LA FORTUNA INVESTMENTS
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60 bhp, 1,582 cc horizontally-opposed OHV four-cylinder engine, four-speed manual transmission, torsion bar independent front suspension, swing axle independent rear suspension, and four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes. Wheelbase: 82.7 in. The engine compartment is clean and properly detailed, having seen very little use; the car has covered test miles only since the restoration. The ride and performance is outstanding. The restoration is, in the words of an experienced critic, “absolute jewelry.” There are countless authentic touches that most people overlook: a canvas spare tire strap, correct side curtains and factory jack, and fastidiously correct wiring, even where it doesn’t show.
The Mercedes-Benz 190SL is a two-door grand touring roadster with an optional removable hardtop that was produced by Mercedes-Benz between May 1955 and February 1963. A prototype was first shown at the 1954 New York Auto Show. The 190SL was sold alongside the faster, more expensive Mercedes-Benz 300SL, which it closely resembled both in its styling, engineering, detailing and fully independent suspension, both cars having double wishbone suspensions at the front and swing axles at the rear. However, the 190SL did not use the 300SL's purpose-built tubular spaceframe W198 platform, but was built on a shortened and monocoque R121 platform that modified from the W121 small saloon.