In the care of its current owner since 2007, ‘S600 HSV’ is one of only 15 VXR500 models ever built.

Struck by the sight of the then-new, right-hand-drive Monaro in The Observers Book of Cars as a child, the seller vowed that one day he’d own one – and what a model he ended up with.

Finished in Phantom Black with a Midnight interior, the seller used it quite a bit for the first few years, largely to attend for HSV events, of which he’s a member.

In his own words, “it’s not a sophisticated car, it’s all about the noise it makes!” Still completely standard, he took it off the road in 2014 due to ill health, and it’s only covered around 300 miles since then.

However, he’s spent a small fortune in the past couple of years to bring it up to a condition he’s happy with prior to selling it, which tells you all you need to know about his money-no-object attitude towards maintenance.

With just 30,000 miles on the clock, the same owner since 2007, a clear HPI report, and having been in stora...