Introduced in August 1971, the 1800 ES was arguably one of the world's first 'lifestyle' estate cars.

Boasting notably greater luggage space thanks to its extended roof line and sharply raked frameless glass tailgate, the model came with a more powerful Bosch fuel-injected 1986cc OHV four-cylinder powerplant as standard.

Further benefiting from four-wheel disc brakes and the choice of either four-speed manual or three-speed automatic transmission, it remained in production until 1973 (by which time some 8,078 are thought to have been made).

Understood to have been in storage since the 1970's, this example was the subject of an unfinished restoration which involved stripping some parts to address bodywork issues which was never completed.

The rear lights, chrome, wheel trims and rear half of the interior along with the fuel tank were removed at this time before the car was stored.

A seemingly solid base and with most of parts understood to be present, this is a fantastic opportunit...