RM Sotheby's will offer the iconic sports car at the end of the month.
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The 300 SL’s stunning interior is fitted with blue gabardine fabric and blue vinyl, and is home to the Becker radio and 270-kph speedometer. The model even features a powerful 3.42 rear axle for quick acceleration alongside rudge center-mount wheels and vented front brake drums. Mercedes-Benz agent Joseph F. Weckerlé from Casablanca, Morocco, ordered the car the same year it was produced. It was the only vehicle from Mercedes to be delivered new to Africa at that time.
According to RM Sotheby’s, the model—nicknamed the “Weckerlé Alloy”—was imported to the United States early in its life. By 1975, it fell into the hands of Jack F. Bryan Jr. of Dallas, Texas, who immediately took the car to a renowned 300 SL restoration facility for light bodywork.
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