1968 Mercedes-Benz 280SL

• red paint is deep gloss and even all round with bright chrome, it looks freshly detailed, no paint money needed
• single Euro-style headlights and red body-color hubcaps give it the European look, and the hubcaps look unmarked
• black seats, door cards and the rear bench all look clean and tight, no retrim needed
• the dash face is painted body red with clean gauges, consistent with a European-spec car
• engine bay is very clean around the injected six, no leaks or rust showing
• trunk is tidy with the covered spare wheel in place
• a period under-dash air-conditioning unit is fitted, that's value if it blows cold and a repair bill if it doesn't
• can't judge the underside or the soft top, the sample shows the hardtop fitted and the top down, with no lift shots and no raised soft top

Money: no price is published; the photos show a sharp, Euro-look Pagoda that needs nothing cosmetic, so the money questions are the air-conditioning and the underside you can't see.