MOTORHOMES are rarely admired for their sleek style except by the most ardent of enthusiasts.

But among the plethora of elegant sports cars going under the hammer at the Goodwood Revival, one holiday home on wheels got all the petrolheads purring.

This 80-year-old dream machine is one of the country’s first ever motorhomes and has been snapped up at auction for £34,000.

The Pontiac Six was among millions of pounds of vehicles changing hands during the classic motorsport event in Sussex over the past three days.

The four litre motor can reach up to 50 mph and has been driven just 9,205 miles by its two previous owners.

It first arrived in the UK in 1935 as just a drivable chassis before being handed over by its wealthy owner Captain Dunn of Bexhill to local coachbuilder Russell’s for a bespoke conversion job.

The Pontiac was used by its owner on holidays around southern England but was spared use in the Second World War despite being painted khaki in anticipation of use as an ambulance.

When Captain Dunn died in 1946 after a battle with polio caught on his honeymoon, the motorhome was put into storage in a barn although every few months for almost 50 years his widow would tip some oil into the cylinder bores and turn the engine over.

The motorhome was left to Mrs Dunn’s financial advisor in her will, who sold it on to caravan salesman Ron Saunders for £6,000.

His son Andy continued with the tender loving care of the vehicle for another 23 years until a change in his circumstances led him to put it up for sale.

Inside its new owners will find all the mod cons expected from a current motorhome including a pull out double bed, kitchen with gas oven and stove and toilet.

Sadly it has no plumbing meaning any waste drops from the bottom of the vehicle.

The 1930s vehicle comes with original cutlery and crockery as well as 1930 branded goods such as packets of jam, tins of grapefruit and baking powder and a photo album of Captain Dunn’s travels also included.

A Bonhams spokesman said: "The perfectly preserved interior remains just as it was when the motor home was first purchased an incredible 80 years ago.

"It takes us back not only to an earlier era of motoring but to a time when life was almost unimaginably different."