The vendor, who is well-known to us and has an enviable collection of fine classics, bought this RHD manual 6C 2500 Sport Cabriolet car very shortly after it had been purchased from a Bonhams auction in Paris and then UK-registered for the first time.

He bought it because of its completeness, originality, authenticity and charm.

His initial intention was to restore much or all of its former glory and make the most of its eligibility for the Mille Miglia.

As if often the way with even the best-laid plans, this ambition never came to fruition and the car now finds itself back on the market, where its scarcity, condition and desirability will no doubt attract a great deal of wholly deserved attention.

Built in December 1948, this Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Sport Cabriolet, bodied by Pinin Farina, was delivered to Camogli, Italy, on May 5, 1949.

The car resurfaced on documents and in photographs in California, July 5, 1983, still in its original colour, ‘Celeste Coldinava’.

Then owned by a L...