A documented 1967 230 SL roadster — a California car from new, exported from Long Beach and imported to Germany in 2007, with a continuous paper trail of title, customs, appraisal and service.
Every figure on this page is taken from the car's original documentation — the California Certificate of Title, the California DMV bill of sale, the 2007 Rotterdam import file, the 2024 Classic-Data appraisal, the Allianz classic insurance valuation and the TÜV / OldieTech inspection and service records. Where the paperwork disagrees, the discrepancy is shown rather than smoothed over.
White (Weißgrau) coachwork with the signature concave "Pagoda" hardtop and a soft top. Nardi wood steering wheel and an Alpine radio/CD. Appraiser's note: "minimal dents to the body … paintwork orderly with light traces of age … interior very well kept."
Recommissioned by OldieTech GmbH (Berlin) in December 2024: full brake-system overhaul, fuel-system overhaul, ignition service, rear-axle suspension & bushings, propshaft and centre bearing — see the underside photographs.
| California title | State of California Certificate of Title. "Year first sold 1997"; title issued 2004. |
| Sale, 1 Feb 2007 | Sold by the California dealer Goodman Reed Motorcars, Santa Barbara, CA, to the current owner (California DMV REG 262 bill of sale). |
| Export, May 2007 | Shipped from Long Beach, California to Rotterdam via forwarder Sillevis B.V. — "import of one 1967 MB 230SL #016094 ex USA." |
| EU customs, May 2007 | Cleared at Rotterdam ("Dagtekening 15 Mei 2007"), declared a vehicle over 30 years old. Delivered to Berlin. |
| 2024 — Germany | Classic-Data appraisal, Allianz classic-car insurance valuation, TÜV §23 historic-vehicle assessment and a full OldieTech recommissioning. |
The car was sold by Goodman Reed Motorcars, a boutique vintage-car dealership in downtown Santa Barbara, California (4283 State Street), operating by appointment only. By its own description the firm specialised in the sale, sourcing and brokerage of rare, collector-quality automobiles, with services spanning consignment, storage, shipping and titling. It positioned itself not as a volume-driven lot but as a curated, low-volume operation run out of a genuine passion for the design and engineering of fine motorcars — the kind of dealer that hand-picks cars rather than stocks them. The business is recorded as closed as of December 2025; this 230 SL was one of the California collector cars to pass through it.
The car presents in grade-3 condition on the German Zustandsnote scale: fully roadworthy, no significant technical or optical defects, no work outstanding. The full documented basis is below. Note that the 2024 Classic-Data figure was an insurance valuation that predates the December 2024 full recommissioning, and that the appraiser's own report records no corrosion, no defects and no work required.
Assessed as a historic vehicle ("Oldtimer i.S.d. §23 StVZO"), December 2024. "Good care and preservation condition"; original or permissible-modification equipment confirmed.