Description Highly original with a wonderful history file; only 64,537 miles from new with history to prove; ex-Scottish car museum; new wiring loom; a proper time capsule This wonderfully original Ruby has covered only 64,537 miles from new, most of them clocked up by the car’s first owner, Mr Edwin Isom of Bury St Edmunds, who kept the car for at least 30 years.

Clearly a very fastidious chap, he kept meticulous records of his time with the car which he bought new from his local Austin dealership, Mann Egerton, in May 1936, the original purchase invoice showing that it cost £125.

He also kept the original Data Card for the car and various letters and invoices that he received from Mann Egerton, plus a photo of himself and his wife with the car taken in 1937.

In addition, he also kept a detailed log of every journey made in the car and every bit of maintenance carried out until January 1963 by which time the Ruby had covered 63,194 miles.

Presumably Mr Isom then either passed away...