Description From a deceased estate; current owner since 1969; body-off restoration completed in 2017 and only 1,000 miles since; super condition; runs well; nice original number plate 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 8 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.

Available as a two- or four-seat tourer and a two- or four-door saloon, the 8 was capable of 60mph and 40mpg from its 24bhp 885cc 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.

Introduced in 1934, it proved so successful that over 164,000 had been sold by the time it was replaced by the Series II in 1937, around 20,000 of them in open...