With just one former UK keeper since arriving here in 2020, ‘BTL 246B’ is a 1964 Buick Wildcat four-door hardtop fitted with the 6.6-litre V8 engine and the Super Turbine 400 transmission.

Bought as a birthday present for his wife in 1964, it stayed in the same family’s care until at least 2000.

It’s now been in the seller’s hands since February 2021 and is being offered, he says, in “time warp condition”, which really isn’t hyperbole, as you’ll discover.

Read on for more, but this is a car with a charming history, a verifiable provenance, and, perhaps most importantly, real presence.

The Buick was professionally detailed over a period two days in 2021 at a cost of more than £1,200.

That’s a hefty sum for sure but the result is still holding up well, even now.

Mind you, the canvas the white paintwork sits upon is impressive, isn’t it? With great shutlines and panel alignment, there a distinct absence of dents, dinks, and ripples too, which makes it’s quite the looker for a car th...