1979 Mercedes Benz R107 350SL, auto. Registration number OAT...

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£11,000

1979 Mercedes Benz R107 350SL, auto. Registration number OAT 173V. VIN number 10704322014445. Engine number 11698422003904.
Sold with the V5C, V5, two keys, hard and soft tops, service books, old MOT's various receipts, the original medical box, original tool kit, including the 1990 purchase invoice.
The R107/SL was a two-seat convertible with a detachable roof. It replaced the W113 SL-Class in 1971 and was replaced by the R129 SL-Class in 1989.
Technically speaking, the R107 had little to do with its direct predecessor, the W113 “Pagoda” SL. Instead, the designers forged much closer links to the brand’s current passenger car range of the time.
The 200 hp V8 engine with a displacement of 3,499cc was a carry-over from the premium-class Mercedes-Benz 280 SE 3.5 of the W111 model series.
The technical innovations included the enhanced safety body development with an independent frame-floor unit made of sheets of different thicknesses to provide defined crumple behaviour, the fuel tank installed above the rear axle to protect it in the event of a collision, high-strength steels in the A-pillars and windscreen frame with its glued-in glass, as well as the interior with a new four-spoke safety steering wheel, padded surfaces and deformable elements as a contribution to passive safety.
OAT, originally FJU 571V was bought by Mr Stone of Wigston in Leicestershire, on the 1st August 1979. He presumably then moved to the Hull area as it was serviced in Hull at 1,272, 6,948, 20,309, 25,139, 32,395, 49,654, 73,756 miles up until 1989. In 1982 it was bought by Helen Ripley (her cherished plate was MJR 1) and our vendor bought it off her in 1990 as a wedding anniversary present.
It has been used on high days and holidays and not been out in the wet during his ownership. In 2011 it had the brakes overhauled at 86,606 miles. It has hardly been used since, the current mileage is 86,717. A new battery has recently been fitted. There are MOT's from 1990 until 2000 and then 2011 to confirm the mileage.