The iconic coupe is available through UK-based Hilton and Moss for $2.1 million, which includes a customized ground-up restoration.
specialists, based near London Stansted airport. The specific 300 SL that I am to pilot had been sold new to a stateside doctor in Denver, Colo., and has spent the past 28 years in the private collection of a Middle Eastern prince. With 82,000 documented miles and plenty of patina, the car has an asking price of $2.1 million, which includes the cost of a ground-up restoration by Hilton and Moss to the new owner’s exact specification. It will be the closest you’ll get to a factory-fresh Gullwing.
In 1956, the year this car was built, Stirling Moss drove a 300 SLR to first place in the Mille Miglia, averaging a still-incredible 98 mph over 993 miles. My drive will be slightly more sedate, and I won’t have reckless spectators cheering me at every turn, but it still includes some fast-flowing British A-roads and tightly-coiled country lanes—the kind of places a supercar should shine, in other words.
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