Finished in Brooklands Green metallic paint, ‘D606 might have been in the seller’s hands since 2011, but it has yet to crack the 100,000 mile mark.

Number 693 of just 1,038 Ford Capri 280s built, as is the case with every ‘Brooklands’ this one’s powered by Ford’s 2.8-litre, fuel-injected 160bhp V6, a powerplant that gives the run-out model a top speed of 130mph after passing 62mph in under eight seconds, partly thanks to an all-up weight of just 1230kgs.

Buyers also got a pair of snug Recaro seats and Raven leather trim with burgundy piping.

Mechanically the Brooklands sends its power to the rear axle via a five-speed gearbox and a limited-slip differential.

It also sits on a set of handsome (and now expensive, of which more anon) seven-spoke, 15-inch alloy wheels.

This one was re-shelled with a genuine Ford bodyshell sourced through the Capri Club International (the receipt for which is in the history file) in the mid-nineties, and it’s just come out of a five-year snooze passing...