First registered on 13 Dec 1974, this originally road-going Vauxhall Firenza HP Droop Snoot has since been re-tuned and prepared for the track, although it is still road legal.

After its fifth keeper, in 1991 it came into the 20-year ownership of an engineer from Pontypool who was the Wales area representative of the “Droop Snoot Group”.

He prepared it for and used it on track days.

It was then bought by the north west area organiser of the Opel Vauxhall Club of Ireland - who also used it on track days and retro rallies.

In August 2016, the car was repatriated to the UK by its most recent private owner, a Firenza enthusiast from the West Midlands who continued to look after and spend money on the car, as can be seen in the documents library.

We’re unsure as to how much use he has made of it as it would seem that the speedo hasn’t been working during the last few years but back in March this year, he had the speedo overhauled and it is now reading just 43 miles.

The car was sold i...