1995 Mercedes-Benz SL500 (R129)

Highlights

• Formerly owned by the then Chairman of the Mercedes-Benz Club
• Completed a 3,500-mile European tour to the Amalfi Coast and back in 2024
• Comprehensive specialist inspection by The SL Shop with recommended work undertaken
• Attractive Tourmaline Green metallic with cream leather specification
• Extensive history file and documentation

The Appeal

Powered by Mercedes-Benz's 5.0-litre M119 V8 and built to Mercedes-Benz' then legendary standards, the R129 SL500 has rightfully gone down as one of the best of the marque's roadsters. It offered a blend of effortless performance, refinement, and long-distance capability that remains eminently drivable and capable on today's roads. Well-preserved examples are now firmly established as modern classics.

This 1995 example is finished in the handsome combination of Tourmaline Green metallic over cream leather - a pairing that suits the R129's elegant proportions particularly well. It carries notable provenance, having been owned by the then Chairman of the Mercedes-Benz Club, during which time it covered some 45,000 miles and participated in the club's 2010 Monte Carlo Rally.
The current owner purchased the car in April 2024 and, following a comprehensive specialist inspection by The SL Shop and subsequent remedial work, drove it on a 3,500-mile honeymoon tour from the UK to the Amalfi Coast and back through France, Switzerland and Germany. It has remained in regular use since as a cherished weekend car.

The car has benefited from cosmetic attention including professionally refinished front and rear bumpers and paintwork correction, while a new starter motor has been fitted. Supplied with its factory colour-matched hardtop, protective cover and stand, and accompanied by an extensive history file, this SL500 is ready and waiting for its lucky new keeper.

Key Information

• Mileage: 79,301 miles
• Country of registration: United Kingdom
• Technical inspection status: MOT valid until 3rd of September 2027
• Technical specs: 5.0-litre M119 V8 petrol, automatic transmission, right-hand drive
• Paperwork: Extensive history file with service record book, invoices, V5c and manuals

The Detail

• Comprehensive specialist inspection carried out by The SL Shop with recommended remedial work subsequently undertaken
• New starter motor fitted
• Front and rear bumpers professionally resprayed
• Minor paintwork scratches and blemishes professionally rectified
• Electric soft top reported to be in full working order
• Air conditioning reported to be in full working order
• Factory colour-matched removable hardtop supplied with protective cover and stand
• Original-style Mercedes-Benz alloy wheels retained
• Largely original specification throughout
• Entered in the Mercedes-Benz Club's 2010 Monte Carlo Rally
• Ten former registered keepers
• In regular use as a weekend car since the current owner's purchase in April 2024

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