World's first flying car expected to fetch £600,000

The levels of congestion in 1949 weren't a scratch on todays clogged up excuses for roads but American-born inventor Moulton Taylor predicted a time when humans required a car that not only drove on Tarmac but also beat the morning crawl by flying through the air.

Taylor's ingenious Aerocar roadster came complete with foldable wings to keep it at street-legal size and its easy-to-assemble flight system meant that once removed, the car could easily tow its own equipment.