Description Lots of history from new; recent £6,300 spend on repairs and upgrades; ready for new adventures Renault’s answer to the Citroen 2CV, the flimsy and frugal 4 was in production for 30 years (1961 – 1992).

But considering that they made over 8 million of them, it’s amazing how rarely you see one on the road these days.

It seems that there are fewer than 600 left in the UK, only half of which are taxed.

Sold new by Simpkins Garage of Eastleigh in August 1983, this top-of-the-range GTL (boasting a 34bhp 1,108cc engine and front disc brakes) had one lady owner for its first 12 years who clearly looked after it well.

The service booklet has no fewer than 16 stamps up to 75,500 miles in 1995 with many invoices for additional work including conversion to run on unleaded fuel in 1989; new front wings and a general tidy up in 1993; repairs to the floor pan in 1995.

Subsequent invoices show many new parts over the following years while 17 old MOTs indicate that the current mileage...