Chassis Number: WDB1290761F134374
At a time when the price of a standard Mercedes-Benz SL600 was just 5% less than a Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit, it is unsurprising that the SL70 always was an extremely rare car; the engine upgrade alone cost roughly the equivalent of $60,000. Nevertheless, the reward was staggering: a hand-built 7.1-liter AMG-tuned version of the exquisite M120 V12 engine, producing a supercar-slaying 489 hp. As with all SL70 examples, this Azurite Blue Metallic over gray chassis began life as an SL600 for the Japanese market and was completed in January 1996. Records paired to the affixed AMG Japan commission plate indicate that the SL70 conversion was begun on February 13 and completed on May 20, 1996. Additionally, documentation confirms that this rarified chassis also received the “E70 Power Pack,” which uses an engine-management computer borrowed from the contemporaneous S72 AMG to achieve a conservatively rated 510 horsepower. After many years of residence in Japan, this SL70 AMG was imported into the U.K. in 2012 and acquired by the consignor in 2015. Since purchase, it has been driven just several hundred kilometers while part of their collection and comes with recent service documentation.
