• Hand built, limited edition Swiss GT car • Believed delivered new to the USA • Offered from an extensive Middle Eastern private collection • Requires restoration During the 1960s, American V8 power was seen by many independent European manufacturers as a means of creating a luxury Grand Tourer to compete with the more exotica offerings of long-established firms like Ferrari, Maserati and Aston Martin.

AC, Jensen, Facel and Iso among others all went down this route, as did Swiss BMW dealer Peter Monteverdi who used Chrysler engines and transmissions for his sports and GT cars.

Launched in 1967, the first of these was the High Speed 375S, a two-seater coupe featuring a body styled by Pietro Frua.

The latter built the first bodies before production switched to Carrozzeria Fissore in 1969.

Monteverdi's tubular spaceframe chassis employed double-wishbone independent front suspension and a De Dion rear axle, and customers could choose between 7.0-litre (375bhp) and 7.2-litre (450bhp) '...