Make my Mercedes Pagoda SL more Reliable
The term reliability is thrown around a lot, but what does it mean in the context of a classic Mercedes-Benz W113 [...]
I’ve Owned my W113 Pagoda For Years
Have you owned your W113 Mercedes for years? Perhaps you have inherited it from your parents or grandparents like Alex in [...]
I’ve Just Acquired my W113 Pagoda SL
So, you’ve just acquired a Mercedes 280SL Pagoda? This is a momentous occasion – one that should be celebrated; and especially [...]
Mercedes SL500 (R129) Record Sale
• SLSHOP’s ‘Next Big Thing’ Sermon along with Hagerty’s 2023 Bull Market List materialises in January 2023 as un-registered SL500 sells [...]
Mercedes 560SL Performance Road Car
It’s symbolic of independence, the American elite, the partygoers, celebrities, and those with the budgets for tailor made suits to match. [...]
Maradona’s Mercedes 450SLC & a Royal Alternative
Auctions. They’re all the rage and always seem to be the destination of several highly revered celebrity artefacts. Whether it be [...]
Sales Robust as Mercedes-Benz Marque Value Index Up 22.64% Year to Date
Classic Car Investment research house and think-tank HAGI reveals that the Mercedes-Benz marque was up 22.64%* points in the UK as [...]
Interview with Head of Mercedes-Benz Heritage: Marcus Breitschwerdt
Interview conducted by Kyle Fortune at the end of 2022. “One of the five best days in my life was the [...]
Breaking Mercedes R107 SL, R129 SL and W113 Pagoda for Parts
With over 100 cars on site at any given time, the tendency for some to become a Mercedes SL breaking for [...]
60 Facts About the Mercedes Pagoda
Six decades ago, one of the most elegant, and dare we say iconic, open-top machines ever made was revealed at the [...]
Mercedes W113 Pagoda Paint Codes
The Mercedes-Benz W113, nicknamed the 'Pagoda' due to the design and shape of its concave hard top, portable roof, was produced [...]
2022 End of Year Market Review
Last year it was the 50th anniversary of the R107 SL and the reveal of the last generation of petrol-powered SL [...]
The Perfect Petrolhead Pressies
Struggling to find something unique to your partner, friend or relative with petrolhead genes? Struggle no more with the choice of [...]
The Mercedes R129 SL in the Headlines
We've been desperate to talk about this. In September we were invited to Anglesey circuit to attend a top secret filming [...]
What Could a Petrolhead’s December Involve?
If you’ve not yet planned your weekends ahead of Christmas, now is just the time to think about how you can [...]
Mercedes-Benz Classic Car Rally 2022 – India Coverage
BOMBAY, INDIA, NOVEMBER 2022 From the globally acclaimed cars of the Maharajas to the W124s that found their way to the [...]
EXCLUSIVE OVP RELAY FOR CLASSIC MERCEDES MODELS
EXCLUSIVE OVP RELAY FOR MULTIPLE MODELS With thousands of individual components, some of which were bespoke to the model, there will always [...]
Mercedes 300SL Bulkhead Restoration Project
Those of you who have followed our journey from a small hobby business (or side hustle as it is now called) [...]
Taking your R107 to the next level with LSD.
Those of you who are familiar with SportLine will know precisely what we’ve done to transform the R107 into a road-dominating [...]
Mercedes 280SL Pagoda Driven
We're fortunate enough to have a number of talented friends throughout the petrolhead universe, and John-Joe Vollans is an indispensable friend [...]
Alex Brundle Drives SportLine
In September 2022, we welcomed esteemed racing driver Alex Brundle and son of British Formula 1 racer, Martin Brundle to SLSHOP. [...]
Nineties Knights in Photos
We opened our doors to owners of all manner of Mercedes-Benz models at the end of October. Our aim was to [...]
Annual Classic Car Emissions Revealed
The sound, smell, mechanical complexity, and the nostalgic shapes and lines are just a few things that ignite our love of [...]
Elan Valley Pilgrimage, October 1st 2022
On the 1st October we held our first community drive to the Elan Valley. Despite the climate of rising fuel prices, [...]