thoughts on this car

[aupickup]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/morris-minor- ... 1c563e360d
is this a good one and all correct

[MarkyB]

The boot floor looks like MDF and there are some bullet holes or something to the right of the boot lid.
Might be connections for flashers?
Not sure about blue suspension parts if you were thinking about concours.
Apart from those small issues it looks really tidy and not silly money.

[ASL642]

Front chrome screen surround missing - blue coach line with red interior? Otherwise looks a clean car - need to inspect underside properly.

[bmcecosse]

Looks fantastic - were the over-riders fitted to cars of that era? And later rear wings.... Missing the mat under the battery, but does have the correct bonnet side-flashes !! Very clean and tidy if that's what you want!

[ManyMinors]

I can see all the details mentioned above (wrong rear wings, missing front screen finisher etc) plus the wrong/later chassis number plate. Somebody has fitted Minor 1000 jacking points too and I think it has the later front bumper blade so the overiders are in the wrong position and the rear lights are much too high up the wings so there is much incorrect detail it that is important to you. Traveller stainless steel doortops are fitted which look smart but aren't original. The interior re-trim has been carried out in a rather BRIGHT red! The seller DOES say that the restoration shoes its age.....so I would take that as a warning that it isn't as good looking in the flesh Having said all that, a decent looking car for less money than the cost of a restoration I suppose and probably worth a look if its what you want?

[gtt1951]

Something strange about the Bulkhead ID plate - looks to be a later variant. You can just make out the 4 fixing holes for the orignal larger plate.

[MrIan]

Drivers door is out of alignment as in it's low both front and rear, also is it the done thing to paint over the wing piping at the rear? I would have thought that would create cracking in the paint especially if the wing needed removing for any reason.
But on saying that it's far far cleaner than ole Boris.

[aupickup]

ta guys
will give that a miss then

[bmcecosse]

The underneath looks magnificent - I suppose the location doesn't help for viewing the car in the flesh. And yes -I did wonder about the 'chassis plate'.

[gtt1951]

... And yes -I did wonder about the 'chassis plate'.

I have 3 Minors (see Sig) and all of them have the 2 rectangular plates - the upper smaller ones are the "patents" plates, the lower, larger ones, contains the vehicle number, type and engine number. The date ranges are from 1951 to Sep 1956 (October was the intro of the Series III).