1957 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster
- Engine
- 3.0L straight-six, 218 PS
- Colour
- Graphite Grey
A 1957-build North American-specification Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster, one of 554 completed in the model's first production year. Delivered to the United States in November 1958 finished in Graphite Grey over Cream leather, it spent its early decades on the California coast before passing to a European collection in 1986. The matching-numbers body, chassis, and 3-litre straight-six engine survive intact, though the front chassis crossmember appears to have been replaced at an undetermined point. The interior has since been retrimmed in dark green leather.
Ownership
- —Auction saleSold €1,017,500 (≈ $1.12M)
- → 1974Acquisition unknownTom McBurneypartial documentation
Based in Santa Barbara, California; car was registered on the US West Coast during this period.
- 1974 → 1986Private saleAlfred T. Moretpartial documentation
Financier based in Carlsbad, California; car remained on the California coastline during his ownership.
- 1986 →Private saleAumann Collectionpartial documentation
Collection based in Babenhausen, Germany; car was transported from the US to Germany upon acquisition and re-trimmed in dark green leather at some point during this ownership.
Competition
No competition history extracted from the catalogue.
Maintenance & restoration
- —Repair
The front chassis crossmember was replaced at some undetermined point in the car's history; all other chassis, body, and engine numbers remain matching.
- —Bodywork
Interior retrimmed in dark green leather, replacing the original Cream leather specification.
Work carried out during the Aumann Collection's ownership after 1986.
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