Odomter - 22,162 This rare survivor of a once best-selling model appears to be very original throughout, and even retains its period tool box as well as a selection of tools and spare wheel.

It was first UK registered in December 1978, while sixteen years later the bodywork was upgraded from black all over to the more aesthetically pleasing combination of green over black – the livery in which it presents today, which is matched to grey leather interior trim.

The vendor acquired the Cambridge as little as five months ago and informs us that, though it ‘runs and drives’, it would now benefit from a degree of recommissioning.

He presently classes the side-valve engine, four-speed manual gearbox, bodywork and upholstery as ‘average’, and the paintwork as ‘below average’.

Following WWI, a failed one model policy forced Herbert Austin’s eponymous motor company into receivership, but it rose once more following much needed financial restructuring.

Smaller cars were introduced to expand ...