Displaying a mere 1,685 miles at the time of consignment and surviving due to in excess of three decades of garaged storage, ‘JMH510W’ is a late-production example that was supplied and delivered to Mr Ruscoe of London E9 by Leigh & Botfield Ltd of London Lane, Hackney and registered on 17th September 1980.

Ordered in Brooklands Green with the ‘deck chair’ Orange interior, there is a receipt for the tax disc and an original bill of sale on file.

A purchase process captured in time, there is even a copy of the original Hire Purchase Agreement.

A further Leigh & Botfield Ltd invoice on file shows ‘Protectol rustproofing Service’ applied when new at a cost of £112.

With just that one former keeper other than our vendor, the current V5C is on file along with the original Blue V5 from 1980.

The mileage can be found documented: April 1982 at 984 miles; December 2014 at 1,348 miles; November 2015 at 1,499 miles; April 2017 at c.

1,500 miles; March 2020 at 1,669 miles; Oct 2026 1,685 mil...