The headline news is that this car is in very, very good condition.
Not only that, the odometer is showing a mere 42,880 miles and we’ve seen nothing in the documentation (or the condition of the car) to make us doubt the veracity of that impressively low figure.
Another reason for having faith in its low mileage is the fact that it spent much of its life on Guernsey, and there’s only so far you can drive on a small island just off the Normandy coast.
It returned to these shores in September 2018 for a major service and some maintenance and remedial work, courtesy of a marque specialists Mercare of Plymouth.
We have a letter dated 8th February 2019 from HM Revenue & Customs confirming that it had passed its Import Vehicle Post Clearance checks.
It starts on the button and it drives, accelerates, handles and stops with all the engineering pedigree, integrity and poise built into it by the Meister Technikers of Bremen and Affalterbach.
The bodywork on this example is straight and true, a...