1962 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class

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A1962 Mercedes Benz 190SL convertible Desirable factory color combination : White with red leather Car will need complete restoration Lots of rust. Look closely at pictures (what you see is what you get) Original engine complete with correct carburetors. ( Also Solex carburetors on package) plenum. & air filter assembly Engine does not turn by hand Drivetrain is complete Car rolls & steers.Clear Florida title and Vin 12104010021724 Type 190SL/ Summary: This highly desirable 1962 Mercedes 190SL will make a worthy restoration project. Car needs a total & complete restoration. We will require payment in full within 3 days of auction end. Payment to be made by US bank wire transfer. Vehicle very complete with almost everything on it for a person willing to do a nice and very profitable project. The Mercedes-Benz 190 SL (W121) is a two-door luxury roadster produced by Mercedes-Benz between May 1955 and February 1963. Internally referred to as W121 (BII or B2), it was first shown in prototype at the 1954 New York Auto Show, and was available with an optional removable hardtop. The 190 SL presented an attractive, more affordable alternative to the exclusive Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, sharing its basic styling, engineering, detailing, and fully independent suspension. While both cars had double wishbones in front and swing axles at the rear, the 190 SL did not use the 300 SL's purpose-built W198 tubular spaceframe. Instead, it was built on a shortened monocoque R121 platform modified from the W121small saloon. The 190 SL was powered by a new, slightly oversquare 105 PS (77 kW; 104 hp) Type M121 BII 1.9 L straight-four SOHC engine. Based on the 300 SL's straight six, it had an unchanged 85 mm bore and 4.3 mm reduced 83.6 mm stroke, was fitted with twin-choke dual Solex carburetors, and produced 120 gross hp. In detuned form, it was later used in the W120 180 and W121 190 models. It was commercially successful, with 25,881 produced through 1963. The corresponding 300 SL roadster number (it also lasted through 1963) was only 1,858. Those facts probably explain why the 190 SL is something of a blueprint for the Mercedes-Benz SL-class roadsters that followed, beginning with the "pagoda," as it's called, 230 SL of 1964. They were comfortable, incredibly well built with top-quality materials, elegant, competent, just not blazing fast. For real German speed, you went to Porsche. That's a fact. It wasn't that far removed from Le Mans in 1955. Rocket-velocity Benzes wouldn't return for many years.