Mercedes-Benz W113 250SL Full Restoration

This Mercedes-Benz W113 250SL has to be one of our most impressive restorations in recent times. Our customer got in contact with us about a car they had recently purchased, but it was in dire need of an interior retrim. As time passed leading up to us receiving the car, the customer informed us they had booked the vehicle in with our neighbours Multi-Tech Coachworks for a respray.

These images are how the car arrived to us at d:class HQ. Promptly after this it was taken into Multi-Tech Coachworks where the respray began. Plenty of hours prepping and painting went into this 250SL, making it one of the cleanest examples out there once it left our possession.

Once Barry and his team at Multi-Tech Coachworks had completed the respray, the vehicle was then handed over to us where the retrim began.

First step on big restoration project like this is to strip the car. Seeming as this was already done, first up was applying the new sound deadening and creating the carpets. We use Dynamat for all of our restoration projects which require it.

All our carpets are totally bespoke to fit to the cars chassis floor pan, this ensures the best result possible with no corners being cut. We are well versed in classis Mercedes-Benz vehicles so only the best materials have been used, twin loop salt & pepper with black vinyl binding. Brand new seat back woods were created with matching twin loop carpets trimmed over.

Once the carpets had been created and fitted, the next step was installing the replacement hood frame and fitting a brand new hood.

The seats have been retrimmed in black classic grain with black basket weave perforated centre flutes. The same black classic grain leather was used for the door cards, deck lid, dashboard panels, A-pillars, windscreen upper panels, kick panels, horn push and ashtray lid.

The sun visors however have been trimmed in ivory classic grain with matching hand stitched thread.