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strong{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-weight:bold;}{clear:both;ntent:" ";display:block;font-size:0.7rem;le-height:1.5rem;height:0rem;visibily:hidn;}</style><div class="article-body-ntent article-body standard-body-ntent css-12u5bmd ewisyje7"><style data-emotn="css 18vfmjb">{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-size:1.1875rem;le-height:1.6;} em{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-style:alic;} strong{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-weight:bold;}</style><p data-no-id="0" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">A <style data-emotn="css wanth8">{-webk-text-ratn:unrle;text-ratn:unrle;text-ratn-thickns:0.0625rem;text-ratn-lor:#668892;text-unrle-offset:0.25rem;lor:#000000;-webk-transn:all 0.3s ease--out;transn:all 0.3s ease--out;background-image:lear-gradient(rgb(239, 237, 233) 0px, rgb(239, 237, 233) 100%);-webk-background-posn:0 100%;background-posn:0 100%;background-repeat:repeat-x;-webk-background-size:0 0;background-size:0 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This is e for celebratn for those of who love sportg, stolidly-built grand-tourg nvertibl, a tegory that has, for nearly 70 years, been domated by the <em>Super-Licht</em>.</p><div supprsHydratnWarng data-no-id="1" data-embed="edorial-lk" class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><style data-emotn="css 1643r8a">{borr:none;marg-top:1.875rem;marg-bottom:1.875rem;paddg:0rem;}</style><asi class="css-1643r8a e6pr2lz5"><style data-emotn="css hec8r5">{display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;font-weight:normal;marg:0 0 1rem;lor:#1B1A1A;font-fay:FixtureExpandMedium,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-size:1rem;le-height:1.2;text-transform:upperse;}{lor:#595959;}</style><h6 class="css-hec8r5 e6pr2lz3"><style data-emotn="css 1bhzf6j">{-webk-background-posn:center center;background-posn:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;display:block;marg-right:0.25rem;marg-top:0.2rem;width:1.125rem;} {background-image:url('/_assets/sign-tokens/roadandtrack/static/imag/');}</style><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-1bhzf6j eagam8p0"></span><style data-emotn="css 8lle59">{max-width:lc(100% - 120px - .625rem);}</style><span class="css-8lle59 e6pr2lz1">Related Story</span><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p1"></span></h6><style data-emotn="css c4s2gi">{paddg:0rem;marg:0rem;list-style:none;}</style><ul class="css-c4s2gi e6pr2lz4"><style data-emotn="css 1572o6x">{background-lor:#EFEDE9;borr-bottom:th solid whe;lor:#434343;font-fay:FixtureSemiBold,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-size:0.9375rem;le-height:1.3;paddg-bottom:0.5rem;paddg-left:0.5rem;paddg-right:0.5rem;paddg-top:0.5rem;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{font-size:0.875rem;le-height:1.3;}} img{height:to;width:33%;} span{max-width:60%;} a{-webk-text-ratn:none;text-ratn:none;lor:her;-webk-transn:all 0.3s ease--out;transn:all 0.3s ease--out;} a:hover{lor:#595959;}</style><li class="css-1572o6x e6pr2lz2"><style data-emotn="css 1bn7a5e">{-webk-text-ratn:none;text-ratn:none;display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webk-box-flex-wrap:wrap;-webk-flex-wrap:wrap;-ms-flex-wrap:wrap;flex-wrap:wrap;-webk-flex-directn:row;-ms-flex-directn:row;flex-directn:row;-webk-box-pack:start;-ms-flex-pack:start;-webk-jtify-ntent:flex-start;jtify-ntent:flex-start;-webk-align-ems:center;-webk-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-ems:center;}</style><a href="/news/a38082985/2022-merces-sl/" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="New Merces-AMG SL Returns to s Former Glory" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Edorial Lks" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" class="css-1bn7a5e e1c1bym14"><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p0"></span><style data-emotn="css 1l0u1">{marg-right:0.625rem;height:to;}</style><img src="" alt="2022 merces amg sl 55 63" tle="New Merces-AMG SL Returns to s Former Glory" width="120" height="100%" dg="async" loadg="lazy" image-align="left" class="css-1l0u1 e6pr2lz0" /><span class="css-8lle59 e6pr2lz1">New Merces-AMG SL Returns to s Former Glory</span><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p1"></span></a></li></ul></asi></div><p data-no-id="2" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Every generatn of livg r aficnados has th had at least one SL to imprt on or aspire to. Consirg this pellg herage, you may wonr if now is the right time to buy an SL of your own. </p><p data-no-id="3" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">If you fd yourself this posn, you uld have no better gui than Mike Kunz. For nearly 20 years, Kunz has n the <a href=" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Merces-Benz Classic Center" class="body-lk css-wanth8 et3p2gv0">Merces-Benz Classic Center</a> southern California, a subsidiary of Benz's U.S. arm dited to the prervatn and rtoratn of Merces-Benz vehicl that are over 20 years old. </p><p data-no-id="4" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Here are Kunz’s tips, generatn by generatn.</p><style data-emotn="css gkkj1s">{font-fay:GTSuperDisplayMedium,serif,Arial,Sans-serif;font-weight:normal;marg-bottom:0.625rem;marg-top:0.625rem;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{font-size:1.75rem;le-height:1.2;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{font-size:1.75rem;le-height:1.2;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{font-size:2.25rem;le-height:1.2;}} b, strong{font-fay:her;font-weight:bold;} em, i{font-fay:her;font-style:alic;}</style><h2 data-no-id="5" class="body-h2 css-gkkj1s et3p2gv0"><strong>300 SL (W198) 1954-1963</strong> </h2><style data-emotn="css 1736von">{--data-embed-display:flex;-webk-align-ems:center;-webk-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-ems:center;clear:both;display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;marg-bottom:0.9375rem;marg-left:to;marg-right:to;width:100%;}@media(m-width: 20rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 30rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 75rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 90rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}} a span{right:1rem;} img{width:to;height:85vh;} a{display:-webk-le-box;display:-webk-le-flex;display:-ms-le-flexbox;display:le-flex;posn:var(--posn, relative);} img:not(.ewcw41w1){display:block;width:100%;height:to;-webk-align-self:flex-start;-ms-flex-em-align:flex-start;align-self:flex-start;}</style><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="6" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><style data-emotn="css uwraif">{width:100%;display:-webk-le-box;display:-webk-le-flex;display:-ms-le-flexbox;display:le-flex;-webk-flex-directn:lumn;-ms-flex-directn:lumn;flex-directn:lumn;marg-left:to;marg-right:to;-webk-box-pack:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;-webk-jtify-ntent:center;jtify-ntent:center;}</style><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="meet merces summer „mythos sl“, juni 2021 merces benz 300 sl roadster w 198, bjahr 1960, von merces benz classic exterirfoto von lks vorn fotosignatur r merces benz classic archive d732043 meet merces summer “legend sl”, june 2021 merces benz 300 sl roadster w 198 manufactured 1960 om merces benz classic exterr photo om ont left photo signature the merces benz classic archiv d732043" tle="Sport, Lux, Liftyle: r Merces-Benz SL

