Subject of an exacting restoration to a very high standard, at an estimated cost of c.£20,000 Established in, naturally, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, Rochdale’s car fibreglass range of sportcars ran from 1948 and 1973.

The firm was founded in 1948 by Frank Butterworth and Harry Smith starting with general motor repairs and alloy bodies for Austin 7 and other racing cars.

In the late 1950s the firm produced nearly 1,000 GT body shells designed to fit the Ford E93A Ford Popular chassis.

Right at the end of production they produced their own special tubular steel chassis that could be bonded to the shell, sadly though a major factory fire stopped production of the GT.

Tubular steel-framed cars are now super rare and it is estimated there are less than 5 running examples in the world.

This exceptionally rare late tubular-framed GT has enjoyed a hugely comprehensive restoration in the workshops of esteemed specialist Spencer Lane Jones of Warminster, using as the basis its original ch...