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Throughout the world these are but a handful of restorers who specialize in 300SLs, and given the complexity of these cars,only a specialist should be entrusted with the task of returning an aged 300SL to its former glory.Hjeltness Restoration, Inc. located just outside of San Diego, in Escondido, California, has been specializing in 300SL restorations since the early 1980s. Owner Jerry Hjeltness, however has been involved with 300SLs for nearly thirty-five years, since he purchased his first one in 1960.
Jerry, along with his son, Eric Hjeltness, has built a reputation in the 1970s as a specialist in restoring and detailing 300SL engines, and later expanded into the complete restoration of the cars.
Over the past decade, Hjeltness Restoration has completed twenty-five body off restorations, all supervised by Jerry and Eric Hjeltness, making them and the experts at the shop some of the world's leading authorities on the construction (and reconstruction) of 300SLs. "Authenticity is the most important consideration when restoring a 300SL. Throughout the car's production history numerous changes and upgrades were made by Daimler-Benz engineers, and in order to correctly restore a 300SL you must know what was correct for that specific car when it was originally built" explains Jerry.
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