Most of the best deals on cars for sale around the web come from private sellers, but occasionally a car ends up at a small dealer or private consignment shop that is still desirable despite the undesirable price markup. But, everybody's gotta eat, right? Find this 1975 Mercedes-Benz 280SL offered here on eBay for $13,900 in Pleasanton, CA.
Technically the C107 SLC 2+2 superseded the W111 coupe when it was introduced in 1971 (because the W108 did not have a coupe version) but it also replaced the outgoing W113 250 SL California Coupe...suffice it to say that the SLC had big shoes to fill, and it it did a great job.
Power in this non-USA 2.8 liter DOHC inline-6 (although the seller doesn't mention that this car was imported, the slim bumpers and 280SLC designation marks it as a refugee) is rated at 185 horsepower and 176 ft-lbs of torque. I don't have a good explanation for the left-hand-drive and English instrumentation (speedo/odo in MPH) for a non-North American car -- any guesses as to the original sales location?
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I would think it would also be less common to find a North American version with the 4-speed manual, which the ad says this one has. Good question where it was originally sold.
ReplyDeleteIt's probably a gray market import. Would've been "federalized" with the MPH speedo, sealed beam headlamps, diving board bumpers, and anti-intrusion beams in the doors when brought over. Looks like bumpers have been swapped back to slim Euro versions. This was a big market for many years for Benzes especially.
ReplyDeleteI must have been hanging out here too long, those bumpers were the first thing that caught my eye. Nice car, shame it is so damn RED. I would totally paint it brown.
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