Have you ever seen this car before? We hadn’t, we were not aware of its existence, and we thank our reader Kyle for giving us this tip.

Donald Healey, whose surname you surely know, used a tuned version of Riley’s twin-cam 2 1/2-litre four-cylinder engine in a light steel box-section chassis of Healey’s own design, with independent front suspension by coil springs and alloy trailing arms with Girling dampers. The rear suspension used a Riley torque tube axle with coil springs, the whole package cleverly set up to combine soft springing with excellent road-holding. Lockheed hydraulic brakes were used all around. The bodywork was all aluminum and was contracted out to various coachbuilders and, not bad for the time, was tested in a wind tunnel for aerodynamic efficiency.

The seller says that only 12 of these cars were made, and 4 or 5 survive today: we do not have reliable sources, but it is likely, considering the difficulty of finding one for sale. This specimen was restored in 2007-08 and still presents itself very well, especially in this eye-catching color, as well as the instrument cluster, which we find splendid. Find it for sale at £41,900 (today $53,000) here in Cologne, Germany.