Pretty spectacular barn find has seven vintage Mercedes SL-Class R107s

  • Cool barn find contained seven Mercedes SL-Class
  • The cars had been parked for ‘many years’ 
  • The finder was selling the cars as a collection for $25,000

Published on Sep 23, 2024 at 7:17 AM (UTC+4)
by Claire Reid

Last updated on Sep 24, 2024 at 3:07 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by Tom Wood

This cool and unusual barn find contained seven Mercedes SL-Class – and the finder is hoping they’ll find a new home. 

The seven Mercedes R107s were found in a barn in Pomaria, South Carolina, and went up for sale as a job lot on eBay. 

The cars had been parked for a ‘very long time’ according to the man who found them. 

He wanted to sell the cars as a complete collection and set a low asking price of just 25,000. 

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The Mercedes had been parked for a long time

When it comes to barn finds, few things are more exciting than stumbling across an entire car collection – such as the time a British urban explorer discovered 40 classic vehicles, including Aston Martins, Alfa Romeos, Bentleys, and BMWs, or the time a man found a Porsche, a Lotus, a Rolls-Royce, a Maserati, and a Ferrari all in one barn find. 

However, rarer still is a barn find that exclusively houses one specific type of car – like the man who was lucky enough to find two Lamborghini Countachs

Or this man who found not one, not two, but a whopping seven Mercedes. 

Sadly, two of the cars were beyond repair and could only realistically be used for parts – possibly for the other five Mercs. 

The collection includes three 450SLs and two 560SLs

According to the listing from seller thebenzman, one of the cars was involved in a serious accident and the other had a tree fall on it.

The other five cars were all in working order when they were parked, although the seller does admit this was ‘many years ago’. 

The collection includes a white 560SL with blue interior; a very early model 450SL in silver with a black hardtop and red interior; a white 450SL with tan interiors and AMG spoilers and rocker panels; a dark green 380SL with tan interior; and a silver 380SL with blue interior. 

The two wrecked cars are a grey-colored 560SL with a ‘good’ condition tan interior and a 450SL in silver with 99,000 miles on the clock. 

The seller wanted to sell the cars as a whole collection and was asking $25,000 for the lot.

It could be an interesting project for a Mercedes-lover with the right skills. 

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Claire Reid is a journalist who hails from the UK but is now living in New Zealand. She began her career after graduating with a degree in Journalism from Liverpool John Moore’s University and has more than a decade of experience, writing for both local newspapers and national news sites. Across her career she's covered a wide variety of topics, including celebrity, cryptocurrency, politics, true crime and just about everything in between.