We recently had a telephone call from a lovely gentleman who said he had had a Morris Minor tucked away in an old garage for several years. This is the result. We’ve managed to get the car started and it now runs really well but the car hasn’t been taken onto the road. This is the popular 5-door version and would make someone an ideal winter project at a very realistic price.
The car is an urban-barn find and has survived intact and in fairly decent condition too. One thing that’s good about Morris Minors is the parts and know-how are all widely available and therefore very reasonably priced. It’s a car that has a special place in British motoring history, and we don’t doubt someone will be able to restore this particular one to all its former glory.”
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Some old motoring names have disappeared almost completely. Pratt’s is different. Go to enough automobilia auctions, rummage through enough old garages or spend enough time looking at vintage enamel signs and sooner or later you are likely to encounter that name. PRATT’S. Usually in enormous lettering. Often against a bright yellow background. And ...
This Vanden Plas Princess auction result proves that first impressions don’t always tell the whole story. When this rather lovely 1968 Vanden Plas Princess 1300 was called into the auction room at Anglia Car Auctions, things didn’t quite go according to plan. Instead of driving in under its own power, it had to be pushed. [&...
Some old garage signs need no introduction. Shell. Castrol. Esso. Dunlop. Then there are the names which were once familiar to motorists all over Britain but have quietly slipped out of everyday memory. Dagenite is one of them. We recently picked up this wonderfully worn, double-sided enamel sign measuring approximately 51cm by 38.5cm. One side [&...
