A classic car covered in dust and muck is set to sell for over £765,000…because it’s a one-of-a-kind.
The 1964 Iso Grifo A3/L Spider has been unseen for 40 years.
The bodywork, windscreen and interior need a good clean.
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The 171mph motor also requires a restoration.
But the unique car is the only one of its kind made as a convertible.
It was completed by Italian design company Bertone and designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro.
It was exported to the USA in 1967 by David Ellis of New York City.
The car was sold to a dealer in Southern California and in 1973 acquired by TV producer Greg Garrison.
Rudi Klein purchased the Spider from Mr Garrison in 1980.
By this time the car had been refinished to its present shade of red and fitted with a small luggage rack on the rear deck both of which remain.
At some point prior to this work it had also been involved in an accident, necessitating the fitment of a stock front Grifo front clip with a slightly different nose arrangement than the original.
The car was used by Rudi Klein for a time as an occasional road car, as reported by Luxury Auto News.
It then went into storage and remained there until now with the balance of its original distinctive features still intact.
A spokesman for auctioneers RM Sotheby’s. said: “Ripe for restoration after decades in hiding the unique, one-and-only Grifo Spider is a wonderful opportunity for the true devotee to acquire and return to its original condition.
“A truly distinctive example, long considered the greatest unseen prize of the Iso world.”
The car is up for auction on Saturday (Oct 26).
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