Description
This matching numbers Straight Six example was originally owned by Hernn Franz Ballmann, who had seen an article in the June 1970 edition of Autocar and on the strength of this placed an order with the factory for this car on June 15th 1970, the article and original order form which includes Diplomatic Discount are included in the history folder together with confirmation of delivery date, dated April 15th 1971. This Right Hand Drive car and Hernn Ballmann subsequently arrive in the UK during 1973 and as was the way DVLA issued the car with a 1973 registration number. This highly appointed example would have cost Hernn Ballmann the approximate value of a house in 1971. The history folder also contains Data Cards, a good quantity of previous MOT test certificates along with some invoices which leads us to believe the car had a recommissioning during 2006/ 2007 by another Mr W Ballmann who remained the owner until 2007 when the car changed hands to the third recorded owner who kept the car until 2018.
The car has then been held in a private collection since then, and maintained irrelevant of cost.
