Mercedes 420SL has been purchased off a private individual SL420 in rare Nautical Blue Metallic. Blue Check Trim totally outstanding condition, as you can see from we collected this car. , The car was owned by Lord Sugar from new (see documentation attached). Thereafter being sold to the Chung family in Monmouthshire, South Wales. The car was reserved for special occasions, kept clean and in full working order. Stored permanently in a garage. The keeper changed to another family member years later making the vehicle 2 former keepers. , The vehicle has been returned to its original Reg Plate of: C31NWC. LOI 88 has been retained by the seller. Please see attached copies of original log books for each family owner, all showing the same address. , , PDI 09-05-1986 Reliance Motors Chingford, 783 miles 28-07-1986 Reliance Motors Chingford, 3,511 miles 17-06-1987 Reliance Motors Chingford, 5,005 miles 13-01-1988 Reliance Motors Chingford, 7,847 miles 20-04-1989 Morris House Cardiff (pre delivery service for Mr Chung), 12,550 miles 14-02-1990 Andrew MacDonald Mercedes Specialist Monmouth, 17,373 miles 19-03-1993 Andrew MacDonald Mercedes Specialist Monmouth, 17,448 miles 20-07-1999 Andrew MacDonald Mercedes Specialist Monmouth, 24,512 miles 26-08-2005 Howard Williams Mercedes Specialist Birmingham, 25,271 miles 28-11-2023 Mechanix Motor Engineers Crickhowell, 25-09-2024 passed MOT with no advisories at 25,271 miles, , , Condition Report, , The car starts straight away, runs smoothly, drives beautifully, handles as it should and brakes well and straight. Befitting of a car with so few miles. Apart from the door edge damage, the bodywork is in amazing condition and it comes with the original manuals, service book as detailed above, two keys and a spare blade. , There are no marks, scratches or blemishes on the interior. The seats are faultless. and so are the carpets. It has the original fire extinguisher fitted at the front of the passenger seat. The original radio and electric aerial work, as does the central locking, electric windows, passenger electrically adjustable wing mirror (the drivers one being manual and working). , Inside the boot is like new, with the factory first aid kit and all the tools in the side locker. There are four good matching Pirelli tyres along with a matching spare alloy wheel. There are no signs of sun damage. The MOT tester commented how clean the car was underneath and how sound and original all the suspension bushes and components were. , Mr Chung has not taken off the hard top in many years. He says the roof is in excellent condition but the plastic rear screen is curved in shape and he did not wish to damage it by forcing the roof up, so just used it with the hard top. , A rare car in an even rarer colour with genuine low miles, and in a condition befitting of those miles. Even after nearly 40 years, it drives the way you would hope it would. Something rather special.
