This a Riley 15/6 Kestrel, a car that’s so rare it is thought that no more than eight or nine remain.

Finished in black-over-blue with a tan leather interior, it was first registered on the 31st of December 1936 by Jordan’s of Godalming in Surrey, the dealer whose plaque can still be seen on the bulkhead.

Its originality is further bolstered by the presence of its original registration number ‘DPF 336’, and it also benefits from a pleasing and slowly developing patina thanks to it never having been fully restored.

It has also been very well maintained over the past nine decades – and has the paperwork dating back to the 1980s to prove it.

As you might expect, a few minor concessions have been made for life in the 21st century and these include a spin-on oil filter conversion and an electric fuel pump for the silky-smooth straight-six engine.

It’s been in the seller’s care for the past four years, during which it’s been “as sweet as a nut!” and singling out the pre-selector gearbox...