Pagoda SL Group

W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: GM on November 10, 2020, 22:05:57

Title: Original '71 280SL just sold for $105k
Post by: GM on November 10, 2020, 22:05:57
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1971-mercedes-benz-280sl-47/ (https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1971-mercedes-benz-280sl-47/)
Title: Re: Original '71 280SL just sold for $105k
Post by: Shvegel on November 11, 2020, 00:36:42
Ouch!  That is a huge drop in price.
Title: Re: Original '71 280SL just sold for $105k
Post by: scoot on November 11, 2020, 02:31:59
Ouch!  That is a huge drop in price.
Are you serious?
Title: Re: Original '71 280SL just sold for $105k
Post by: Tycoon on November 11, 2020, 03:11:33
This was a Motoring Investments vehicle which had been listed for sale for the past three years.... I had personally seen it.....nice vehicle, Brian was asking $119K at the time...great buy at $105K.
Title: Re: Original '71 280SL just sold for $105k
Post by: scoot on November 11, 2020, 03:12:56
This was a Motoring Investments vehicle which had been listed for sale for the past three years.... I had personally seen it.....nice vehicle, Brian was asking $119K at the time...great buy at $105K.
If he couldn't sell it for 3 years at $119k maybe that was the wrong price, and $105k was more realistic.  If anything I thought it was a little on the high side.  But for a very nice car.
Title: Re: Original '71 280SL just sold for $105k
Post by: john.mancini on November 11, 2020, 13:18:03
Scott is 100% correct. The car sold at a more realistic price. I saw this car over 3 years ago and it was a nice car then, but not "$119K nice". I also suspected that the mileage was not accurate. Car seemed to have more wear than the 41,000+ miles shown on the odometer. Possibly somewhere along the line that odometer stopped working or was rolled back??
Title: Re: Original '71 280SL just sold for $105k
Post by: MikeSimon on November 11, 2020, 13:30:42
"Realistic" prices are exactly at a level that someone wants to pay for a car. You may not watch this, but recently prices for Porsche 914s have skyrocketed. Especially for 914-4s that have been converted to "fake" 914-6es. And while all we "experts" consider these prices "unrealistic" people pay for them.
I agree with Shvegel, that the price for this car is a drop. Good condition (not even excellent) W113s are not to be had under 120K.
Scoot seems to have the inside track to lower prices for everything associated with the W113, Bundt wheels and all... ;) ;D
Title: Re: Original '71 280SL just sold for $105k
Post by: Iconic on November 11, 2020, 13:31:56
Hey John (john.mancini), sorry for the hijack all,
I see you currently have a 519 Light Red car !
The Paint Codes area of the Tech Manual is missing a picture of a 519 car.
Do you want to submit a picture of your car so we have a picture of that color in the manual?
https://www.sl113.org/wiki/DataCard/PaintCodes
Take care,
Mark
Title: Re: Original '71 280SL just sold for $105k
Post by: john.mancini on November 11, 2020, 14:17:19
Hi Mark,

Will do! Just waiting for my wheel trim rings and I'll snap some photos. 519 "Light Red" is darker than the more common 568 "Signal Red". I believe it was only offered through 1965.

John
Title: Re: Original '71 280SL just sold for $105k
Post by: Benz280 on November 11, 2020, 15:06:01
Having seen this $105,000 in person, an unrestored clean car with proper patina and documentation presented by someone who knows 113's perhaps better than most, will always fetch a fair price, moving forward this car everything going for it.   
Title: Re: Original '71 280SL just sold for $105k
Post by: Iconic on November 11, 2020, 15:07:32
John,
Great, I'm sure it will be a great addition to the manual.
I have never seen a 519 "Light Red" car.
Now, back to the Original '71 ............
Thanks !
Title: Re: Original '71 280SL just sold for $105k
Post by: scoot on November 11, 2020, 15:20:54
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Scoot seems to have the inside track to lower prices for everything associated with the W113, Bundt wheels and all... ;) ;D
I have no idea what that is supposed to mean.  I've sold a lot of aluminum steelies, never Bundts, and not much else associated with w113.
Title: Re: Original '71 280SL just sold for $105k
Post by: 49er on November 11, 2020, 19:49:59
Never have seen this car but sure looked nice from the photos. I had to go out in the garage and pet mine on the hood :) $105K...Wow.

John
Title: Re: Original '71 280SL just sold for $105k
Post by: MikeSimon on November 11, 2020, 20:39:44
I have no idea what that is supposed to mean.  I've sold a lot of aluminum steelies, never Bundts, and not much else associated with w113.

Maybe rereading this thread will help the memory:

https://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=30326.msg219624#msg219624

Title: Re: Original '71 280SL just sold for $105k
Post by: Pinder on November 12, 2020, 00:49:37
Its a nice color combination. still a lot of money.