The first use of ‘sports car’ is often credited to Vauxhall’s C10 Prince Henry, but in many ways the term would be better applied to this, the earlier 20hp A-type. Disarmingly handsome, low-slung and

Year of manufacture 1965 Recorded mileage 74,000 Asking price £79,995 Vendor Hurst Park Automobiles, East Molesey, Surrey; 07831 427380; hurstpark.co.uk WHEN IT WAS NEW Price £2774 (saloon, 1965) Max

STOW-ON-THE-WOLD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE

HUDDERSFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE

It seems to me that old cars are the nearest thing we have to working time machines: they are ideal for triggering memories, or even the feel and flavour of a particular era. Sports cars, of course, a

A 60-YEAR-OLD car with just over 20,000 miles on the clock, no matter what the marque, is a rare beast. That it had remained in the same ownership all its life is unusual, and that it should survive u