I remember back in the 1970s the MOD selling off shed loads of brand new "in the wrap" spares for Standard Vanguards which looked as if they had been wrapped to survive a nuclear explosion. I believe that the reason the MOD had so many spares in store for the Vanguard is because it was used extensively as a staff car. I did go and have a look at a ex staff car, a Standard Ensign (developed from the Vanguard) in the mid 1980s which I was considering buying but decide not to after seeing it. The bodywork was in excellent shape and the car was very original but the engine was completely shot. The one odd thing about this car which the owner told me was because it had been a staff car, was if you shut all the doors you had to remember to take the keys out of the ignition. The owner insisted that it was not a fault but was a security measure; the doors could only be opened from inside the car or with the key from the outside.