Description
1973 Morris Mini/ Wolseley van
A very rare opportunity to purchase as near to new condition mini van, probably unrepeatable. The photos and the write up won't do this little gem justice, really does need to be seen to be fully appreciated.
The late previous keeper has owned for 39 years and was his daily runabout til the early 90's when he chose to rebuild the van, by trade a master craftsman his work shows on the van, its truely stunning and after 20 years growing up around classic cars I haven't ever seen attention to detail like it, if you was to build a van today to this standard and using genuine parts like this, you would have to spend in excess of £30k. Forgetting the build cost part, I think you would struggle to find a craftsman with such skills to build a vehicle to this standard.
Firstly the parts where all sourced, of most being genuine new or reconditioned and the full build took over 4 years to complete. I walk round the van just smiling, thinking how did he think of that....
I could sit here for hours reading and writing about the van, there is a record for every single itemised part, from the handmade wiring looms telling you what colour and even what length each individual wire is and does!
since rebuild in the early 1990's the van has done very little, the speedo is reading 10 miles this could be the case, everything still looks and feels like new.
Have been told the running gear is cooper 's'
Paperwork
Registered 1973 with last change of keeper in 1980. 2 former keepers from new
Full service/ mot history inc all old tax discs of the van prior to rebuild
A4 binder of receipts from rebuild, this is over 200 sheets...
V5
Mot til 16. 10. 2020
Vehicle-
Genuine Wolseley front panels
Genuine original chrome work
Believed to be cooper 's' running gear 1275
Mk1 cooper 's' gearbox
Wolfrace mag alloys with new tyres
Fully custom built interior
Electric windows
Electric aeril
Pioneer radio cassette player with graphic equalizer/ amplifier
Custom dash and dials with fuel/ vacuum/ amp/ oil pressure/ temp dials
Electric rear door lock.
The underside is as clean as the top, like new.... every spot weld, brake/ fuel line clip in the correct location, this was a project that took over 5 years to complete to the highest of standards
Reason to buy from us-
All our vehicles are hand selected, millage and service history checked
We are a family run business with many years knowledge of classic vehicles
We class ourselves as classic car enthusiasts
We can arrange delivery
Any questions please ring or message Edward the details below, viewing is strongly advised as the photos and description don't do the van justice.
