Description Restored around eight years ago; wonderful condition throughout; from a brilliant retro collection and very lightly used; only 18,700 miles indicated; hard to find in the UK, let alone as smart as this Now when did you last see one of these on the road? Probably not for a long time because, as far as we can tell, only a dozen First Generation Toyota Celica ST Coupes have appeared at auction in the UK in the last 10 years.

First registered in May 1976, this Celica TA22 5-speed manual twin-cam has formed part of a fantastic retro collection for the last five years, seeing little use and being kept tucked away in storage.

We are told that it was restored by the previous owner but we are unsure of the extent of the work carried out as our vendor has misplaced the paperwork for the car.

What we can tell you, however, is that whatever was done has clearly been done extremely well and this Japanese Mustang positively gleams in our classic car garage.

The bodywork looks very ni...