The car of comedy icon Sir Norman Wisdom has been donated to the Isle of Man Motor Museum.

The 1975 Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit was donated by husband and wife Joe and Mary Higgins, who have owned the car for the last 11 years.

The car was received by the museum’s director, Darren Cunningham.

A spokesman for the museum said: ’We are very pleased to have Norman Wisdom’s Rolls-Royce back on the Isle of Man and as a permanent piece of the Isle of Man Motor Museum collection.

’We are looking forward to hearing stories about Norman Wisdom from our many visitors.’

Once the battery has been removed and the fuel drained, it will take a prominent position within the museum.

The car comes complete with his NMN 17 licence plate.

Sir Norman lived in the island for much of his later life, first visiting in 1978, he bought his house Ballalaugh in Andreas in 1980.

Dubbed ’the island’s most famous resident’ he held cult status in Albania due his being the only western films shown under the Enver Hoxha dictatorship. When he travelled to Albania with the England team in 2000, his popularity exceeded that of David Beckham. Sir Norman Wisdom died aged 95 in 2010.