An original right-hand drive, UK-spec vehicle Land Rover Series IIa, ‘LPK 665D’ has nonetheless been a bit of a jetsetter in its life having spent a bit of time in the Netherlands where it wore the registration number ‘DZ-68-33’.

A long-wheelbase station wagon, it left Solihull with a 2¼-litre diesel engine, an installation the DVLA still thinks it has.

But lift the bonnet and you’ll find a high-compression 3.5-litre Rover P6 V8 petrol engine instead, which means your first job will be to tell them about the change of powerplant.

Your next will be to enjoy your new purchase’s civility and multi-cylinder whuffle plus, of course, one of the best exhaust notes in the business.

The seller doesn’t know when the engine was changed but has been told that the previous owners were a French couple who ran a B&B.

He bought it a couple of years ago from a classic car dealer in Holland, hence the dual registration, something that would probably make life considerably easier if the winning bidd...