Registration No: M955 TBU
Chassis No: WDB1290632F105373
MOT: March 2023

• Just c.89,600 recorded miles
• Only two former keepers and in previous ownership for some 24 years
• Rated as ‘very good’ throughout by the vendor
• Accompanied by both hard and soft top (which was renewed in 2019)

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.

Manufactured in 1994, the SL 320 offered was registered new in the United Kingdom on the 26^th of October that year, being fitted with the 3199cc straight-six engine allied to the five-speed automatic transmission. Finished in an attractive colour combination of metallic Azurite Blue with Pebble leather cloth interior upholstery, the Mercedes-Benz is accompanied by a body-colour hard-top and a Blue soft-top which was replaced around three years ago. Specified from new with light-alloy wheels, heated rear window, headlamp cleaning equipment, and anti-theft system, amongst others. Having just two former keepers, with the previous owner retaining the Mercedes-Benz for some 24 years, the SL has a recorded mileage of c.89,600 miles. Rated as ‘very good’ by the vendor in regards to engine, bodywork, paintwork, gearbox, interior trim and electrical equipment, the Mercedes-Benz is accompanied by MOT history and a current V5C document.

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