Sport, luxury, liftyle: The Merces-Benz SL" loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2000" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><style data-emotn="css swqnqv">@media(m-width: 20rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 30rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 75rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 90rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}</style><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><style data-emotn="css km1qe9">{lor:#343434;font-fay:FixtureLight,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-size:1rem;font-weight:bold;letter-spacg:0.02rem;le-height:2rem;m-width:100%;paddg-top:0.625rem;width:0;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{le-height:1.3;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{le-height:1.3;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{le-height:1.3;}} em, i{font-fay:her;font-style:alic;}</style><div class="css-km1qe9 e1xqj1sx1">1960 300SL roadster</div><style data-emotn="css 1am3yn9">{paddg-left:0rem;le-height:1;}</style><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-d3x73r e6iqd2">Merces-Benz</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="7" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">More than six s old, every 300 SL has likely been through some sort of rtoratn. To Kunz, this prents an important qutn: "What did someone else do to the r that is rrect and may be difficult to rrect?" He tells horror stori of rs that were purchased whout proper expert spectn or provenance checks. "We have a r the shop right now that has a race history the owner didn’t know about," Kunz said. "Unr all the pat and body filler, we have a very mangled r. It’s all fixable, of urse." But wh the Gullwg’s tube ame chassis and plex engeerg, " tak a lot of effort and money to do that."</p><h2 data-no-id="8" class="body-h2 css-gkkj1s et3p2gv0"><strong>230/250/280 SL (W113) 1963-1971</strong></h2><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="9" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="meet merces summer „mythos sl“, juni 2021 merces benz 280 sl w 113 „pago“, bjahr 1970, von merces benz classic exterirfoto von lks vorn fotosignatur r merces benz classic archive d732054 meet merces summer “legend sl”, june 2021 merces benz 280 sl w 113 “pagoda” manufactured 1970 om merces benz classic exterr photo om ont left photo signature the merces benz classic archiv d732054" tle="Sport, Lux, Liftyle: r Merces-Benz SL

