1989 | Mercedes-Benz 420 SL

This truly outstanding, very original highly desirable Mercedes Benz 420SL has been driven to us from Durham and has covered 65,500 miles supported with a full service history. One of just 2148 420SL’s produced, this top class example is finished in Signal Red with Beige interior, Black hood, rear screen heated hard top and optional extras to include cruise control and rear seats. The car comes today with all its original manuals and booklets, original supplying dealer PDI check sheet, MOT’s spanning back 25 years and various maintenance invoices and old tax discs.

Swinford Motors in Stourbridge supplied the SL new, carrying out the PDI on the 18th May 1989. The supplying dealer carried out early services at 881, 6339, 11931, and 16103 miles in 1993. Solihull Mercedes Benz serviced the SL at 18968 miles before main agents Monarch Cars in Tamworth stamped the book at 33497 miles followed by Mercedes Benz Speeds of Chesterfield who carried a service in 1998 at 42964 miles. In 2001 the SL had moved north and M-Tech Auto services near Doncaster carried out a service at 46829 miles followed by another local service at 51000 miles. The car then headed to the North East where its been ever since, and has been maintained by SL specialists Diamond Garage. They have serviced the car at 55610, 57844, 59569, 62082, 62575 and 63679 miles. Also within the past few thousand miles the SL has had new tyres all round, a new electric aerial and battery.

F496 JFK is an incredibly correct, first class car. The bodywork is exceptional throughout, the Signal Red paintwork stunning with a gleaming finish, and chrome work, rubbers and trims are all excellent. The interior is outstanding, almost too good to be original with beautiful Beige front and rear seats, excellent carpets, door cards and dashboard. The boot compartment is excellent, the spare wheel well as clean as the rest of the car and floor pans and engine bay excellent. The hard top is in lovely order, the mohair hood lovely and the hood stowage compartment all original and superbly clean. It is very clear this car has been cherished, it has been used for Mercedes Benz National events and on close inspection you can see the high level of detail that has gone into the car to keep it in such beautiful order. On the road performance is as expected of a low mileage, well maintained SL. It offers power, performance, luxury and is the perfect long distance cruiser. The V8 engine sounds fantastic, the gear changes are smooth and the car handles beautifully feeling precise, tight and as you'd expect on an SL just a few years old. This is a very special car and it won't disappoint