This Jaguar 340 was purchased by the London and Edinburgh Life Insurance Company Ltd as a new car for use by Mr. Broom in his capacity as a director of that company.

When Mr. Broom retired in 1971 he bought the car from the company for the princely sum of £310.00.

Upon his death in 1994, the car passed to Mr. Broom’s niece and remained with her until, we believe, 1999.

There is a written account of this, by Mr. Broom’s niece, which states that the mileage then was genuine and that Mr. Broom was a highly conscientious and diligent curator of this car, which he clearly cherished.

Today, the mileage is 90,901 miles.

In 2015 it was 88,000.

The current vendor, who is well-known to us, is a serial collector of rare and interesting classic cars - and a man whose current mission to rationalise his collection is the reason for its sale today.

The bodywork is pretty straight and true, and there are no dimples, dinks or dents of any real consequence that we can see.

The shut-lines and pan...