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[markattard]

Subject: A MINOR MIRACLE? COULD YOU SAVE CLASSIC MORRIS FROM THE CRUSHER?
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:33:21 +0200









A MINOR
MIRACLE? COULD YOU SAVE CLASSIC MORRIS FROM THE CRUSHER?





Dealer and ATF
work together to save classic from being scrapped

Museums invited
to ‘bid’ for free use of the car

The scrappage scheme has
removed thousands of automotive eyesores from the road, but occasionally a car
is put forward that even the most hardened trader can’t bear to see go to the
crusher.

This 1958 Morris Minor is
just such a car. It was traded in by an enthusiastic buyer who used scrappage to
get a discount of more than £6,000 on a Hyundai Coupe at the marque’s Gatwick
dealership.

Once the deal was done and
the car appeared however, it became clear that the Minor was far too good to go
to the crusher – even if its value does not match the £6,000 given for it in
exchange for the Coupe. With 36,494 miles on the clock, the black two-door Minor
is described as being in ‘museum-quality’ condition by one independent
expert.

So the Gatwick Hyundai and
the Authorised Treatment Facility* G.W & G Bridges got together and decided
to try and save the car from being cubed.

On the down side, the car
can’t ever be put back on the road legally or exported as the DVLA have already
issued a certificate of destruction. However this needn’t stop it from being
used as a static display in a museum, for example.

The companies are inviting
organisations who can put the car to good use to contact them with suggestions.
The best and most worthy ‘proposal’ will get to use the car for free.


Proposals and questions can
be sent to morris.minor@hyundai-car.co.uk
before the end of October.

*Authorised Treatment
Facilities are scrapyards which are government-licensed to handle vehicle
disposal.


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For more
information please contact:

Tom Barnard
PR Manager
01494
428646
07791 532697
Tom.barnard@hyundai-car.co.uk



Or


Jodie Gooding
Senior
Press Officer
01494 428694
07817264224
Jodie.gooding@hyundai-car.co.uk

[LouiseM]

Mark,

This has already been discussed here. See this thread: http://www.mmoc.org.uk/index.php?name=P ... 1&start=15

[markattard]

Oh sorry hope it is safe now!!

[rayofleamington]

Oh sorry hope it is safe now!!

It was too late for that car before it hit the press - it's now controlled waste, and can never be used as a car again.

[ASL642]

They're now looking for a museum/collection with space to house the vehicle.

[FrankM83]

I've been refused for it (((((((((((((

[ASL642]

Probably the transport costs.

[bmcecosse]

Hmmm - hope nobody thinks there could be a use there for one of these ebay V5s .........