1938 Morris 8, Series II, 817cc. Registration number EAR 581...

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£2,800

1938 Morris 8, Series II, 817cc. Registration number EAR 581. Chassis number S 2/E 166284. Engine number B 91696.
Sold with the V5C, R.F. 60, keys, many old MOT's, history/receipt folder.
One of the great automotive success stories of the Thirties and one of the best-loved pre-war cars, it is no exaggeration to say that the Eight was the car that saved Morris.
Small and affordable but with room for all the family, it was far more suited to Britain's increasingly crowded roads than the larger models that had formerly underpinned the Morris range. So successful was it that within three years of its introduction in June 1935, over 116,000 had been sold by the time it was replaced by the Series II in 1937.
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, driving through a three-speed box with synchromesh on the top two gears. It also benefited from hydraulic brakes and a good level of equipment.
EAR has known history back to 1964 when it was owned by Albert Rapson of Hertfordshire, five further owners are noted on the R.F.60, there is then a gap until the MOT records which start in 1985 at 5232 miles and continue until 2005 at 19,119 miles when Stephen Nobes is recorded as the owner on the V5C. Barry Springfield-Hunt bought it in 2007, and then in 2015 David Powell was the owner; our vendor bought it from him in 2018. The interior was refreshed in 2009 and the engine in 2012. At some point the body has undertaken a full restoration. During our vendors custodianship he has overhauled the brakes, the wiring, the ignition and other general maintenance.
A change of lives priorities nows means that our vendor has decided to part with "Daisy". Sold with the V5C, R.F. 60, keys, many old MOT's, history/receipt folder.