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W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: jordanob on September 04, 2010, 22:00:19

Title: 230 SL Pricing Reality Check
Post by: jordanob on September 04, 2010, 22:00:19

I am looking at a 1967 230 SL (silver, red interior).  Both tops.  No rust, interior tired but not bad (6/10), chrome redone, 75,000. No mechanical issues.   It's a driver.   They are asking $24,000.  Thoughts.  What is pricing like for an acceptable 230 SL driver?  Thanks!

Title: Re: 230 SL Pricing Reality Check
Post by: Shvegel on September 05, 2010, 02:05:12

Sounds a little high should be high teens if it is solid. If you have any thoughts that it might be a European transplant keep in mind that the Speedometer will have been changed and the miles reflect the miles since.

As a bargaining chip it can be as much as $2,000 to properly recover a pair of seats. Horsehair pads run about $200 each and you need 4, covers are about $600 and I think I paid $400 to have the springs beefed up and covers installed.

Title: Re: 230 SL Pricing Reality Check
Post by: jordanob on September 05, 2010, 02:51:20

Car came from Europe to Canada at least 18 yrs ago.  Has 122,000km.  As I'm in Canada (Toronto) and most of the decent 230's I'm seeing are in Cali, I am also factoring in transport, which could run $1500.  So if I assume $18,500, plus $2000 to ship (?), then it's low $20,000s for sure, no?

Title: Re: 230 SL Pricing Reality Check
Post by: Benz Dr. on September 05, 2010, 03:57:56

I saw a half decent 230SL sell at the spring auction in Toronto for $45,000.00 plus buyers fee which put it just shy of 50K. The car was nice enough but it wasn't that nice.

 I can put you into a nice Guelph area 280SL for less than what that car sold for at auction. I will be in Toronto ( Woodbridge ) this coming Thursday for his memorial service and to talk to the guys wife about his cars which I already had listed .

Title: Re: 230 SL Pricing Reality Check
Post by: Ulf on September 07, 2010, 07:44:36

In Europe, you would be very lucky to find any 230 SL for that amount of money - the last time I saw one in that price range was 5-6 years ago and that was really BAD...

Title: Re: 230 SL Pricing Reality Check
Post by: IXLR8 on September 07, 2010, 14:57:38

NADA figures:

Original MSRP: $6,162 

Low             
Base Price $18,400

Retail Average  $24,900

Retail High  $38,600
Retail

Options   

SL Models Removable Hardtop: Add 10%

TOTAL PRICE
Low      $20,240
Average $27,390
High      $42,460


Joe

Title: Re: 230 SL Pricing Reality Check
Post by: Eryck on September 10, 2010, 07:27:54

Your seller might be using the NADA guide for his asking price! 

I know the US market is very different, much larger with a lot more cars but that price sounds reasonable to me.   I only have the UK (and HK) markets as reference but prices in the UK has skyrocked in recent years.  Worse in HK so 24k to me sounds cheap! 

Title: Re: 230 SL Pricing Reality Check
Post by: 69280sl on September 10, 2010, 21:14:16

If no rust, all there and everything works, $24K sounds reasonable to me.

Gus