Registration No: KGT 619T
Chassis No: 10702412022206
MOT: Exempt

• Built in May 1978 to left-hand drive, automatic specification and reportedly supplied new to France
• Three owners since being UK road registered in October 1978 as 'MER 26'
• Laid up following the death of its previous registered keeper, the BAFTA award-winning TV Film Producer Tim Graham
• A worthwhile restoration project
  
  

Sharing the same basic platform architecture as its convertible R107-series sibling, the Mercedes-Benz 450SLC fixed-head coupe was introduced in 1972. A full four-seater, the model's stretched wheelbase was disguised by various ingenious styling cues. Equipped with all round coil-sprung independent suspension, power steering and four-wheel disc brakes, it proved a comfortable and refined grand tourer. Predominantly allied to automatic transmission, its 4520cc SOHC V8 engine developed a quoted 217bhp and 265lbft of torque. Reputedly capable of over 130mph in standard tune, Mercedes' flagship coupe enjoyed a highly successful second career as a rally car.

Built to left-hand drive specification in May 1978, chassis 022206 was reputedly just five months old when it was imported to the UK from France. Sporting the number plate ‘MER 26’ until late February 1993 and re-registered as ‘KGT 619T’ thereafter, it was acquired by a BAFTA award-winning TV producer during 2002 who apparently ‘fell in love as soon as he clapped eyes on the Mercedes-Benz’. Reportedly ‘driven around London town and all over the English countryside for the next thirteen joyous years’, the 450 SLC has been dry stored ever since. Now in need of restoration, this handsome Coupe has the makings of a worthwhile project.

Vendor Condition Ratings:

Bodywork: 'Believed Good'
Engine: 'Believed Good'
Electrical Equipment: 'Believed Good'
Paintwork: 'Believed Good'
Gearbox: 'Believed Good'
Interior Trim: 'Believed Good'

For more information, please contact:
John Markey
john.markey@handh.co.uk
01428 607899

Condition Report