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1968 280SL - ID#113044-10-007025 - Engine # 130983-10-002794 - Transmission # 2227
Body # 86386 - Factory order # 95430008 - MFG date: December 27, 1968 - Titled in CA as a 1969 model
1 of approximately 200 280SLs fitted with a ZF 5-speed manual gearbox - Power steering delete.
387 Dark blue poly/140 Cognac MB Tex - 744 Dark blue soft top (original and distressed)
Bare metal resprayed some years ago. Misc. cosmetic blemishes.
Factory Datacard Decode:
140 - Cognac MB Tex
230 - 5-speed transmission
232 - 4:08 final drive ratio
401 - Single seats
416 - Hard top mounted
524 - Paint coat preservation
620 - Italian market 280SL
665 - Packing mode
744 - Dark blue soft top
The rarest Pagoda money can buy. Less than 200 in existence.
ZF 5 - speed gearboxes were typically fitted to European examples, largely for the Italian and Swiss markets.
This is an Italian market car. They were never officially available in the US.
2 California owners over the last 55 years.
1st CA owner flew to Italy and purchased the car in 1970.
He drove it in the San Francisco Bay area until selling to my client, a professor in Berkeley, CA, in 2004.
I purchased the car on September 16, 2025.
All original sheet metal and floors. Correct body # stamped on hard top, hood, and transmission plate.
All ID plates/stamps in place. Matching # engine. Original trunk floor and rear body light panel.
Tool roll, tire chock, jack, partial handbooks.
Runs and drives well. Good oil pressure. Excellent cold and hot start.
Nice clutch and gearbox action. All temperature slice controls recently replaced.
Full service history over the last 21 years including an engine overhaul and valve job 5,000 miles ago in 2017.
Clutch replacement 1,700 miles ago
Sold as-is or can be restored to any level desired.
Call for more details.
Roy Spencer 650-343-7980
Body # 86386 - Factory order # 95430008 - MFG date: December 27, 1968 - Titled in CA as a 1969 model
1 of approximately 200 280SLs fitted with a ZF 5-speed manual gearbox - Power steering delete.
387 Dark blue poly/140 Cognac MB Tex - 744 Dark blue soft top (original and distressed)
Bare metal resprayed some years ago. Misc. cosmetic blemishes.
Factory Datacard Decode:
140 - Cognac MB Tex
230 - 5-speed transmission
232 - 4:08 final drive ratio
401 - Single seats
416 - Hard top mounted
524 - Paint coat preservation
620 - Italian market 280SL
665 - Packing mode
744 - Dark blue soft top
The rarest Pagoda money can buy. Less than 200 in existence.
ZF 5 - speed gearboxes were typically fitted to European examples, largely for the Italian and Swiss markets.
This is an Italian market car. They were never officially available in the US.
2 California owners over the last 55 years.
1st CA owner flew to Italy and purchased the car in 1970.
He drove it in the San Francisco Bay area until selling to my client, a professor in Berkeley, CA, in 2004.
I purchased the car on September 16, 2025.
All original sheet metal and floors. Correct body # stamped on hard top, hood, and transmission plate.
All ID plates/stamps in place. Matching # engine. Original trunk floor and rear body light panel.
Tool roll, tire chock, jack, partial handbooks.
Runs and drives well. Good oil pressure. Excellent cold and hot start.
Nice clutch and gearbox action. All temperature slice controls recently replaced.
Full service history over the last 21 years including an engine overhaul and valve job 5,000 miles ago in 2017.
Clutch replacement 1,700 miles ago
Sold as-is or can be restored to any level desired.
Call for more details.
Roy Spencer 650-343-7980
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