In the care of its one owner for the past 30 years (as a lease car and then his personal transport), this slim-hipped Lancia Delta HF Turbo IE pre-dates the Integrale, something its Hormann body kit, Koni dampers, and 15-inch alloy wheels disguise.

First registered on the 4th of August 1988, it was regularly driven until the early nineties before being placed into storage and only very lightly used thereafter.

Taken out and MOT’d this month, the lack of recommissioning needed speaks volumes as to how well it was looked after in the preceding decades.

Only for sale now because the owner is in his late seventies, pricing a car like this is almost impossible, so we are delighted that he has agreed to offer it with no reserve, having sufficient faith in you lot to allow the market to decide its true value.

The white coachwork is bloomin’ extraordinary – and not just for a Lancia.

The eighties were remarkable for a lot of things but the longevity of a car’s metalwork was not one of the...