SLSHOP Open Day 2019
On November 16th our Open Day took place, the first public open day since the SLSHOP moved to new premises.
After a terrible five week run of weather, it was clear that the weather gods have a soft spot for the SL – our day started under glorious skies, with uncharacteristic winter sunshine and warmth.
Guests arrived from all around the country, with the dedicated SL parking filling up through the day. All three car parks began to swell, with Mercedes-Benz cars in abundance. There were some interesting customer cars on site, including a number of modern SLs and some rather rare special editions.
Race car rides began at 10am, with guests enjoying the thrill of racing down the mile long driveway in both the Ponton and 450SL race cars. Sign up was busy, with the cars entertaining guests all throughout the day. Trepidation would turn to smiles, giving way to big grins as Jake and Harry showed what the two classic racers were capable of.
Inside the showroom the Shakespeare Distillery were offering gin tasting, warding off the chill as guests enjoyed spending time around 60 pristine showroom cars. The informal atmosphere gave visitors a chance to get up close to the cars, to talk about specification and see all manner of different SLs from four decades of Mercedes-Benz production.
The workshop was busy all day, with staff on hand to discuss everything from replacement parts to complete restoration. It was this time with technicians that visitors particularly enjoyed, being able to talk candidly about the best way to approach a job, and to ask in detail how it’s done the SLSHOP way.
At 1.30pm guests were gathered in the showroom for a prize giving presentation. The Car Of The Day award, as voted for by all attendees was won by an Michael Ward’s Almandine Red 500SL – a rare colour that clearly captured the imagination of guests on the day. A special award was presented to Graham Laing. The Tourer Award is set to be an annual prize given to someone who goes above and beyond a weekend away with an SL. For Graham’s epic 10,000 mile European adventure (covered in the SLSCenic Route on ClubHouse), Graham took the 2019 award.
As the sun began it’s decline towards the horizon, guests prepared for the Market Review. Sam Bailey an Bruce Greetham, SLSHOP directors were joined by Rob Johnson of Classic & Sports Finance. The open Q&A session was a chance for guests to raise concerns about the market, while Sam and Bruce were able to assuage doubts by giving their own point of view on the market and the future. Rob helped guests understand how equity release can finance a restoration of a second car, and the active floor clearly indicated a thirst for knowledge on the finance side of classic SL ownership.
The sun set on a fantastic day, with the last customer car leaving the car park around 4.15pm. The day was a great success, and the feedback we’ve received so far indicates that all guests thought so too.
We’d like to thank everyone who attended for making it such an enjoyable day.
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