Year of manufacture 1980 Recorded mileage 73,997 Asking price £97,750 Vendor Graeme Hunt, Battersea, London; 020 79378487; graemehunt.com WHEN IT WAS NEW Price £53,332 (1979) Max power 220bhp (est) Ma

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Year of manufacture 1980 Recorded mileage 21,239 Asking price £69,950 Vendor DD Classics, Kew, Surrey; 020 8878 3355; ddclassics.com WHEN IT WAS NEW Price $10,843 (1980) Max power 160bhp Max torque 28

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