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Where to Find A Paint Code on A Mercedes-Benz

Have you lost the paperwork for your classic Mercedes-Benz? Are you unsure if the colour is original to the vehicle? Perhaps [...]

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Common Mercedes-Benz Gearbox Problems

A closer look at Mercedes automatic gearbox problems with the 1960s - 1990s transmissions. Coal-face advice from some of the UK's [...]

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Common Gearbox Problems For 80s and 90s Mercedes-Benz.

Britain's leading technical team gives us a rundown on common problems with 1980s and 1990s Mercedes-Benz gearboxes. The future classic – [...]

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Sluggish Gear Changes – A Troubleshooting Overview

We speak to the UK's most qualified technicians about potential reasons why your classic Mercedes Automatic Gearbox is not changing gear. [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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One-off 600 SL owned by Sultan of Brunei

The R129 SL is famed for its association with AMG, picked by MB to be the first model to be produced [...]

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The complete R129 SL Colour Guide

The Colours of Perfection Launched in 1989 as a replacement to the global superstar R107, the R129 SL arrived on the [...]

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The Ultimate Survivor

We just had to share this SL60 currently available on SLSHOP MarketPlace. One of only 49 RHD examples, this SL60 is [...]

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Why Should you Buy an SLSHOP Classified?

SLSHOP MarketPlace is the leading Mercedes-Benz digital buying and selling platform, catering for all models of Mercedes-Benz from the fifties right [...]

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Mercedes R129 Parts by SLSHOP

Mercedes produced the R129 over twelve years from 1989 to 2001. During this period, Mercedes completed over 200,000 builds for wealthy [...]

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Classic Car Owners Tread Carefully with Your Mobile Phones

Our partners, Heritage Classic Car Insurance produced this important guidance piece for Classic Mercedes owners, outlining the recent change in laws surrounding [...]

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SLSHOP SHIFTS GEARS

Quick-Shifting into a New Era of Classic Gearbox Repair and Restoration  The motorcar has taken a battering over the past decade. [...]

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The R129 SL Killer

''It’s the last of the over-engineered SLs with an abundance of tech and ‘cool’, but there are several unknown gremlins that [...]

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Pimp my R129

The arrival of a new generation SL is always special, and more so if the preceding model spent as much time [...]

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2022 Open Day Review

Spring rolls out the sunshine for our first Open Day of the year. We launched into 2022 with an ambitious plan [...]

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Proud Owner Helen Wakerley

''I still remember the first time I saw an R129 SL, I must have been 10 or 11. The car was [...]

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Could this 600SL be one of the rarest R129s on the planet?

You may know Samuel Addison from previous SLSHOP Journal articles – Sam Is the proud owner of a 380 SL discovered [...]

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AMG’s Ascension – The 1980s & 1990s

From the imagination of two visionaries, a motorsport tour de force and major player in the 1980s Mercedes tuning scene emerged [...]

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R129 Issues Episode 2: MAF Sensors

The R129 SL was launched 33 years ago, moving this SL variant into the classic car territory. You wouldn’t think it [...]

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  • R129 SL600 and R107 560 SL Tracking on a Country Road

Modern Classic Mercedes Specialist

SLSHOP’s craftsmen have a reputation for creating exceptional cars that are ready to be driven, admired by passers-by, and cherished across [...]

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HOW TO CHOOSE A MERCEDES SPECIALIST?

Owning a classic car can be a daunting experience. You may find yourself asking, who do I take my car to? [...]

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