2001 Morgan 4/4

We’ve seen a fair few Morgans here at our Oxfordshire HQ and we know a good one when we see one.

With fewer than 12,000 miles under its various belts, this one has barely had a chance to clear its Ford Zetec throat, warm-up its Mazda gearbox, or flex its ash frame. 

It has been cared for with commendable diligence and an assiduous compliance with main dealer service schedules.

It has, in short, wanted for nothing during its rather pampered life.

We have driven the car and can attest to its competence, ability and agility, the last of which sets the 4/4 apart from its wider, heavier Plus Four stablemate in the hearts and minds of many fans of Malvern’s maverick marque. 

It is in very good condition – dynamically, mechanically and aesthetically.

Purchased from main dealer Allon White and serviced ever-after by another main dealer, Techniques of Hertfordshire, the car comes with bespoke luggage, and the welcome addition of a ‘Speedifit’ hood and accompanying tonneau modification, making putting the hood up and down a simpler, easier, quicker task.

The vendor has owned the car since 2008.

As you can no doubt discern from the mileage, the car has been used sparingly. 

Indeed, it has covered no more than 60 or so miles in the last year.

Well, you’ll be delighted and relieved to learn that the car looks as good from one metre away as it does from the other side of a barn.

The bodywork is untroubled by any dents, holes, crumples, dinks, creases or dents of any consequence that we can see anywhere. 

The doors close with reassuring amounts of heft and certainty and the wire wheels are in very good order indeed.

All five wheels are shod in matching Avon ZV1 rubber, and the tyres look to have plenty of useful life left in them.

The ‘Dark Blue’ paintwork has held up very well and done a good job of retaining its lustre and depth of shine.

We found some scratches on the bonnet; a few more scratches and the occasional scuff on the forward-facing aspects of both front wings/wheel-arches; and a standard number and distribution of stone chips around the rear wheel-arches. 

We noticed that the blue plastic cowling around the o/s/r brake light is breaking up around the rear edge.

The chrome is beyond reproach everywhere, and the car’s lights, lenses, badging, luggage rack and other exterior fixtures and fittings are all in very good order. 

So, too, are the ‘Speedifit’ hood, tonneau cover, side panels and bespoke luggage. 

The interior is every bit a match for its exterior counterpart in terms of quality and condition. 

Everything inside is remarkably fresh and sprightly even for the car’s exceptionally low mileage, let alone its age, and there’s really nothing in there to make you think that the car has been around for almost a quarter of a century. 

The Ivory (piped blue) leather upholstery has only a few light creases around the bolsters to show for its age (much like the rest of us), and the seats are comfortable, supportive and functional. 

The rich burr veneers on the dashboard are dark and glossy. 

They are complemented by the splendid wood-rimmed Moto-Lita steering wheel. 

Aside from a little fading here and there, the blue carpets and mats are in very decent nick and, like the rest of it, have seen fewer that 12,000 miles of use. 

The door cards and roof lining are beyond reproach.

As far as we and the vendor are aware, all knobs, gauges, dials, buttons, switches and levers do as they’re told in a timely and faithful fashion.

The engine bay and its contents look pretty much as good as new.

If it was any dryer, cleaner and fresher in there we’d give it 5 stars on a food hygiene report, let alone a mechanics survey.

Everything is present, correct and in its right and proper place.

The car’s undersides appear to be possessed of a great deal of structural integrity and nothing we’ve seen has given us any cause to doubt the car’s honesty or character. 

Like everything else on this car, the underpinnings look more or less as good as new.

This car comes with more history than the Ashmolean Museum, and all of it is first-class, timely and courtesy of Morgan main dealers.

It doesn’t get better than that.

The car also comes with a recent HPI report, full sets of keys, a V5C, and an 

MoT certificate - with no advisories whatsoever - that’s valid until the 6th November 2026.

Exceptionally low mileage? 

Tick.

First-class dynamic, mechanical and aesthetic condition? 

Tick.

Very low ownership?

Tick.

A gold-plated main dealer service history from new?

Tick.

There may be other boxes that we’ve missed, but we’re pretty sure this Morgan would tick those, too.

It’s really very good indeed.

We’re confident to offer this fine car for auction with an estimate of £18,000 - £23,000.

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