1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing

VIN: 1980405500654

$1,430,000

Sold

Seller details

  • Auction

    Gooding & Company

  • Location

    Pebble Beach, CA; US

  • Event date

    Aug 20 - Aug 21, 2016

  • Lot

    14

Vehicle specs

  • Chassis/VIN

    1980405500654

  • Body style

    Coupe

  • Odometer

    37953 m

  • Transmission type

    Standard

  • Horsepower

    240

  • Induction

    FI

  • Interior Color

    Gray Leather

  • Exterior Color

    Dark Blue

  • Generation

    1954-1964 Mercedes-Benz 300SL

Vehicle details

Notes and observations recorded by Hagerty staff.

Equipment

Hubcaps, chrome wheels, Avon tires, fitted luggage, VDO dash clock, belly pans, tools.

Condition

#2 Excellent

Could win a regional car show. Drives like new.

About Hagerty’s condition ratingsClose

Very good interior. Very good older paint. Very good restored underneath. Excellent chrome. Done to high standards by Hjeltness Restoration in California in the early 1990s. The car was seized by the Justice Department in the middle of restoration when the owner was arrested, but the restoration was finished and it passed through several sympathetic collectors and is still in like new condition.

Market commentary

Sold here in 2012 for $1,025,000, a car so good at the time that its nearly two decade old restoration was described as 'Recent'. It's still that good with the odometer showing only 130 more miles now than it did then. An outstanding automobile bought for an appropriate price.

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