[Morris] Morris Minor Traveller For Sale - Stock Appearance- Updated mechanicals/automatic transmission

[Scott Baxter]

You can appraise it without seeing it??

Talented..

Scott

On Aug 14, 2010, at 11:42 AM, boxweed wrote:

> 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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> 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 at att.net>
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