£25,760
1961 Morris Minor Minor 1000 ‘The One Millionth Car’.
Historics • UK • 7 Mar 2015
Market Position:
World Record
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£25,760
1961 Morris Minor Minor 1000 ‘The One Millionth Car’.
UK • 7 Mar 2015 • Lot 260
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This is a rare opportunity to own the actual millionth Morris Minor, a piece of British automotive history. While it was involved in an accident in 1971 and painted red, it has since undergone a full restoration and comes with a vast history file, retaining its original number plate.
Condition
8
The car underwent a full restoration by a motor vehicle studies lecturer and is presented in excellent condition. It has been dry-stored and has covered nominal mileage since the restoration. The car passed an MoT test recently.
/ 10
23,364 miles
1 MHU
1961
Auction
MA2S3 1000000
RHD
United Kingdom
£25,760
1961 Morris Minor Minor 1000 ‘The One Millionth Car’.
Historics • UK • 7 Mar 2015
Market Position:
World Record
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Description
The Morris Minor debuted at the Earls Court Motor Show in London on 20th September 1948 and was manufactured until 1971.
In 1952, the Morris Minor was updated with an Austin-designed 803cc overhead valve, A-Series engine replacing the original side-valve unit.
The engine had been designed for the Minor's main competitor, the Austin A30, but became available when Austin and Morris were merged into the British Motor Corporation.
Cosmetically the front wings and grill were replaced and the head lights moved from the grill to the front wings.
To commemorate manufacturing a million cars (the first time a UK British manufacture had ever built such an amount), BMC produced 349 'millionth' cars.
Of these, 31 were sold to North America and Europe and the remaining 318 were distributed equally through the UK BMC dealer network resulting in one car per dealer.
All of the 'millionth' cars were two-door examples and finished in Lilac with white leather trim.
This Morris Minor came off the pr...
Price Analysis vs Other Minor ‘The One Millionth Car’s
£6,200
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£12,600
Median Price (Since 2020)
£15,318
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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MOT Information
Expired
Expired on 11th Feb 2018
Latest MOT mileage:
23,898 miles
MOT History
Passed
On 19th Jan 2017, 23,898 miles
There was 1 defect noted.
Advisory:
- Offside Front Front wheel bearing has slight play (2.5.A.3c)
Passed
On 12th Feb 2016, 23,650 miles
Passed
On 16th Dec 2014, 23,362 miles
There was 1 defect noted.
User Entered:
- Oil leak
Failed
On 15th Dec 2014, 23,360 miles
There were 8 defects noted.
Fail:
- Nearside Stop lamp not working (1.2.1b)
- Offside Stop lamp not working (1.2.1b)
- Nearside Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on (8.2.1b)
- Offside Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on (8.2.1b)
- Front Direction indicators missing (1.4.A.2b)
- Rear Direction indicators not working (1.4.A.2c)
- Horn not working (1.6.2a)
User Entered:
- Oil leak
MOT Mileage Trend
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