The TR5 was launched in October 1967 and outwardly, the car was barely discernible from the TR4A, but the new engine, complete with Lucas fuel-injection, turned the 5 into a genuine performance car, with a handy 150bhp on tap.

Realistically, the car was effectively a stop-gap and only had to last around two years until Karmann had finished its work on the replacement, the TR6, however, with the benefit of hindsight, the TR5 is arguably the best of the lot, enjoying the great unsullied looks of the TR4 but with the raunchiness of the TR6.

Only 2,947 TR5s were ever built, with 1,161 of those being finished for the UK-market and, today, only around 500 are believed to remain on UK roads.

Of the few hundred that remain, most have been restored and present well, however we would doubt that many are finished to the same remarkable standard as UPD 478F.

In gleaming Valencia Blue, complemented by a Biscuit leather interior with drop-down headrests, providing useful luggage space behind th...