Is there something extra pleasant than cruising on a cool night, prime down, massive sky overhead, illumination courtesy of 1000’s of stars, who anticipating your late-night cruise tens of tens of millions of years in the past, despatched their gentle your approach?
This 280SL is the right automotive for such a trip; I like seeing one among my favourite traditional convertibles in one among my favourite shade combos, Midnight Blue over Parchment White. (I had a Pink/Tan 1986 560 SL for 17 years; bought it for precisely what I paid for it).
Lately bought on BAT, she seems to have undergone a money-is-no-object restoration. The automotive was disassembled and repainted underneath earlier possession and repainted a second time just lately; the two.8-liter M130 inline-six was mated to a period-incorrect five-speed Tremec handbook (MB supplied 4-speed manuals as normal in 1969). The restoration included the repaint, an inside re-trim, and an overhaul of the suspension, brakes, steering, and AC.
The Midnight Blue exterior paired with a Parchment leather-based inside is a spectacular mixture, one among my favorites. No marvel this child went for $180,000 at Carry A Trailer.
However you don’t must spend massive bucks to take pleasure in open-air driving; go discover a used Miata — skip the $4,000 variations with 200k miles — end up a well-sorted Miata for $10-15k with lower than 40,000 on the odometer; $20k buys you underneath 20,000 miles — virtually new! (And handbook transmissions, too!). It’s the right starter automotive for anybody who desires to take pleasure in open-air driving on a lovely day or evening…
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