The dilapidated Aston Martin DB6 Vantage, filled with boxes of junk, was sold for a whopping auction price despite requiring a six-figure sum to restore it.
The car's late owner bought it for 4,000 pounds in the 1970s but locked it away in a barn in 1983, the 'Daily Express' reported.
The only portion of the UK built classic motor car not covered in mud was its four-litre, six-cylinder engine which was rebuilt, fully lubricated and stored in a container.
The car, described as "one of a kind", was part of the sale held by Bonhams at the Aston Martin factory in Newport Pagnell, the report said.
"I thought this was going to be one of those special days and it was, culminating with the new world auction record," James Knight, Bonhams Group motoring director, said.