Our fine example of 4/4 class and style hails from 1969 about a year into a mechanical watershed which saw the model referred to as the 4/4 1600.

Its chassis number of B1648 denotes it as a Ford 1600 powered car and number 48 off the line, so an early car indeed.

The car was thought to have left Pickersleigh Road in a factory yellow livery originally.

The first owner was believed to have lived in Wales and retained the 4/4 until 1989.

During his twenty-year tenure the first owner covered around 51,000 miles so used it regularly.

It is thought that the car was rebuilt by a Welsh technical college during this period and may have received a new chassis around then as well as undergoing a colour change to British Racing Green.

The second owner acquired the car in July 1989 and was reported to have used it in a number of sprint and hill climb events in 1990.

By the start of 1994 the 4/4 was with its third owner who acquired it from a Chelsea car dealer for the princely sum of £9,750....