Morris Minor 1000 Traveller

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One of the best-loved variants of the Minor range, the wood-framed Traveller was a versatile load-lugger that was as happy carrying the whole family and their holiday luggage as it was wet dogs and haybales. It remained in production from 1952 right up until the demise of the Moggie in 1971.

First registered in January 1970, this Traveller has had just five owners from new and has been in the current ownership since 1999. A qualified engineer and a college lecturer on the subject, the vendor has steadily improved the car over his 19-year ownership although he has actually driven it very little, covering perhaps 2,000 miles in all that time.

He completely replaced the ash frame fairly early in his ownership, doing any necessary bodywork repairs at the same time and repainting the car. More recently he has fully rebuilt the engine (including a duplex timing chain upgrade, reworked head with alloy rocker cover and unleaded conversion) and installed some extra gauges (manifold vacuum, oil pressure, amps) to monitor its performance.

A new battery has also been fitted along with a stainless steel exhaust and an alternator to replace the weedy dynamo, wired through a dummy control box to retain originality. Bills on file amount to nearly £5,000 although these don’t include anything for our vendor’s expert labour. Although it no longer needs one, he will get a new MOT in time for the sale, the last having expired in June this year with no advisories recorded.

A driver rather than a show queen, this thoroughly sorted Moggie no doubt has at least another five decades of faithful service ahead of it.