Sport, luxury, liftyle: The Merces-Benz SL" loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2001" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><div class="css-km1qe9 e1xqj1sx1">1970 280 SL</div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-d3x73r e6iqd2">Merces-Benz</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="10" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Siar to the 300 SL, a Pagoda, buyers should watch primarily for poor prr work. But, acrdg to Kunz, the rs are also st prone, pecially out back. "The tnk seal will fail, and as a rult, water gets unr the tnk mat and never dri until sts the floor out." Aga, ’s fixable, but not cheaply. Fortunately, the rs are very mechanilly robt, and share their drivetra wh mastream M-B sedans of the era. "So, unlike a 300 SL, the need for specialists for repairs isn’t so strong," Kunz said.</p><h2 data-no-id="11" class="body-h2 css-gkkj1s et3p2gv0"><strong>350/450/380/560 SL (R107) 1971-1989</strong></h2><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="12" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="merces benz 350 sl r 107, prodtnszerm 1971 bis 1989 r typ wird bis 1985 gebt studfoto von rechts vorn merces benz 350 sl r 107, productn perd 1971 to 1989 this mol was built until 1985 stud photo om ont right" tle="Sport, Lux, Liftyle: r Merces-Benz SL

Sport, luxury, liftyle: The Merces-Benz SL" loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2250" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><div class="css-km1qe9 e1xqj1sx1">1985 350 SL</div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-d3x73r e6iqd2">Merces-Benz</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="13" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><strong></strong>"They ll the Panzer, bee the r is extremely overbuilt," Kunz says. But Merces sold a ton of the, and for awhile they were jt cheap ed rs, so watch out for ferred matenance. "Later rs have a very plex vacuum system for climate ntrol, so make sure all of that works," Kunz says. "And st n be an issue." He also shi away om the 380, "bee was throttled back om an emissns perspective." Perhaps that's not a fatal flaw: All 107s were sentially built to be cisers. "You don’t drive as a sports r."</p><h2 data-no-id="14" class="body-h2 css-gkkj1s et3p2gv0"><strong>320/500/600 SL (R129) 1989-2001</strong></h2><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="15" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="meet merces summer „mythos sl“, juni 2021 merces benz sl 600 r 129, bjahr 1995, von merces benz classic exterirfoto von lks fotosignatur r merces benz classic archive d732105 meet merces summer “legend sl”, june 2021 merces benz sl 600 r 129 manufactured 1995 om merces benz classic exterr photo om left photo signature the merces benz classic archiv d732105" tle="Sport, Lux, Liftyle: r Merces-Benz SL

Sport, luxury, liftyle: The Merces-Benz SL" loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2000" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><div class="css-km1qe9 e1xqj1sx1">1995 SL 600</div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-d3x73r e6iqd2">Merces-Benz</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="16" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">The up-and-ers on the llector r market are scribed by Kunz as "morn, fortable, fast, and well-built." However, he warns to watch out for issu wh the plex roof hydrlics. "The hydrlic rams that ntrol the dividual locks and movements n start to leak or seize or not work," he says. He also advis about "some issu wh terr plastics. We’ve seen ozone-related terratn, primarily on the early rs." And, as sirable as is—and will bee—"I would tend to stay away om the V-12," Kunz says. "There’s great plexy wh that."</p><h2 data-no-id="17" class="body-h2 css-gkkj1s et3p2gv0"><strong>SL 500/550/600 (R201) 2001-2012</strong></h2><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="18" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="merces benz sl 500 r 230 sonrmoll edn 50 fahrzg s m jahr 2001 prodtnszerm r breihe 2001 bis 2012 studfoto von rechts vorn fotosignatur r merces benz classic archive d511048 merces benz sl 500 r 230 special edn 50 r shown is om 2001 productn perd for the mol seri was 2001 to 2012 stud photo om ont right photo signature the merces benz classic archive d511048" tle="Sport, Lux, Liftyle: r Merces-Benz SL

Sport, luxury, liftyle: The Merces-Benz SL" loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2250" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><div class="css-km1qe9 e1xqj1sx1">2001 SL 500</div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-d3x73r e6iqd2">Merces-Benz</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="19" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Kunz lls the rs "a relatively great value." But he warns agast some of the same issu found the R129. "On the terr bs and piec, the plastics get gummy." Many replacement terr piec are available new om Merces, so long as they're a standard lor—many of the rarer hu are no longer produced. And aga, wh the foldg hardtop, check the roof hydrlics. "You need to make sure all of that works, and works wh a reasonable time. If you have a slow roof, there’s probably not enough fluid the system. And if there’s not enough fluid the system, why is that? 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He has published a parentg book, <a href=""><em>The Gay Uncle’s Gui to Parentg</em></a><a href=""><em>, </em>and sce 2008 </a>has driven and reviewed thoands of rs for <em>Car and Driver</em> and <em>Road & Track</em>, where he is ntributg edor. 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