The car won all sorts of awards. I have close to 100 large trophies.

They judged the cars by the people's vote and they gave awards for the best paint, best upholstery, the best motor compartment, the best in show and so many others. Each show there was a certain number of awards that I would have been eligible for and then after each show you got a certain number of points for each award and they would keep a total of the points you would get throughout the season. The car with the most points was the champion car.

It is great to be recognised by your fellow players - the awards you really crave are from them.

He wanted to negotiate a selling price not just for the car but also for all of the trophies and the memorabilia associated with the car and we came up with a deal.

I just put it away because I didn't want to drive it too much and the car really didn't have any value or what I thought was suitable for what I considered it was worth.

It was a hobby and in the early '60s sports cars were quite the rage.