Early 230SL clean styling and the horn-ring evolution

Purists prize the early 230SL for its uncluttered look, free of the side-marker lights, bumper guards and headrests added to later US 280SLs. Detail-obsessed commenters track running changes such as the steering-wheel horn ring, round on roughly the first 2,000 230SLs and never round on the 280SL.