Unfinished project; elements of genuine McEvoy Special Jensen body included; lots of spares; lots of potential Colonel Michael McEvoy was a fascinating character who not only saved the VW Beetle from the rubble of WW2, he also designed superchargers for Mercedes, made his own motorcycles and produced high-performance engine parts for Morris and Wolseley.It was thus a natural progression for him to develop his own car, the McEvoy Special, based on the standard side-valve Morris Minor of the time.

Employing Jensen of West Bromwich to make the neat four-seater body, he fitted various tuning parts to the engine and an 80mph speedo, two versions being available, the Model 60 and the Model 70, the latter gaining a donwndraught carburettor, high compression head and finned cast iron manifold.

Only around 60 were made in total and survivors are extremely rare today.First registered in April 1933, this Morris Minor was acquired by our vendor from The Mouldsworth Motor Museum in Cheshire in Au...