This lot will be auctioned via Classic Car Auctions, The Classic and Performance Car Spectacular Sale 2024 on Saturday the 1st of June, Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 6SG. Successor to the European 350 SL and American 450 SL models, the (R107) 380SL was introduced in March 1980 They were powered by the new lightweight 3.8-litre M116 SOHC V8 producing 215bhp and 224lb/ft through a 4-speed automatic gearbox and torque converter Finished in Arctic White (147), with a matching white hardtop and a dark blue mohair hood, over a Royal Blue (272) leather-trimmed interior and sitting on 14" ‘Baroque’ alloy wheels wrapped in 'pencil' whitewall Dunlops Left-hand drive and imported from America in 2017, this R107 has covered less than 1,000 miles since arriving in the UK with recent expenditure of £13,000 at the well-respected SL Shop in the last two years Supplied with history from 2008, details of US-ownership, import paperwork and SL Shop invoices for recent work