What we have here is a very attractive example of Chesil’s renowned replica of the Porsche 356 Speedster.

Its metallic blue bodywork is paired with contrasting blue-piped cream leather upholstery and cream-piped blue carpets, and the car rides on steel wheels with highly polished chrome rims and hub caps.

Its power is supplied by a 1971cc Porsche 914 engine that boasts twin Weber carburettors topped by performance air filters, flat top pistons, a fast road cam, aluminium-finned rocker covers, twin oil coolers, four-into-two performance exhaust, electronic ignition and a 911 fan conversion.

The overall attention to detail is impressive, and includes both Porsche and Reutter badges (the latter a nod to the Karosserie that crafted the bodies of the original cars), Porsche seat belt buckles, a storage bag for the glass side windows and carpet for the boot.

The vendor considers the engine, four-speed manual gearbox, bodywork, paintwork and interior trim to all be in ‘excellent’ order, a...