Morris Minor Owners Club

Looks like a 1967 onwards car mascarading as a 1955 car. Good possibility it's a stolen/ringed car.
Could be a stolen pride and joy of someone .check it out guys

even the seller identifies something is not right

http://www.gumtree.com/p/other-cars/mor ... 1113520017

A '55 car would have been a Split-Screen series II (see middle car in sig below).
One piece screens came in with the Series III (948cc engined) cars in October 1956.
My Trav is a September '56 and it is Split-Screen.
So, there can be no doubt that the blue one for sale is a "ringer".

Any pics of engine bay showing the vin plate?

If insurance discovered the boob, wouldn't be covered.

POMMReg wrote:Any pics of engine bay showing the vin plate?

If insurance discovered the boob, wouldn't be covered.

Looks like old style vin plate fitted.
1098cc engine also still has engine number plate fitted too..

Its a shame if the current owner has no knowledge of the history, I always HPI any car im looking at and try and do a bit of research, The fake adverts on autotrader are annoying but easy to spot as they normally have email contact only and a story about the owner being in another country.

The trouble with HPI checks is that you're only checking the registration number really. The car itself might be a different car altogether

Many of the scams on Autotrader or ebay show pictures of a perfectly legitimate vehicle which interested parties then "HPI". The report shows no problems and people are often hoodwinked into sending money for the vehicle as a deposit or sometimes even the full amount! Later to find that the car, although legit was never for sale and that a scammer, probably in another country, has got their money..... Quite amazing how often this has happened.

The ad has now been removed.....

As in the other thread - I saw this car today in Glasgow at the lights at the Royal Infirmary. It's certainly not a 55 car... But neither is it modified in any way.