Mercedes-Benz SL 230

230 SL 'Pagoda'

- Registered in 1965
- Imported from the dry state of Texas in 2023
- Car has mostly been in storage with minimal mileage since recent work
- Car is highly original
- Very straight body with no pinching of panels
- Brand new full body respray, including engine bay and door shuts, in factory colour code 140H Light Grey
- This is in a factory-correct piano finish, unlike most contemporary resprays with period-incorrect orange peel
- A Mercedes-Benz-approved bodyshop carried this out, and it looks in fine order
- Recent exterior parts include:

• New OEM chrome beauty rings (wheel trim)
• Brand new OEM custom-made soft top
• New OEM wing mirrors
• New OEM boot seal
• New rear bumper chrome

- Brightwork is, as a result, mostly in very good order with a pleasant lustre
- Wheels look in fine order, as do the tyres
- Underside looks in good order
- Internally, the car is mostly original and largely in very good condition
- Navy blue leather is original and in good order
- Dashboard is in good overall order with light signs of wear
- Carpets and headlining look clean for their age
- New OEM under dash panels supplied with the car
- 2,308cc M127.II I6 powerplant
- 4-speed automatic transmission

In 2022 the car was treated to:

• New fuel pump hose
• New fuel return line
• New spark plugs
• Cleaning of distributor cap and rotor
• Full oil service
• Fluid change for the gearbox

In 2023 the car was subject to:

• New OEM fuel pump
• OEM fuel filter
• Bleeding of the brakes and new fluid

- Engine bay looks in order