Highlights Show-standard, freshly detailed air-cooled flat-four Genuinely sporting cabin with quilted leather and four-point harnesses Deep gunmetal metal-flake fibreglass body, straight and glossy Front disc brakes and near-new wide tyres on polished alloys Twin-carburettor set-up with a stainless performance exhaust Overview The Beach Buggy is one of the great feel-good machines.

It's a lightweight fibreglass body dropped onto a shortened Volkswagen floorpan, with an air-cooled flat-four hanging out the back.

This one sits on a 1971 1302 S base, so it brings front disc brakes to the party.

The 1.6-litre engine gives a buggy plenty of character, and it stays wonderfully simple to live with.

What sets this car apart is how it has been finished.

The body wears a deep gunmetal metal-flake paint that catches the light, and the panels are straight with even gaps.

Slip inside and it feels properly sporting, with black diamond-quilted leather, red contrast stitching, red four-point har...