Mercedes-Benz 250 SL

About this car

Some classic cars are restored. A few are beautifully restored.

But only an exceptionally small number experience a transformation so complete, so painstakingly executed, that they emerge as something almost mythical—a Pagoda reborn, not merely returned to life.

This Mercedes-Benz 250 SL, restored nut-and-bolt to the very highest standards, belongs unmistakably to that final, rare category.

Infosheet

Year of Manufacturing
1967
 
Drive
LHD
 
ENGINE
2.496cc inline 6
 
Gearbox
MANUAL
 
Car Type
Convertible
 
Fuel Type
PETROL
 
Color
DARK OLIVE 291H
 
Price
€195.000,-
 

Pure perfection

Every element of this car has been brought back to perfection through an exhaustive process that has spared no time, no effort, and no expense. The body was reduced to its bare metal shell and rebuilt with a level of precision seldom seen even in top-tier restorations. Panel gaps align with millimetric accuracy, surfaces are arrow-straight, and the paintwork radiates a depth and clarity that can only be achieved when craftsmanship, patience, and reverence come together in equal measure.

Under the bonnet, the finely rebuilt M129 engine stands as a testament to mechanical artistry. Meticulously balanced, perfectly tuned, and whisperingly smooth in operation, it delivers the effortless, creamy performance that made the 250 SL the most refined of the Pagoda series. Every ancillary system—fuel injection, cooling, brake hydraulics, suspension components—has been renewed or reconditioned to factory-new standards, ensuring that the driving experience is as pure and flawless as the car’s appearance.

Showroom state

Open the door and the excellence continues. The interior is a masterclass in authenticity and craftsmanship: leather trimmed with perfect precision, chrome stripped and replated to concours brilliance, and woodwork restored to a warm, satin glow. Instruments have been rebuilt, switchgear reconditioned, wiring looms replaced; every part you touch, see, or sense feels as though it has just left the Mercedes showroom in 1967.

This is not simply a restored Pagoda.

It is a once-in-a-decade example, a car whose restoration quality sets it apart even among the finest. It captures everything the W113 was meant to be—elegant, understated, beautifully engineered—and presents it in a condition that allows its next custodian to experience the car exactly as Mercedes-Benz intended.

To encounter this 250 SL is to feel the irresistible pull of a dream:

the dream of owning not just a classic Mercedes, but one of the best. The car also comes with an even perfect restored hard top.

A Pagoda restored with such devotion that it transcends time, ready to bring its next owner not only pride and admiration, but the quiet, enduring joy of a truly perfect motorcar.

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