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Mercedes-Benz 280 SL Pagoda — 1968

Swedish sold Pagoda in very good original condition sold for an estate. It has only 84 000 km on the clock. The same owner since 1973, the car taken off the road at 2010.

Peter Sundfeldt
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"Well-kept Pagoda with a low mileage, basically untouched. Only the rims are none original but of a model that was popular at the end of the 1970's."

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Peter Sundfeldt
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"Well-kept Pagoda with a low mileage, basically untouched. Only the rims are none original but of a model that was popular at the end of the 1970's."

Description

The Pagoda model is regarded as one of the most beautiful MB cabriolets built. This car has been stored for many years in a dry, heated garage near Uddevalla, Sweden. It has had an upstart and is a good runner. The same owner since 1973, and only in summertime use. The car is in a original pristine conditon on the inside and out. Equipped with hardtop and hood. Hood in some worn, but fine original condition, it seems to be the original item.

Technical data

  • Year
    1968/1968 
  • Registration date
    1968-01-01 
  • Mileage
    85000 km 
  • Kw / hp
    125 / 170 
  • Fuel Type
    Gasoline 
  • Transmission
    Manual 
  • Interior finish
    Skinn 
  • Colour
    Grey Metallic 

Condition

  • Mechanical condition:

    Nice runnner, but could do with proper maintainence service since it has not been used since 2010.

  • Interior condition:

    Neat and tidy, well-maintained original condition, no damage, normal traces of use. Even the cassette player works faultlessly along with a good collection of jazz cassette tapes.

  • Exterior condition:

    Lovely overall original condition, only small stone chips and some scratches, good chromework. The well known old school Mercedes door sound is very present in all doors including bonnet and boot lid.

  • General condition:

    A pristine and lovely original condition. Not in a concours level, but with an irresistible apperearence. With a little bit of careful touch on all the details and switching to original wheels, the level can be raised another step.

MOT (tech. insp.)

Fordonsstatus: Avst 2010-09-29
Ursprungsbesiktning: 1968-07-17 (regbes)
Datum i trafik första gången: 1968-01-01
Besiktigad tom: 2010-10-31
Senast godkända besiktning: 2008-10-10
Körförbud: Ja
Skattebefriad: Ja
Årsskatt: -
Antal ägare: 6

Facts about the model

As in Coupé model, the 230 SL has a lightness in the lines matched by few similar sports cars. The roof with its flared sides resembles eastern buildings with similar roof shape and it is from these 230 SL has received its widely accepted nickname Pagoda. It took no more than a year after the launch of 250 SL before the next development came in the form of 280 SL. Apart from the model designation on the tailhatch, it could only be identified on the new wheel sides, but under the bonnet added a 2.8-liter engine of the same model W114/W115 cars. The new engine developed 167 horsepower and admitted an acceleration from 0 – 100 km/h just over nine seconds. Most impressive was perhaps that the service intervals was increased from 3 000 kilometers to 10 000. 23 885 copies of the fast and reliable 280 SL rolled out from the band and contributed to a total of 48 912 Pagoda cars was produced between the years 1963 and 1971.

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