Equipment and features: The car is finished in Signal Red with a colour-coded hard top over a black vinyl-trimmed cabin, punctuated by a body-coloured dashboard and a timber transmission tunnel storage area. · It rides on a set of 14-inch wheels with chrome and body-coloured covers, fitted with Accelera tyres. · Equipment includes manual hand-cranking windows and a Pioneer stereo. · An alloy radiator and electronic ignition have been fitted. · Accompanying the sale is the owner’s book pack, various maintenance invoices, copies of historic registration certificates and titles, hard top, jack, hard top tools, spare wheel, original radiator, and two keys.

Condition: A replacement engine has been fitted. · Specific notes from the seller include: the car is a running project, the paintwork presents with ‘orange peel’ and flaking in places, the engine bay paintwork looks tired (but is free of rust perforation), the undercarriage is undercoated, the original vinyl upholstery shows its age, and the carpeting may have been replaced at some point in the past. · The seller also reports that, as a running restoration project, the next owner is expected to replace rubber bushes, various gaskets, and other components in due course. · Repairs have been carried out on the driver’s side floor pan, minor oxidation is present, and the rear chrome bumper has perforating rust. · The vehicle was previously resprayed its original shade of Signal Red. · The most recent roadworthiness inspection was reportedly conducted in February 2024, resulting in a pass with the undercoating being noted.

Service history: The car was last serviced in November 2022 at an indicated 23,000 miles by Tomini Classics, who bled the brakes and replaced the engine oil, oil filter, coolant, and spark plugs. · Prior to this, Marlow Mercedes-Werks in Seaside, California, checked the tyre pressures, repaired the instrument lighting wiring, and replaced the engine oil, oil filter, and driveshaft flex disc bolts and washers as part of a service in 2017. · Topline Automotive in Burlingame, California, carried out an oil service in 2002, which also included adjusting the valves and replacing the transmission mount, engine mounts, and valve cover gasket. · Other work carried out during the seller’s three-year ownership includes paintless dent repairs, installing the electronic ignition, and replacing the tyres, battery, coolant hoses, radiator cap, radiator, brake fluid reservoir, valve cover gasket, and oil pan gasket. · The seller notes that the exhaust has previously been replaced.