Registration: VBY366E
Chassis: 11304312001063
Odometer: 39,044
Transmission: Automatic
MOT: Exempt

• Body restoration recently
• Correct Becker Mexico radio
• Undamaged hood in full working order
• Woodwork restoration

We are very pleased to bring to market this very rare and desirable Mercedes-Benz 250 SL known as the Pagoda. This example has come from a very high-end car collection and was once in the London Motor Museum. It has had a lot of money spent on it over the years including an interior re-trim by GB Classic Trim costing circa £10,000, a recent new Mercedes-Benz genuine exhaust system, ignition service, plugs, points and distributor cap, refurbished fuel pump, fuel tank removed and cleaned and rear brake pads. In May 2024 the Mercedes benefited from new rear shock absorbers, brake calipers, replaced front king pin bushes, repair to steering idler box, replaced gearbox filter and sump gasket and replaced with new transmission fluid, replaced all front upper and lower suspension bushes.

Then we get onto the engine work which comprised of: removing the engine and fully stripped and assessed for wear, rebored cylinder block, renewed pistons with oversize reground crank and fitted new oversize mains and big end bearings; cylinder head and block mating surfaces machined and replaced timing chain; then, fitted new valve guides and new exhaust and inlet valves with new inner and outer valve springs; replaced all gaskets associated to the engine; polished camshaft, fitted new valve shims and rockers and reset valve clearances; mechanical fuel pump totally recommissioned, fitted new fuel line to pump, all injectors pressure tested; refitted engine into vehicle, replaced water pump and overhauled lift pump and fitted a replacement 1 bar electronic fuel pump to the rear of the car. I think we can all agree that this is some pretty substantial work carried out on this beautiful Mercedes to make a car that is ready to go and enjoy with no costs coming your way.

Believed to originally be from Texas, which makes for a good basis coming from a dry state in the US, it was made in 1967 and registered in the UK on 21/6/2010. This stunning Pagoda needs to be seen to appreciate how good it is! With its beautiful colour combination, especially the very nice interior, and all the mechanical work recently carried out, this really is a rare opportunity to get yourself one of the best sorted Mercedes-Benz 250 SLs around. Please feel free to come and view the car at our purpose built facility in Cheshire, you are more than welcome.