SLSHOP restored R107 SL displayed at Mercedes-Benz World Brooklands
As part of the Anniversary Celebrations marking 50 years of the Mercedes-Benz R107, SLSHOP were approached by Mercedes-Benz World to supply [...]
How to raise and lower your Mercedes-Benz SL R107 Soft top
The fabric soft top on a Mercedes-Benz R107 SL is fabulously designed and elegant, but it must be used correctly. In [...]
How to safely remove your Mercedes-Benz SL R107 Hard top
The Mercedes-Benz R107 Hardtop turns this roadster into an elegant coupe, but at 75kg, it can be quite a handful. In [...]
How to read a Mercedes-Benz R107 SL VIN plate
The basic details of your classic Mercedes-Benz SL can be deciphered from the vehicle identification plate, but where is [...]
Light it Up: Hard to find Headlamps for the R107 SL
Good condition Mercedes R107 headlights are essential to the vehicle's elegant styling and charismatic from profile. Gently curving around the front [...]
What is CARE, how does it work, and how can I best utilise my account?
What is a CARE account? For every owner we have met on our ten classic Mercedes-Benz journey, there remains a consistent [...]
SLSHOP Care – 8% off Service Parts from SLSHOP
For the past decade we have been servicing, maintaining, improving and restoring the Mercedes-Benz SL, and in that time we have learnt [...]
Certified Servicing – Should I take my classic SL to a Mercedes-Benz main dealer?
In the world of classic Mercedes-Benz, much credence is still given to the term ‘full Mercedes-Benz service history’, but what relevance [...]
The history of SLSHOP
SLSHOP - A history lesson in our heritage as SL enthusiasts Twelve years ago SLSHOP was little more than a father [...]
Certified Servicing – The importance of using the right people
For a classic Mercedes-Benz SL owner, we understand that enjoyment is paramount; but protecting the investment is also crucial. Enhancing the [...]
Care – Case Studies and Examples
INTRODUCING CARE We created CARE to enable you, our customers and fellow enthusiasts, to confidently use your classic whenever, wherever and [...]
High Times for Low Miles – Surge in demand for the very best
As January melted into February, and March now peaks over the horizon, the sales momentum that started 2021 shows no sign [...]
What has an Austin Montego Vanden Plas got to do with a Mercedes-Benz 500SL…?
On the 1st of February 1989 Mrs E Finn started her 1987 Austin Montego Vanden Plas and began the drive to [...]
Silver and Red across two generations of SL
With so many cars to choose from, how can you possibly pick a Top 5? Here's 4 of the finest, with [...]
Three new Mercedes-Benz SLs in the showroom
Here at SLSHOP it’s been a very busy start to 2021, with a number of cars finding new homes. This week we’ve [...]
SLSHOP takes the lead celebrating 50 Years of the Mercedes-Benz R107 SL
2021 marks 50 years of the Mercedes-Benz R107 SL, having arrived on our roads back in 1971. As the world's leading [...]
See it, Snap it, Share it – How you can get behind the wheel of our 50th Anniversary SL
2021 marks 50 years since the Mercedes-Benz R107 SL arrived in showrooms, with the first models appearing back in 1971. As [...]
The R107 SL: Where have all the colours gone?
Regular readers will notice that Signal Red appears in our showroom more often than any other colour, but why is that? [...]
Exactly the same, completely different… A look at 5x Signal Red 300SLs
Here at SLSHOP we take great pride in offering a wide variety of cars and colours from our Stratford-Upon-Avon showroom. We [...]
SOLD! Demand stays high while temperatures stay low.
January has started strong for Bruce and the SLSHOP team - the showroom continues to be a hive of activity despite [...]
Four Seat Luxury – The History of the S Class Coupe, via W111 and SLC
By the mid 1950s the Mercedes-Benz model range was changing. The large, luxurious W187, W186 and W188 were all beginning to [...]
Mercedes-Benz R107 SL celebrates 50th Birthday by displaying a very special SL
In April 1971, volume production of the all-new Mercedes-Benz R107 SL began, a car that would go on to become an [...]
Generation Game – Three Decades of Automotive Icons, 1968 to 1989
An interesting SL photo for your Friday evening musings... The two cars at the top of the frame are separated by just [...]
Lose yourself in 1989 for but a moment…
Lose yourself in 1989 for but a moment... The Galileo Spacecraft has been launched by NASA, the Berlin Wall is about [...]