C'mon, let's get real!! Asking $16,800 for a Morris Minor with an engine
and transmission from another make is ludicrous. If the price comes down to
a more realistic figure around 1/3 that amount, there might be some takers.
Bob
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Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 10:24 PM
Subject: [Morris] Morris Minor Traveller For Sale - Stock Appearance-
Updated mechanicals/automatic transmission
> Gang,
>
> The car belongs to an old friend in San Francisco and really needs some
> one who can use and enjoy it - With the automatic, it is no powerhouse but
> it drives great and is well put together - I'm blasting this all over CA
> as Bob really wants to sell it soon. Check it out and pass it on...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rick
> *******************************************************
> 1967 Morris Minor Traveller For Sale
> Stock Appearance- Updated mechanicals/automatic transmission
>
> This beautiful dark green 1967 Traveller had been totally restored in
> Yorkshire, England in 1984 and bought by Michael Freeman, an American
> engineer, while he was on work assignment in the UK. Mike brought the
> little car back to San Jose, CA when his job was completed. He drove the
> woody occasionally on weekends for less than a year when he was reassigned
> to the Denver area and the car went into storage in Union City, CA. When
> he learned that he was going to be there permanently, he called the Morris
> Minor Club to say it was for sale
>
> The present owner found out about the car from the local chapter of the
> Morris Minor Registry because he wanted to give it to his wife as a
> combination birthday and anniversary gift to use in the Antique store that
> she was planning to open.. He bought it and had it serviced and detailed
> before hiding it in the garage for the big surprise.
>
> An additional surprise was that she was unable to make peace with the
> stick shift and the car was used only sparingly on weekends with hubby at
> the wheel.
>
> In the late 1990s, the car was sent to Morris Minor guru Bruce Wyman
> (Morriservice founder) in Grass Valley, CA and professionally converted to
> a Datsun 1500 engine and automatic transmission, as well as disc brakes so
> she would be able to drive it smoothly while negotiating the hills of San
> Francisco.
>
> Due to other projects for the couple, many out of town, the Antique
> business never happened and now, after over 20 years and many, many
> thousands of dollars the car is being put up for sale....
>
> The car still looks like it came new except for the lack of a clutch pedal
> and has all of the charm of an original (it even sounds Morris!) with the
> connivance of more power, better brakes and an automatic transmission.
> While the paint is old it is still in reasonable shape with few chips or
> flaws. The wood had been totally replaced during the English restoration
> and has been professionally refinished once since.
>
> The car has been featured in a number of publications and websites. You
> may see a picture and read a story about the car before the Datsun
> automatic conversion at:
> http://www.autowire.net/1999-27.html
>
> Asking price is $16,800
> Contact: Bob Mendelsohn: 415-305-9313 email: <rhmsagamore@att.net>
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