1971 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class

280 Convertible

6 - Cyl.

Automatic

11304412018613

Gasoline

Selling a 3rd owner Southern rust free 1971 280 SL. Incredible driving car, needs nothing! Comes with both soft and hard top, original books, and service records! The color is a cream exterior with a biscuit interiror. These are rare cars to find in this prestine of condition and there is no disappoints to be had here! 280 SL 1967 to 1971 23,885 cars (12,927 to the USA) While German engineering made these cars unmistakably Mercedes Benz products, the elegant yet powerful timeless lines of the 113 SL's were from the pen of a Frenchman, Paul Bracq who designed a number of successful cars including several BMW classics. The Pagoda Roof The W 113 SL's (230SL, 250SL, 280SL) are sometimes called "Pagoda" cars. This refers to the shape of the hardtop roof. The roof center is slightly lower than the sides reminiscent of the shape of a Japanese Style Pagoda. The sides of the roof were raised a bit to allow easier entry and exit, to permit larger side windows, and to increase roof strength. This same Pagoda roofline was carried into the next generation of SL's. When is an SL a "Roadster"? When is it a "Coupe"? The Mercedes Benz Owners Manual for the 1971 280 SL refers to a car having only a Soft top as a "Roadster", a car with only the removable Hardtop as a "Coupe", and a car with both the soft and the hardtop as a "Coupe with Roadster Top"". The Owners Manual shows an accent acute over the final "e" (Coupé) to render it as "coo-pay" in the French manner. Questions I have been asked - Original motor? Yes Does all the electroincs work radio etc...? Yes How is the Chrome? All original, all in excellent condition Accidents? None that we know of and no indications on body/paint that would tell us that it was Rear axle noise? None what so ever Oil leak? Very little oil droppings on garage floor Rust? One tiny spot around a bolt in trunk (pictured in listing) Engine/ Transmision? 2.8 liter, 4 speed automatic , both in perfect working order. Please keep the questions coming! Please feel free to contact with any questions - Mike 847 414 3960