Beschreibung
H&H Classic Auction @ The Imperial War Museum, Duxford/ Cambridgeshire
20th September, 2023 10:00
1964 Morris Oxford Series VI Farina Traveller
Just 7, 000 miles from new
Estimate
£15, 000 - £20, 000
Registration No: 216 KO
Chassis No: MHW6/ 18502
MOT: Exempt
A mere 7, 163 miles from new at time of consignment
Three private owners from new with two from the same family
Very rare Traveller variant of the Farina Oxford
Surely unrepeatable with this originality, condition, provenance, and mileage?
The Farina designed Morris Oxfords were launched in 1959 and remained in production until 1971 and sought to continue the very successful and long running Oxford name. The sixth Series offerings came in both Saloon and Traveller (Estate) forms from 1961, both using an uprated version of the B-Series BMC four-cylinder engine with a capacity of 1622cc. The basic body style was shared with the Austin Countryman but there were interior differences in dashboard and seating, as well as being built at different factories. Whilst many of the smaller Morris 1000 Travellers are still in circulation, the mid-range Oxford version, which was competing against the Singer Gazelle and Vauxhall Victor Estate cars of the time, is a far rarer find and a good one must surely be worth serious thought.
Supplied new by Pheasant Garage Ltd in Erith, Kent to its first owner, a Mr A. R. Spilling Esq of St Paul's Cray in Kent (at the time; now Greater London) on the 3rd of January 1964 being registered ‘216 KO’. Maintained as a labour of love by the first owner, the Morris covered very minimal mileage and was kept out of the elements whenever the weather was poor. Retained by the first owner, he eventually placed ‘216 KO’ into dry storage in 1974, with an accompanying September 1973 MOT certificate showing that the Oxford had covered just 4, 150 miles shortly before storage. Remaining off the road until his passing in 1999, the Farina Oxford was inherited by the first owner’s nephew, with the car sympathetically recommissioned before a similarly careful usage ensued, with only good weather driving and show attendance trips, including several award-winning occasions at shows. Eventually put up for sale and leaving the first family’s ownership in 2004, the vendor acquired ‘216 KO’ and began an equally passionate ownership, preserving the originality, condition, and maintaining the incredibly low mileage.
Offered for sale now having covered just 7, 163 miles from new, the Oxford displays numerous pleasing original features including the running in instruction on the windscreen, the original crossply Dunlop tyres (albeit needing changing before any road use), the original Red leather interior (with the rear seats understood to have never been sat in), notably original paintwork in Dove Grey over Rose Taupe, and the registration number which has remained on the Morris from new. Accompanied by a history file that contains the RF60 buff logbook, original Passport to Service that displays the 1st service completed in May 1964 at 648 miles and corresponding Shellubrication record, several original sales literature booklets and guides, several MOT certificates and some recent invoices, and a current V5C document. Recently fitted with a clutch slave cylinder in 2022, the Morris has also received a new battery in 2023. Traveller variants of the Farina Oxford are in short supply with very few surviving, so surely this example is unrepeatable with this originality, condition, provenance and mileage!
