So when did you last see one of these? First UK registered in October 1984, this particular righthand drive Giulietta must be multilingual by now, as it is thought to have emigrated to Spain in the late 1990s before at some stage moving to Holland, where it was dry stored for a full decade as part of a private collection.

Since finally returning to these shores in November 2021 it has been through a recommissioning programme that included a small amount of welding to the inner wings and the replacement of the brake master cylinder, rear brake discs and pads, propshaft rubbers and bearing, and carburettor gaskets.

The vendor now classes the car’s four-door saloon bodywork, silver paintwork and grey fabric upholstery as ‘excellent’, the five-speed manual transmission as ‘good/excellent’, and the 2.0-litre twin-cam engine as ‘very good’.

The relatively modest total indicated mileage of 51,300 is apparently supported by the accompanying receipts for work done, and the Giulietta is now a...