Expensive Minor

[woodiesenfrance]

There's car purporting to be a 1959 Minor 1000 for sale on ebay.fr, the starting price is 15,000 euros (getting on for £13,000 but it depends on the day, what with the UK general election kerfuffle). The vendor has said he actually wants 22,500 euros for it.
It's a split screen: yes, I know, they stopped making those in 1956.
According to the vendor it's got an 1000cc engine, but he can't say more than that.
Surprisingly enough no-one has bid for it yet.

[bmcecosse]

Can you post a link to it ?? I searched for it - but not showing under 'Morris Minor' ?? Nor under 'Morris' ????

[woodiesenfrance]

http://cgi.ebay.fr/MORRIS-minor-1000-/2 ... 335cda592b

Hope this works!

If not, type minor 1000 into the search box on ebay.fr http://annonces.ebay.fr/

[ASL642]

Just a tad expensive for a restoration that didn't even include the engine bay I think.

[bmcecosse]

Aye - it's not so shiny under the bonnet! " la voiture est une très rare export avec une conduite a gauche. Probablement la seule en europe." - I would think that's unlikely! And surely these cars were always 12 volts ? The engine looks like it may be a 1098 - that looks very much like a blanking plug in the head - just in front of #1 plug. Of course - it may just be an unleaded head, although no mention in the script. I wonder what the rear suspension modifications are - for the " conduite plus agreable." !!?

[PSL184]

Interesting dashboard arrangement too. Actually it looks quite nice......

[woodiesenfrance]

No way is it the only one in Europe!
As to the engine, the vendor when asked what he'd put in replied that it was one with 4 cylinders.
The more observant amongst you will note the car is a split screen, therefore it must have been made before October 1956, the text states the car is a 1959 model.

[tingo]

I like it. How much would they charge to get the steering wheel moved over?