Morris Minor Owners Club

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.

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

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/

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

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." !!?

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

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.

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