This charming survivor of a now rare breed features a pleasing combination of black over grey bodywork teamed with maroon-coloured interior trim.

It is powered by the desirable SOHC engine rather than the cheaper side-valve alternative that was an option from 1931 onwards.

The vendor believes ‘SV 8134’ was the subject of a restoration in the early ‘80s and currently describes the car as ‘sound but not in show condition, and so perfectly usable as it is or the basis of a great project for its next keeper’.

Whatever, he volunteers that the headlining would now benefit from replacement and that the driver’s door has dropped a touch.

In summary he presently classes the Minor’s engine, three-speed manual transmission, bodywork, paintwork and upholstery as all being in ‘average’ order.

An attractive alternative to the ubiquitous Austin Seven.

The pre-war Minor was launched specifically to compete with the aforementioned Austin Seven and was assembled at Morris’s Cowley plant from 1929 ...