This exceptional MK1 is a ‘Campaign’ edition, which was one of the final models offered for sale in the UK and was our version of the ‘Pirelli’ edition (Germany) and the ‘Plus’ edition (France).

Only 1000 ‘Campaign’ edition cars were made available for sale in the UK, which makes the already rare and much sought-after MK1 GTi an even rarer and more sought-after vehicle in its ‘Campaign’ guise.

You can tell the ‘Campaign’ cars from their lesser brethren by the presence of a four-light front grille with inner fog lights, matt black A-pillars and 14-inch Pirelli alloy wheels and centre caps.

And you can tell this particular car apart from its less impressive counterparts simply by looking at it.

The vendor bought the car in May 2011 and drove it for about a year before deciding to get busy on it.

He spent a total of around 9 years restoring this car, finishing the project a couple of years ago.

In 2006, the odometer read 71,822 miles.

In 2012, when the vendor began his labour of lo...