Offered here is a fascinating car that was carefully selected by our private vendor as a good, low mileage example with excellent history.

Discovered in 2015, J204 JKR would only require some minor blemishes attending to before being enjoyed – or that was the initial plan.

Once part of the rear arch body-kit had been removed, it was clear to see that the car would require some further investigation and from there, the project escalated into a full, highly-detailed, nut and bolt, cosmetic and mechanical restoration.

The decision was made to take the bodyshell back to bare metal and, where there was any sign of rust, the relevant area was removed and expertly replaced (even a second donor Carlton was purchased to use where panels were no longer available).

After six months, the shell was totally prepared and sent off to a paint shop with previous experience applying the tricky Imperial Green Pearlescent paint.

Once each panel was prepped, the car was left for two weeks to settle bef...