[Marcus]

Gentlemen, having posted this 'Wanted' request some 5-6 weeks ago, I was contacted by 'one of our number' who subsequently acted as intermediary to a certain party, who was coming to the realisation that his concours winning '400' would probably, next year, have to go to another owner.

As a result, a diplomatic, civilised and above all totally discrete dialogue was initiated that resulted in the transference of a magnificent '400' to my ownership, exactly as I had hoped and EXACTLY as member Kevin H suggested it would.

There were no avaricious agents involved, no predators, no cowboys and money laundering was not a factor; simply a good old fashioned one-to-one deal with which I am able to confidently say, that both the seller and the buyer (me) are perfectly satisfied.