The car is built on a donor chassis from a 1955 Jaguar Mk VII, as recognised by the DVLA and recorded in the accompanying V5C.

The Mk VII was delivered new to its first owner in Blackpool before heading north to spend the next few years in Renfrewshire, Scotland.

We know this because we have the donor car’s original buff log-book.

The car’s broader history is sparse but interesting.

In 2001 it was purchased by an Army Major who took it with him to Germany when he was stationed there.

It returned to these shores in 2002.

It was sold in 2005, when it was bought jointly by some friends to use over the summer.

Their plans didn’t quite pan out, so the car found itself in storage for a while.

The car came into the vendor’s ownership in 2012.

The car has been in storage for some time and has not been driven any distance for a while.

It has ‘light project’ status, in our opinion, and will require recommissioning.

The car presents pretty well from a few metres away and, with a compos...