Lot details Registration No: IXI 5810 Chassis No: WDB1070472A069096 Mot Expiry: March 2014
The larger, third generation SL (R107) was launched in 1971, initially with just a 3.5-litre engine (350SL) mated to a four-speed automatic transmission. 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 5200 rpm - sufficient output to endow the big Benz with effortless acceleration and a top speed of 130 mph, while remaining more economical than its bigger-engined siblings. The unit was mated to a four-speed automatic gearbox.
This 1987 example is finished in Silver Sand and trimmed in Brown leather. The vendor views the bodywork, interior trim and V8 engine as "good", and the paintwork as "average", but the transmission as "excellent". He has apparently had the car regularly maintained and there are service records from when it was new. The MOT is valid into March 2014.
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