1969 W113 MERCEDES BENZ PAGODA 280 SL LHD Drop Dead Gorgeous Hard & Soft Tops Just Been Serviced A true iconic classic, a term too loosely applied these days though in this case quite apt. The performance Mercedes of its era, maybe not up to today’s standards, sure, but we’re not in a hurry, we can afford to float back in time. It’s more than just an old car, it’s a reminder of something good, something better inside us all. Perhaps that same feeling of hope for the future the Mercedes family of designers and engineers expressed in 1963. This enthusiasm we might have shared, driving something so pure, so honest, and so beautiful. It’s as if the car has become part of the sky. Cruising the high mountain roads of the Trossachs and winding through the tight sweeping turns of Loch Lomond in the 1969 Pagoda with so little traffic one forgets what year or even decade it is. The sunset light gives the car an ethereal glow. Its sensuous, curving shape somehow complements the harsh environment as if to say “I belong here.” Never restored, somehow this car managed to escape most of the ravages of misuse and poor storage suffered by so many. Imported from California some 15 years ago it is of course at this age MOT and tax exempt. Just freshly serviced by Mercedes dealer its ready to be enjoyed, it will take you anywhere. You know it’s been driven…...sometime…..somewhere. One can only imagine going in it to the cinema to see Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, or Easy Rider and smiling as people watch it glide by in its beautifully sculpted glory. The car will have had a glamorous past and it feels so every time you grab the keys and approach it. Captivating and uber cool all at once, even old woman stare at it passing by. The quintessential SL, if you have not experienced it you are stuck in a motor vehice wilderness. £64,995