From a collector's point of view, it is a very early one, being an '82 reg. The Press Launch cars were reg Nov '82 (from memory).
The steering wheel is of a later '84 Model Year on car. The earliest XR3is had the same two spoke steering wheel as the XR3 very briefly, before the were fitted with the same style three spoke steering wheel as this one, but leather rimmed.
Looking through the rebuild pics, it has it's original two spoke steering wheel.
The bonnet looks to be not closed properly, rather than being out of alignment.
It is amazing how few of these are left, when you think how common they were new.
Some Press Launch stuff.
The Two Spoke steering wheel in an early XR3i.
