This is what the full trunk of a well-loved car looked like in 1958

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Bonhams have a nose for one-owner cars and the 1948 Chrysler Town & Country Convertible they will be selling today simply has to be one of the finest. 

This beautiful wood-bodied station wagon was won in a 1948 raffle. And what a prize it was! Painted in Newport Blue, with an interior of blue leather and Taupe Bedford Cord, it came equipped with a PhilCo. Model 802 Radio with concealed manual antenna fitted on the left-hand side of the cowl. And an interior heater.

The special thing about it is that it was kept exactly like it was on the day when the winner took delivery of it. He or she became a proud member of the Automobile Club of Southern California and Bonhams state that it rarely left the town of Monrovia, California where it lived from then-on. The most noted occasion that it leave California was on a cross-country run to New York City and Washington DC in 1958. By July that year it was 10 years old and had 36,310 miles on the clock, was still being pampered while use became even more sporadic. Eventually it was being stored.

The term time-warp can indeed be used for this car. Viewing it is very rewarding, says the seller, as the Chrysler retains details such as chalk marked scripts, factory approval tags and that trunk seen above, carefully filled with with spare parts, a pot of wax, period newspapers and even a denim jacket and a blanket for that chilly night in the drive-in cinema? It's absolutely lovely. See the full description here.

(Words editor, pictures Bonhams auctioneers)

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