20/12/2013
The laminated windscreens for 300SL Roadster now available for the price 399,00 EURO (clear) and 459,00 Euro (green tinted).
Mercedes W198 II 300SL Roadster (1957-63) was unveiled by Amercian sports-car champion Paul O'Shea in October 1956 at the Solitude track near Stuttgard. It was then officially launched at the 1957 Geneva Spring Motor Show with appropriate razzmatazz. The ball had again been set rolling by Maxi Hoffman who foresaw good sales prospects in the land of limitless opportunities for an open-top version of Stuttgart's finest. When production of the Roadster ceased in Sindelfingen on 8 February 1963, 1.858 of Mercedes 300SL Roadsters had left the line.
Major events in the history of this model include: from October 1958 onwards, just in time for the approaching winter, an attractive, removable coupe hardtop was available for an extra 1.500 DM; the already very effective bimetalic drum brakes, in which aluminium was coated with a thin layer of cast iron, gave way to Dunlop discs brakes in March 1961; and in March 1962 the Mercedes 300SL Roadster was given a modified engine with an alloy block.
Source: Mercedes Rainer W. Schlegelmilch, Hartmut Lehbrink, Jochen von Osterroth
Photos: Marcin K***t