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On display for many years in a museum in the Netherlands, it came to the UK in the 1980s. In recent times it has had a complete engine overhaul; a new boiler was fitted in 2015, manufactured by the Bourdon Boiler Works of Woodstock, Vermont and complete with maker's documentation.

It goes very well, easy to drive and remarkably capable, climbing (admittedly modest, Lincolnshire type) hills with ease.

Lots of lovely original features on the car, including the "slide out" rear seats (which we'd assumed were for children when it first arrived, but in fact conveyed four of us to the "Red Lion" at Dunston in remarkable comfort - albeit with slightly restricted legroom).

The car will allegedly run on pretty much anything you put in the tank, however it's come to us running very well on 50:50 diesel and heating oil (although at 4mpg you need to budget for longer trips quite carefully...).

The pilot burner has its own separate fuel tank, containing hexane (which is eye-wateringly expensive, but you don't need much).

Up at the front are a pair of fabulous "Rushmore" headlights, made by the Rushmore Dynamo Works, Plainfield, New Jersey. Discretely converted to electric, they have LED bulbs giving a sympathetic, "oil lamp yellow" type light, powered from a small dry-fit battery under the running boards.

Complete with tools, spare burner, blow torch for heating the burner when starting, tonneau cover and a box full of miscellaneous "bits and bobs". There is a quantity of documentation with the car, including previous boiler reports and a photograph - reproduced opposite - of it on tour in 1996, setting our from the Caistor Hall Hotel.