This Benecke tool kit is intended for use with a Mercedes-Benz W113 SL and was removed from a 230SL that was acquired by the seller 20 years ago. The tools are held in a brown MB-Tex tool roll with snap closures and an olive-drab cloth lining. The kit includes two Dowidat open-ended wrenches, Heyco slip-joint pliers, a rare wooden handled flat head screwdriver, a screwdriver handle with interchangeable shafts, and a Tommy bar. This tool kit is now offered at no reserve in Irvine, California
The brown MB-Tex roll is secured using polished snap closures which are all intact and present. The olive-drab cloth interior features 11 slots for tools. The two Dowidat double-open-ended wrenches wear a satin chrome finish, feature Mercedes-Benz branding, and are copies of each other featuring 17mm and 19mm. There is no rust of any of the finish and they appear in excellent condition.
Included is a Tommy bar alongside Heyco 300 slip-joint pliers and Hapewe-branded combination pliers/wire cutters. The black handled screwdriver accepts interchangeable flat-blade and Phillips-head screwdriver shafts and is paired alongside the rare wooden flathead screwdriver seen on earlier model toolkits.
This Benecke W113 SL toolkit was removed from a long term owned 230SL Pagoda and is now offered by the seller at NO RESERVE out of Irvine, California.
Even on nice cars that are 35-years-old, you’ll usually see some sort of corrosion on the tools in the kits since they sit at the bottom of stale trunks where water likes to rest. Seeing a tool-kit from the ‘60s that looks like this is really cool. This is a tremendously preserved satchel of W113 Pagoda tools from a long term owner that will fit nicely in the trunk of a prospecting buyer who owns a Pagoda that’s missing a tool kit. Having a kit in a collector car like a W113 is essential as far as bolstering the pedigree and completeness of a SL come the time to sell. This kit is essential to adding value to your collector car. It’s also great to see the wooden handle screw driver as these were also used in the 300SL toolkits. Neat stuff and we’re always glad we get to nerd out over this kind of automobilia.
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