From the seller: “Up for sale is my original and unmolested April 1960 Morris mini minor exactly how they came out of the factory in September 1959, between September 1959 and September 1960 was the original first production run of the original minis they are very rare and hard to come by now! This is an easy restoration only superficial rust really and no rot! Everything is pretty much original and how it should be original colour clipper blue everything lights up heater works engine turns over freely by hand but the solenoid starter on the floor which was always temperamental no longer works therefore does not start last time I had it running was about six months ago engine was fine! ”
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It has been sitting in a dry garage since 1986, the engine is seized and there are reportedly just five Renault 15 TS models currently licensed for UK roads. Now this wonderfully untouched 1973 survivor is going up for auction in Essex with an estimate of just £1,000–£2,000. For anyone with a soft spot for […]
Some of the best bits of motoring history aren’t cars or motorcycles at all. Sometimes they’re the things that used to sit on the counter behind them. A mate recently cleared out an old motorcycle and bicycle shop that had closed down, and knowing my weakness for old shop display material, he saved ...
There are restoration projects, there are brave restoration projects, and then there is HTM 457F. We found this battered Ford Escort sitting among an extraordinary collection of old cars in Cambridgeshire, and it’s fair to say its best days appear to be some considerable distance behind it. The front end is badly damaged. Corrosion ...
