Morris Eight Series Two

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Morris's great Thirties success and one of Britain's best-loved pre-war cars, it is no exaggeration to say that the Eight was the car that saved the company.

It was an affordable family car, better suited to the now busy English roads than the larger models in the range. So successful was it that within three years of its introduction in September 1934, over 160,000 had been sold.

Available as a two- or four-seat tourer and a two- or four-door saloon, the Eight was capable of 60mph and 40mpg from its 23.5bhp 918cc side-valve engine while benefiting from hydraulic brakes and a good level of equipment - and all this for the princely sum of just £120 brand new!

Our vendor bought this 1937 Morris 8 Series Two four-door in 2010 from its previous owner, Michael Bunting, who had owned the car since 1970. Mr Bunting restored the car during the 1970s and used it regularly, clocking up 6,500 miles between 1981 and 1991. However, old MOTs show that between 1991 and 2007 the car covered only 84 miles. 

Mr Bunting did some high quality work on the Morris and it still looks very good today with the appealing air of an honest car that has been well cared for. It even retains its handbook.

Since the restoration, the car has had a reconditioned engine and clutch fitted (in 1981, at 31,506 miles) and in 2015 it received a new fuel pump, new valve guides, a cylinder head and gaskets. In the same year it also had new Excelsior tyres fitted, the steering was rebuilt and a new brake master cylinder fitted.

It may not be an award of the highest magnitude, but EGP 607 did win Second Prize at the Myfennydd Classic & Vintage Car Show in West Wales in 1998 – and how many of us can make that claim? The award itself rather sums up the understated, genteel charm of this pre-war family runabout.