Description Few owners, the current for 40 years; only 2,500 miles on rebuilt engine; a super little Eight that runs like a sewing machine; nice original number plate; affectionately known as Maurice With the benefit of hindsight, October 1938 was probably not the best time to launch a new car, but one can excuse Morris for not foreseeing the full extent of the carnage that Herr Hitler was about to unleash on the world.

As things panned out, the war turned out to be a profitable time for Morris who mass-produced tens of thousands of trucks and frontline combat vehicles for the British military, their new 8hp Series E saloon also remaining in production for military and essential civil use.

Looking radically more modern than the previous Eight, the Series E had an American-style ‘alligator’ bonnet with a wonderfully Art Deco ‘waterfall’ front grille, no old-fashioned running boards and headlights modishly incorporated into the wings rather than bolted on top of them – a first for any ...