ADO16

Morris 1300 GT. Wilts. £3,800.00          [ !! SOLD !!]
1971. DFH 943J Parked up unused since '93. ?Low mileage? Crusty but not rotten. Complete but in need of significant restoration. In tip top condition would be worth £15K. The 2nd rarest ADO16? There are only 44 of these left!

Love these - we had several of them that formed the backbone of my mums fleet - always second hand she would purchase a newer one every 12 / 18 months or so throughout the early / mid 70's but OMG can they rot 

Here's one of the Morris variety on car & classic 




 www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1269085

Appears cheap enough at £3,450 - but look closely the front panel is all blistered with rot perforation around the lights - the sills appear to be caked in underseal on the external faces (a clear sign of structural weakness being masked) and the rear arches are all flaking out with rust perforation - you could easily spend a few £k trying to sort this out 

Ex-Pressed Panels do quite a bit of replacement panels for the model so repairs are viable on them - however at a price - a sill + inner & outer rear arches are £500 + vat a side - a front panel is again £500 + vat - £1500 in panels before you even contemplate front inner / outer wings and the dreaded rear subframe mountings that was the death toll for so many of the model type - I would still give a ready home to one in my fleet if one crossed my path that was half decent - and on the half decent note I would always advise anyone to purchase the best that they can afford - even going above your budget for a really sound one - has like most cars of this era / type that were largely unprotected from rust perforation from leaving the factory - restoration costs can readily exceed 4 times the physical value of the car upon completion - don't let me talk out one owning though - they are fantastic little cars once up & together / sorted - to the point that I'd have an estate version if I came across the right one at the right money and abandon my classic van search 

I love the simpler earlier cars - especially in Connaught Green

I messaged the seller about the car within a hour of it going live on eBay and he said he had some one coming the following morning at 9.30am with £3250 and when I went on line it was in my ended list at 10.30am so I guess the man was true to his word and snapped it up.

Well I’m here thanks to your recommendation! Hopefully a gt owner soon. Sent you a pm on other site

Brightwells have this one going through their online auction on 2nd November - its of the Morris variety - 1100 but with a rebuilt 1300 engine & box - uinsure on the colour scheme but that's soon corrected - guide is £3 -£4k - if secured at lower end of that guide its has lot going for it 

www.brightwellslive.com/lot/details/493349

Did the same, albeit without the 1300GT kudos,  bought a deafaid beige 45000 mile 1300 to liberate its lump, duly & properly Oselli'd, into my little orange Mini Marcos

For sale on the street in Warwick we paid IIRC £35, weighed the shell in for a tenner, and never looked back!

Happy days

Cheers

Matt

oh bollards!