Equipment
Body color Rudge wheels, fitted luggage, competition lap belts, hinged steering wheel, belly pans, original tool kit and manuals. 77,292 miles believed by the second owner to be all it has covered from new. Accessories include a rare touring kit of spares and tools. The Rudge wheels were poorly masked before painting to match the body. Exceptionally pretty in its present (but not original) dark blue. Restoration completed in 2008 and still like new.
Market commentary
300 SL production numbered more than 3,000 by the end of the roadsters production in 1963 and, regardless of their desirability, the current values are high given the relatively large number produced. This Gullwing, like many, has sprouted fitted luggage and Rudge wheels over its life and has long lost its original (and interesting) color combination of light blue over white leather. This is a quality car but its price here fully values it, and then some. There are much rarer and equally interesting cars trading in this price range.