no advisories valid until August, 2026.

For more information, please contact:
Lucas Gomersall
lucas.gomersall@handh.co.uk
07484 082430