Not many left in this condition. Never restored, and apart from a small bit of rust, it's remarkably well preserved (with the help of cavity wax added at some point in its life)
The owner bought it in 1985, when it was 2 years old. He took it off the road in 1999 to adjust the handbrake cable and basically never got around to bringing it back out of the garage again - until now with the help of Jonny Smith (aka car pervert).
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2 of my friends used to have V8 Vitesse's. They couldn't have been more chalk and cheese. One handled like a bouncy castle, whilst the other gripped the road like it was on rails. I never knew until now that the auto was only a 3 speed. 0 to 60 in just over 7 seconds. Quite impressive for an 80's car.
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