300sl Classic

[flyboy17]

Putting my black on black 300sl up for sale. Owned for abt 6 yrs & have had ultimate reliability. Have both tops w/front& rear radar detectors & traction control. 79k miles, 30+ mpg on highway.Always used mobil synthetic oil & txmission fluid.6 disc CD w/ cassette. No dents, dings & paint in great shape due to garaging. Michelin pilot tires have abt 80% left. Near perfect condition.Live in chattanooga,Tn.
Email is sdp172hotmail.com.

[POS]

1) There is a For Sale section - you should use it.
2) You didn't mention year.
3) You didn't mention price.
4) You have included no photos.

Without three of the above, you don't have a chance to sell it.

[flyboy17]

Whoops! It`s a1991 300sl w/79k miles. asking $11500.

[POS]

When you said classic 300SL, I thought you meant an r107. Now I understand.

[RickM]

Originally Posted by POS

When you said classic 300SL, I thought you meant an r107. Now I understand.

I don't think the 300SL was ever based on a R107, rather the W198. That's what I thought was for sale.

Good luck.

[flyboy17]

Price is now $9900.

[tecqboy]

I own essentially the same car and unfortunately it's worth much more parted out than as a whole. Example: Cost to replace a grill is $700. I surely wouldn't want to part my car out, but the used SL market is upside down right now. They cost a small fortune to own and maintain, but have little resale value. I hope you find someone who really wants your nice SL.

[450slcya]

Originally Posted by RickM

I don't think the 300SL was ever based on a R107, rather the W198. That's what I thought was for sale.

Good luck.

R107 300SL was available 86-89, albeit, not for US production.

Originally Posted by GregInOz

The 420SL is a rare badge and its chassis code (107.047) is the rarest of all the 107 chassis codes. The 420SL badge however is not the rarest 107 badge. The 500SLC takes this honour but since it shares its chassis code (107.026) with the similar 450SLC-5.0 (the second rarest 107 badge) it does not carry the rarest 107 chassis code. To help explain, the production numbers of 107 models were as follows:

Model - Chassis - Production
280SL - 107.042 - 25436
300SL - 107.041 - 13742
350SL - 107.043 - 15304
380SL - 107.045 - 53200
420SL - 107.047 - 2148
450SL - 107.044 - 66298
500SL - 107.046 - 11812
560SL - 107.048 - 49347
280SLC - 107.022 - 10666
350SLC - 107.023 - 13925
380SLC - 107.025 - 3789
450SLC - 107.024 - 31739
450SLC-5.0 - 107.026 - 1636
500SLC - 107.026 - 1133
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www.mbcnsw.org.au

[flyboy17]

Thanks. I just looked at NADA today & it`s $10.3k to $13.3k. That`s something for a $100K auto when it was new !

[cth350]

nada means nada. If you want to know what the actual market thinks of the car, consider the the slmarketletter run by John Olson. He's been tracking SL prices for ages based on actual sales. -CTH

[POS]

Originally Posted by 450slcya

R107 300SL was available 86-89, albeit, not for US production.

And very desireable - that's why I was asking what year it was. Go to www.oursl.com and see what prices Ron Spencer is analyzing.

[flyboy17]

It`s a 1991 300SL.