This left-hand drive, European-spec Fiat Dino, which is finished in gunmetal grey with a black leather interior, also sits on the correct Cromodora magnesium alloy wheels, making it the perfect specification.

The seller used to work for Fiat, and the last car he remembers driving was a Dino, albeit the smaller-engined version.

Even so, it must have made quite an impression on him as the intervening decades did nothing to dim his desire to have one of his own.

He eventually found this one in 2019 and wasted no time in making it his own; and while it had been recommissioned in 2014 after arriving here, ‘SVR 563H’ benefits more recently from a top-end rebuild plus new front lights, grille, tyres, exhaust, and numberplates.

And much more; clearly a man for whom the doing provides as much enjoyment as the driving, the mileage covered in his hands might be small but, as you can see from the thick history file, he’s spared no expense in getting it ‘just so.’

Originally finished in white,...