A 1978 Ford Fiesta MkI that’s never been registered and has racked-up all of 141 miles (227km) in a 41-year lifetime, has just sold through online auction in the UK for AU$27,338 – believed to be a world record for the model.
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Said to be still “just like new” today, the time-warp little hatchback had been bought from a London dealership, which had not even got around to registering it, by the city’s Science Museum for its Glimpses of Medical History diorama.
It remained at the museum until earlier this year when the floor housing it was closed for refurbishment, and it was decided to put the hatchback up for sale at somewhere between £6,500-8,500. So the Museum was bowled-over when it was knocked-down through online auction house H&H Classics for that amazing £14,950.
H&H Head of Sales, Damian Jones said the car’s remarkable condition when it went to auction was doubtless due to it having been displayed within the Science Museum for all those 41 years.
“It is a highly original and authentic Fiesta – go see if you could find another like this one,” he said.
“It is perhaps the lowest mileage Ford Fiesta MKI in existence,” he added, with the 227km on its speedo in over four decades unlikely to be challenged in a hurry.
