A vintage car once owned by speed record holder Sir Malcolm Campbell is expected to fetch up to £15,000.
The restored 1946 convertible Armstrong Siddeley Hurricane is painted in Campbell’s famous Blue Bird shade.
It is thought to be the last car he owned.
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Campbell, who set nine land speed and four water speed world records, took delivery of the car in July 1946.
It was used as his regular road car before his death on New Year’s Eve in 1948.
After Campbell’s death, the car was bought by a lady who used it mainly in France for a couple of years before trading it in to a London dealer in 1951.
It was then sold for £995 to Dr Joseph Needham, a British biochemist who went on to be a professor at the University of Cambridge, as reported by Luxury Auto News.
He kept the Armstrong Siddeley for 14 years before selling it for £20 in 1965.
It was sold again for £20 to its fifth owner in 1990, who stored it in a damp garage where it stood decaying for several years.
The car was subsequently rescued and restoration started by a Swiss aeronautical engineer in 2011.
It was completely stripped down to its component parts, and then all metal items were either replaced, galvanised, powder-coated or chromed.
It was then sold to another Armstrong Siddeley enthusiast who completed the restoration.
It is now being sold by Charterhouse Auctioneers, more than 75 years after Campbell first took delivery of the car.
It is expected to attract bids between £10,000 and £15,000 at the auction on 26 June at the Haynes Motor Museum, Sparkford, Somerset.
Also included with the sale is an original RF60 logbook bearing Campbell’s name, address and signature.
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