‘Ahead of its time’: wooden car goes under the hammer in Bath

Fewer than 400 Hustler kit cars, designed in the 1970s, have been built, and most were made using fibreglass. Photograph: Auctioneum/SWNS

It has had one careful owner, has never failed an MOT and there is no way the body work is going to rust.

But whoever buys John Brazier’s car at auction in Bath next month will have to get used to some pretty odd looks when they take it out for a spin.