Vehicle Description
Stunning factory
black Mercedes-Benz 190SL convertible with lush red leather
interior. Extensive restoration on a low mileage, 29,000 mile,
extremely well preserved Mercedes roadster with documented owner
history, manuals and service documents. This exquisite classic
European sports car is absolutely stunning; the professional paint,
laser straight body with perfect lines and show chrome are what you
would expect for a high quality, investment grade
Mercedes-Benz.
The lush red interior shows as new with new leather seats, carpet
and reconditioned dash with clean, crisp gauges and is topped off
with a new canvas top and liner.
The amazing original floors are still covered in the factory color
as well as factory torque markings on the suspension all lends to
substantiate a low mile car. This car has its original engine tag
and matching stamped motor number, front chassis
plate with matching chassis stamp and firewall tag. The original
Mercedes wheels have been restored and have correct chrome center
caps and trim rings and are wrapped with new wide white wall radial
tires for the perfect finishing touch on this incredible 190 SL
roadster.
EXTERIOR
: Exquisite, high quality, investment grade Mercedes-Benz
Extensive, professional restoration on a 29000 mile original
factory black car Professional black paint over a laser straight
body with beautiful body lines and show chrome. New canvas top and
great glass all the way around Documented owner history sold new in
Plainville, Connecticut Rolling on correct Mercedes wheels, caps
and newer wide whites
INTERIOR
: Concours quality, factory-correct red leather interior Beautiful
dash with crisp instrumentation Original steering wheel and horn
ring Becker radio Factory books in original folder
MECHANICS
: Original drive train
1.9 Liter 1897cc engine Show quality detail on the engine
compartment 4 -Speed manual transmission Original tool kit Original
tire pressure gauge in original wooden box Original electrical
fuses in original box
UNDERCARRIAGE
: Mostly original undercarriage that is extremely well preserved
and restored as needed.Wikipedia Information"The Mercedes-Benz 190
SL (W121) is a two-door luxury roadster produced by Mercedes-Benz
between May 1955 and February 1963. Internally referred to as W121
(BII or B2), it was first shown in prototype at the 1954 New York
Auto Show, and was available with an optional removable hardtop.The
190 SL presented an attractive, more affordable alternative to the
exclusive Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, sharing its basic styling,
engineering, detailing, and fully independent suspension. Both cars
had double wishbones in front and swing axles at the rear. Instead
of the 300 SL's expensive purpose-built W198 tubular spaceframe,
the 190 SL's R121 structure used a shortened unitary floorpan
modified from the W121 base saloon.The 190 SL was powered by a new,
slightly oversquare 105
PS (77
kW; 104
hp) Type M121 BII 1.9
L straight-four SOHC engine. Based on the 300 SL's straight six, it
had an unchanged 85
mm bore and 4.3
mm reduced 83.6
mm stroke, was fitted with twin-choke dual Solex carburetors, and
produced gross 120
hp (89
kW; 122
PS). In detuned form, it was later used in the W120 180 and W121
190 models.The car was available either as a soft-top convertible
(initially priced at DM 16,500/US$ 3,998) or with removable hardtop
(DM 17,650/$ 4,295). A small third-passenger transverse seat was
optional. During its first years the 190 SL was available as a
sports-racing model with small perspex windscreen and spartan
one-piece leather covered bucket seats and aluminium doors. In
1959, the hardtop's rear window was enlarged.In 1956, a few
six-cylinder prototypes were built for testing. A 190SL with a
unique engine, using the 300SL block, squeezed into the engine bay
with a one-off mix of Benz-bin parts was entered in the 1956 Alpine
Rally, but the costs of production would be prohibitive. Two other
prototypes, fitted with fuel injected M180 220SE engines were
baptised the W127 / 220SL. In June 1956, Rudi Uhlenhaut and Karl
Kling lapped the Nrburgring Nordschleife circuit in the two W127s a
good 25 seconds faster than a regular 190SL. On April 12, 1957,
MB's board decided to build the W127, six-cylinder 220SL alongside
the 190SL, but production challenges postponed manufacturing until
it was overtaken by the 230SL 'Pagoda'.Both the 190 SL and the 300
SL were replaced by the Mercedes-Benz 230SL in 1963."American Dream
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