Fully restored in 2023; a stunning example of this rare and handsome saloon; gorgeous Blackberry paintwork; one of fewer than 100 still surviving in the UK; find a better one!While it might not have been quite the success that Austin had hoped for, only the stoniest of hearts would not concede that the 3-Litre does have a certain majesty about it.

Codenamed ADO61, it shared its centre section with the smaller, front-wheel drive, Issigonis-designed ADO17 ‘Landcrab’, but the two models had little else in common.

Almost 14ft long and 5ft 7” wide, the rear-wheel drive 3-Litre was far more imposing than the 1800, with imperious quad headlamps up front and more than a whiff of Bentley Flying Spur around the handsome rear quarters (Rolls-Royce initially toyed with the idea of using the ADO61 as the basis for a cheaper and more compact Bentley, although this didn’t get beyond the clay model stage).Blessed with a superbly rigid shell, the 3-Litre also boasted wonderfully fluent suspension tha...