Do I need a special hat with this?

Well a drivers cap as a bare minimum but may I suggest also a pair of the finest supple leather gloves as well, when you slide into your Volvo 1800S, pour yourself a medicinal brandy and brace yourself to yell at passing peasants?

This is the same model that according to Wikipedia: the highest mileage private vehicle driven by the original owner in non-commercial service — having exceeded three million miles (over 4.8 million km) as of 2013.

In a nutshell, it will outlast religion.

Sadly it won't outrace religion with a tasty 85kw pouring through those 4 cylinders but you won't care when you drift around that last corner in it to make it in time to see Madame Butterfly at the Astor.

We had Prince Charles here for the Commonwealth Games recently, I wonder if he was aware of this princely auction?