Finished in Rosso Rubino with a Fungo Connolly hide interior, ‘ABW 586X’ is a well-known 1982 Maserati Khamsin that even has its very own Facebook page (facebook.com/MaseratiKhamsin435).

Of perhaps more importance, it also has an impeccable MoT history, partly as a result of spending the majority of its life in the metal-friendly climate of southern Africa and partly thanks to dedicated curation.

And it is dedicated curation: a chap called Jack Verdchuur bought the car in 1992 with the intention of returning it to its former glory.

He was the one who created the Facebook page we mentioned earlier, and by the time ill-health stalled the project, he had 1,100 followers.

The seller imported it into the UK in 2018 and set about finishing the job, first spending £20,000 with Colin Clarke Engineering to restore the running gear followed by another £25,000 invested with McGrath Maserati between 2020-24 for much else.

The result though is a clean-running Maserati Khamsin for whom the noti...