https://stock.morrisleslie.com/stock/details?ref=50044752&location=6101
Perth, 23 February. Estimate £12 - 14k. No connection whatsoever - just an FYI.
Steve
I do like the Berkeley model but at an estimate £12-14k (who knows) I’ll have to give this one a miss
Amazing it’s never been on the road since 1999.
Wait, purchased in September 1999 (ie. early autumn) for summer use, then never used since then? What happened to the owner? Died? Off to India to shoot tigers? It put on 1898 miles from september 1999, to whenever it was laid up in 1999. Sounds like parked up, and forgotten about. Will need significant recommissioning. Lets hope it wasn’t driven 1898 miles to Spain, then driven around a bit on a Kph speedo before coming back to the UK.
Yes 2nd owner appears to have had just two months use out it and that’s it, put away and forgotten about it seems.
I’ve been watching a fair few of these car shows recently, (got em stacked up on catch up) the one thing that makes my blood boil is when they open a garage that’s most likeley surrounded in cobwebs and junk and they say, her she is my pride and joy. It’s absolutely covered in muck and they say it’s been sitting there 30 yrs, I wonder if it will start?
Hopefully the one above will be a cosseted Mk1 worth a few bob hence the guide price, but it does make you wonder what’s the mind set of folk to ignore or not drive these cars for many many years.
hmm, call me untrusting, but if the story behind it is true, then this is a truely exceptional find. But I just find the history a bit wierd to be honest.
Car was first purchased on May 30th 1998 by the cars first owner for a total sum of £17,600. This example received it’s first service on the 1st July 1999 at 951 miles by the supplying dealer prior to being sold to it’s second owner on the September 6th 1999, who purchased the vehicle we are informed purely for summer use when staying at his holiday home.
so owner 1 bought it in May 98, in two months did 951 miles then never drove it again? Over a year later, owner 2 buys it (for use at his summer home? Where was the summer home? How many miles from where he bought the car did the car have to be driven to get to this summer home? How many times was it driven to only add another 949?) It all seems a bit odd to me…owner 1 drove it 951 miles, owner 2 drove it 949 miles (almost exactly the same mileage driven by the two of them???) Nah, I’m not buying it (the story and also because I don’t have that kind of money spare!! lol), and I think Saz may have hit the nail on the head…most probably exported to some holiday home, driven about there in km speedo then brought back and either a new speedo or the priginal mph speedo refitted. The fact there is no way to trace this cars history means it’s easy to claim this and that is genuine as there is absolutely no way to prove otherwise. All depends on condition, as that could tell if the mileage fits the wear and tear on it. With that mileage, pedal rubbers/steering wheel/gear knob/door handles should all be like bran new. Same with the running gear, which if the above is true, means it’s sitting on a timing belt that is 20 years old (almost 21)!
If it’s genuine, its amazing. But then, what could you do with it? Drive it and it’ll depreciate just like a brand new car does the mode miles you put on it. The more miles it does, the less rare and outstanding it becomes. I’d hate to buy it and not drive it like it was intended to be driven. Interesting one to watch. Will be a company that buys it I recon, not your average Joe.
Well death or prison (shooting tigers reference) are two unplanned reasons why something gets left in a garage for 20 years.
Reminds me of one of those lost and founds in a classic car mag from a few years back. Some serviceman in the RAF brought himself a newish Alfa Romeo in Beirut (!) in the early 60s, and drove it to the UK, parked it in his mum’s garage, and there it stayed, on Lebanese plates, for the next 40 years. Somewhere along the line, the owner died. When they pulled the car out of the garage, it was an utter wreck. Had a nice interior though; the rats never got to that.
That there are no photos though raises a red flag. Likely the solicitors found the car, and put it in for auction, but its still sitting in the garage, under a pile of boxes, or has only just been freed up, and not presentable, yet.
Not quite. 1000 miles in the first year, which is possible. Sold. then driven a bit more.
Yes, all the belts, tyres, fluids, brakes need to be replaced before that car is turned over. Tank might have gone rusty.
But the auction house is standing by the mileage. There will be a Kiwi who might want this, as his investment.
Tracked down one pic here
Awww… ‘This vehicle hasn’t had it’s first MOT’
Not really the angle you want. I know the plastic bumper will be ok.
Out of interest just checked Auction Web Site - it sold for £15,582