Description Ex-Bill Boddy; four owners from new, the current since 1997; one of only 700 made and perhaps 9 surviving; fully restored and in super condition throughout; find another! Hands up if you’ve heard of a Cluley.

No? Well, we’re not surprised, they only made a few cars between 1921 and 1928 (probably fewer than 1,000) and it is thought that only around nine still survive today, only five of them in roadworthy condition.

Founded in Coventry in 1890, Clarke Cluley & Co.

were engineers who specialized in textile machinery and then in bicycles under the Globe brand, switching to munitions production in WW1 followed by a brief foray into car production, then into making parts for Rolls-Royce aero engines before their factory was destroyed in an air raid in WW2.

The Cluley 10/20 was designed by Arthur Alderson, who also worked for Calcott and Lea-Francis, and was a typical light car of the Twenties with a 1,460cc four-cylinder engine mated to a three-speed gearbox.

Costing £270 ...