New Arrival - '72 Merc SL

Dades · 20-02-2007 12:18pm #1

Took the plunge and flew to France to this weekend to see a '72 350SL - and buy it. Car was as good in the flesh as the pics I'd seen, with a complete engine rebuild 30,000 miles ago (105K on clock).

Drove from just south of Bordeaux to Cherbourg and then Rosslare to Dublin - didn't skip a beat.

Pics are only cameraphone:

Pic one
Pic two
Pic three
Pic four

Yes - that manky spoiler on the back is coming off pronto!

Max_Damage · 20-02-2007 1:32pm

Nice looking car, good colour too. I see it's RHD and it doesn't have the French yellow headlights, was it orignally brought in from the UK?

Dades · 20-02-2007 2:48pm

Max_Damage wrote:

Nice looking car, good colour too. I see it's RHD and it doesn't have the French yellow headlights, was it orignally brought in from the UK?

Thanks!

The car is a UK car (4 previous owners from the history file). I bought it from an English couple who brought it with them to France about 10 yrs ago. Amongst a load of spares it even came with Euro style headlights for driving on either side of the road.

MOTHERTRUCKER · 20-02-2007 4:01pm

Don't mean to be rude, but how much did it cost?
I'm very keen to buy my 1st classic car,preferably a Mercedes where did you find this car advertised?
Any help in locating a classic merc abroad would be much appreciated

alfarocks · 20-02-2007 4:10pm

Nice find. Did you sell on the Spider as well ??

Dades · 20-02-2007 4:52pm

PM sent MOTHERTRUCKER.

alfarocks wrote:

Nice find. Did you sell on the Spider as well ??

Spider still for sale (guiding at €4K now).

Have had plenty of calls, though I haven't been in the country for the last four weekends so it's been tough to show. Someone coming to look at her on Thursday though. In the meantime AXA charged me only €25 to add the merc on my classic policy - result!

alfarocks · 20-02-2007 5:05pm

The Atheist wrote:

In the meantime AXA charged me only €25 to add the merc on my classic policy - result!

€25 !! They quoted my €120 last week to add a second classic to my policy :eek:

Dades · 20-02-2007 5:55pm

alfarocks wrote:

€25 !! They quoted my €120 last week to add a second classic to my policy :eek:

Ha! Before you go ringing them, I had explained that I was selling the FIAT and that two cars was only an interim thing. The guy said that as my policy was up for renewal at the end of March, we'd look at the situation then if I still had two classics - in the meantime €25 would cover me until then including the French roadtrip.

andyj22 · 20-02-2007 6:34pm

Looks excellent and the very best of luck and enjoy it

Adam

New Arrival - '72 Merc SL

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