• Re-trimmed interior • Very good exterior • New tyres
The Background
The Morris 8 was a small family car designed compete with rivals from Ford and Austin such as the Model Y and 7 and 10. Launched in 1935 and restyled in 1938, it helped make Morris Britain’s largest car manufacturer.
Powered by a 918cc four cylinder side valve engine producing 23.5 bhp it could carry a family at almost 58 mph. Priced between £118 and £142 it was considered well equipped compared to the Austin 7 which was similarly priced.
This Morris has truly extensive history with it with just four previous keepers in its 85 year past, the folder of receipts goes back to the 1970s and shows constant gentle use and regular maintenance.
The current owner was a mechanic his whole career and so has looked after the car well at home and had the interior re-trimmed a couple of years ago so it looks superb inside as well as out.
The wad of paperwork with the car tells an in depth story of it’s history, both ongoing maintenance of bigger undertakings, including restoration of the body work in the late 1990s with the body taken off the chassis for some welding and new all paint.
It had a new cylinder head fitted at the same time and some interior work as well.
Having been retried in the last couple of years and not having been used much since the interior is excellent. The blue seats are dont look like they’ve been sat in and the carpet shows only a small amount of wear.
The new door cards match the seats, there is a mark on one rear card but looks like it should clean off, and it also has a new headlining, and came with a sliding sunroof.
The dashboard is simple with just a few basic instruments and a wood strip running the width of the car, which looks like it has recently been varnished.
The panels are in very good order, undamaged and rust free, the two tone paint is generally very good too, there are some chips to the edges of some panels. The bonnet is centre hinged and lifts easily to reveal the engine.
The wire wheels are in good order and have a recent set of matching correct spec tyres all round. The only area of corrosion to be found is the rear end of the drivers side running board which has some bubbles where it joins the rear wheel arch.1 static 02.jpg14.5 MB
Mechanics
These are simple cars to maintain and the mechanic owner has kept on top of regular servicing at home in the time he has owned it, so there are no records but it starts easily, runs and idles smoothly.
In the folder is a receipt for a stainless exhaust from well known maker of classic systems, PD Gough from 2000, covered by a vehicle life guarantee, fitted when the car was restored along with a new cylinder head.
Pre war cars have enjoyed a surge in popularity recently, maybe a reaction to the over automation in new cars people want something as simple as possible to enjoy, there is a charm to these like nothing else and they capture the feeling of a simpler time.
Having been restored inside and out it is in excellent usable condition.
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