1957 300 SL Roadster

in #cars7 years ago

If you don't like Gullwing (old post about the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing), this is a little too much. That's it, RM Sotheby's has the perfect car for you with this red 1957 300 SL Roadster, it'll will at auction at next month.

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Without the hardtop
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With the hardtop

For the history, Max Hoffman, the U.S. distributor for Mercedes-Benz, asked to Daimler-Benz in 1953 to put a customer version of the 300 SL race car into production, the first version was the coupé. But, Hoffman believed that a roadster will be a better idea. And he was right...

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In general, the roadsters were more practical to own than the coupes, and the Mercedes 300 SL Roadster sold well from introduction in 1957 to conclusion of production in 1963, with a total of 1,858 units produced.

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Interior equipped with Becker-Mexico radio... It makes you want to hit the road.

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so incredible and beautiful but im all about the gull wing doors so ill take the coupe

For me too, the gull-wings made the difference but I wouldn't say no to the roadster.

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