Highlights

• Originally built and then later restored in Australia
• Solid car in great mechanical order
• Impeccable history file

The Appeal

This 1981 Leyland Moke is a later Australian built Moke; the Moke enjoyed the majority of its success and popularity here, with production relocating later in the models lifespan. With a well documented history, this older restoration still presents in great overall order and would make a perfect summer cruiser or fun beach buggy.

The History and Paperwork

• Australian built car, first registered 01/01/1981
• Brought into the UK in early 2022 by an avid Moke enthusiast
• Fully UK registered with importation and registration forms and documents still present in the car’s history file
• A well documented car from a history perspective, with various dating certificates and forms detailing the cars production
• Documentation leads us to believe this was a late Australian car built on the Enfield plant not long before they halted Moke production here
• The car is an older restoration, with stamping under the bonnet suggesting the car was restored by Moke specialists Mini & Moke Restorations of Queensland in 2003
• Several photographs of aforementioned restoration
• Various technical diagrams for the car are also present
• Extensive set of invoices for parts bought and work undertaken since the car’s arrival into the UK and from its time in Australia
• V5 registration document present with the vehicle

The Interior

• Simple, rugged utilitarian interior
• Cream vinyl seating front and rear, in good clean shape with just a minor patina in places
• Individual front seats and a bench rear seat
• Grey carpeting throughout
• Good quality wooden dash panel
• Aftermarket Kenwood radio head unit
• Speakers for aftermarket radio situated under the front seats
• Three spoke wooden steering wheel which is somewhat worn but presentable
• Small rear carpeted boot section with aftermarket amplifier
• Wooden finish gear knob
• This is a cabin that certainly does have a level of patina to it but presents nicely and is more than useable in its current form

The Exterior

• A real stand out car from an aesthetic perspective, finished in what stamping on the car indicates to be BMW’s Ceylon Metallic Gold paint
• Complimented by a cream canvas roof panel which is in great shape
• No doors as such but instead roll up side pieces to the canvas roof
• Roof can be removed entirely with relative ease, leaving behind a fold down metal framework
• Metal framing can then be hidden away in a matching cream cover
• Paintwork is in good form with a nice deep shine in places
• There are some markings and blemishes to be seen in areas of the paint, predominantly to the front and rear bumper bars but this exhibits as a good honest car
• 13” alloy wheels sit at all four corners in excellent shape
• A spare steel wheel resides on the rear of the car
• Body coloured roll cage for added passenger safety
• Lighting, trim and glass are all of a good standard throughout
• Overall a thoroughly straight and complete car

The Mechanics

• Well presented engine bay with a host of body coloured parts
• Clean and simple four cylinder engine, backed by a wealth of parts supply and enthusiast support
• Understood to have had some mechanical refurbishment at the request of the previous owner by an independent Moke specialist, including new brake pipes and fluid, a wheel refurbishment and tyre replacement and some work and adjustment to the gearbox
• Fires into life comfortably and with ease and is reported to provide a great fun driving experience, just as a Mini, especially a Moke, should do

Summary