Equipment
Alloy block, disc brakes, chrome wheels, Bullock-Rudge spinner hubcaps, whitewalls, luggage rack, Hirschmann and Karl Baisch luggage, hardtop, spotlight, US headlights, thoroughly documented from the original purchase, photos and factory documents
Condition
#3 Good
Runs and drives well. Flaws not noticeable to passersby. Most common condition.
Paul Russell repaint 1999. Engine rebuild in 2015. Three owners. Largely original other than the repaint but only showing light general age. One of the last 300SLs built and bought new by a Cuban tobacco heiress, Mercedes de la Torrey Alcoz Pollack, fully documented since and has won awards at numerous concours events like Amelia Island, Meadowbrook and Pebble Beach.
Market commentary
This is a colorful history with impressive originality and rarely-seen factory options, but is it worth a $900,000 premium? Only the new owner can answer that question. For the rest of us this is an expensive 300SL Roadster.