1968 Mercedes-Benz 280SL

• dark green paint looks deep, glossy and even all around with straight panels and a thin gold pinstripe, no damage visible, so no repaint cost is suggested
• chrome bumpers, trim and colour-matched hubcaps look bright and unpitted, so no re-chrome bill is suggested
• tan leather seats look very good with only light creasing and no tears visible, so no reupholstery cost is suggested, just feed the leather
• dash, gauges and Becker cassette radio look clean and complete, the odometer in the photo sits just under 100,000, so no dash restoration is suggested
• black soft top is shown raised and looks taut with a clear rear window, and a hardtop is also shown fitted, so no top replacement is suggested
• hardtop paint looks much lighter than the body in its photo, pale grey-white against dark green, so check whether the hardtop matches before valuing it as a matching top
• engine bay looks clean and honest with tidy hoses and only light surface rust on the exhaust manifold, so no obvious engine-bay bill is suggested
• underside is not shown in the sampled photos, so underbody rust cannot be judged from these photos

Money: at the $139,900 sold price the photos show a handsome, honest Pagoda needing little cosmetically, so the money looks well spent apart from the hardtop colour question and the unseen underside