The biggest gathering of original Mercedes-Benz 300SL sports cars will take place at the 2024 George Old Car Show on the weekend of 10 and 11 February 2024. A total of eight of the nine original series 300SLs residing in South Africa will be at the show, which is now in its 27^th rendition in 2024.  These are the cars that earned the 300SL the title of “Sports Car of the Century” in 2009!  “We are thrilled to have committed entries of these magnificent cars, says Waldo Scribante, chairman of the organising club, The Southern Cape Old Car Club, which has established this show as the premier Western Cape event for classic cars, over the past three decades.

“Seven of the 300SLs are Roadster versions, and for the first time, a magnificent original Gullwing 300SL Coupé will be joining the Roadsters at our event.  The Gullwing is presently the only one of these original SL series coupés in South Africa. The sight of this car joining seven roadster versions is going to be awe-inspiring,” says Scribante, who personally owns one of the most comprehensive Mercedes-Benz classic collections in South Africa.  “From the club’s point of view, we are extremely honoured to have eight of these ultra-rare and very valuable Mercedes sports cars attending our show, and it points to the status that the George Old Car Show has in the classic car fraternity, all over the country. “What I find intriguing is that the SL 300s entered for next month’s show hail from many parts of the country. The cars are arriving from as far afield as Johannesburg, Klerksdorp, Cape Town, and Paarl, – while one of them is a local machine owned and garaged here in George. “And even more significant is that our SL display marks, almost to the day, the 70^th anniversary of the Mercedes-Benz 300SL.”