This four-door Mercedes Ponton 180B has been with the same family since new, and was imported to the UK from Rhodesia in 2006.

In the vendor’s words: "If ever a rust-free example was to be described, this is it.

Having hardly ever seen rain and certainly not salt, this is a true preserved example that has never been welded." The car was built in Germany in March 1961 and dispatched to Norton Motor Company in Rhodesia, where a Mr.

Nortje became its first owner.

In 1967 the car passed to Mrs.

Nortje, who continued to have the car meticulously maintained while compiling a hand-written mileage log until 2005.

Ownership then passed to her son who resided in the UK.

After a major service was carried out in Rhodesia, the car made its way to the UK in March 2006.

On arrival, it was dispatched to Twickenham Mercedes where a further £5000 was spent replacing worn parts, bushes, and kingpins.

Since then the car has been mainly dry-stored since, covering only 144 miles.

Today, the odomet...