The V5 registration document shows a date of UK registration as 1st September 1968, just 9 months after build date.

We have a copy of the original green log book showing that the car was registered to an owner in Edinburgh by March 1978.

We have almost 40 years of old MOTs and it is clear that the car was little used, having covered only 14,000km (8700 miles) in the last 39 years.

From 1983 to 2009 it had just one owner in Bristol and MOT records show very limited use during his ownership.

Over the past four years, the Mustang has undergone a major restoration which included a bare metal repaint, power steering conversion, automatic gearbox rebuild and other detailed mechanical and electrical work which has totaled over £35,000.

That includes £21,400 spent since early 2023.

There's a comprehensive list of what was done - far too much to list here but the maintenance and restoration history file goes back to the 1980s.

It contains invoices, photos and a USB data stick with all of...