Jarvis-bodied SV Minor for sale?
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 6:43 pm
http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/car ... tent=car10
I just e-mailed the seller to ask for the chassis number. Then we'll be able to see (in the Genome) whether it left Cowley as a chassis or something else. I'd be very surprised if this is anything more than an amateur-modified 2-seater - albeit nicely executed. Looks nothing like the Jarvis-bodied M Type, and far simpler construction. I'd also be surprised if the seller responds to my request!
I don't have anything against putting special bodies on Minors (when their factory bodies are too far gone to save), but claiming that it is an original Jarvis must be verified if we are not to create history where it is not!
Mind you, if it IS a genuine Jarvis, I'd have thought it worth considerably more than GBP 8.5k!
PS - Don't you cringe when the supporting info in online ads like this starts, "The Morris Minor was launched at the Earls Court Motor Show in 1948 ..."
I just e-mailed the seller to ask for the chassis number. Then we'll be able to see (in the Genome) whether it left Cowley as a chassis or something else. I'd be very surprised if this is anything more than an amateur-modified 2-seater - albeit nicely executed. Looks nothing like the Jarvis-bodied M Type, and far simpler construction. I'd also be surprised if the seller responds to my request!
I don't have anything against putting special bodies on Minors (when their factory bodies are too far gone to save), but claiming that it is an original Jarvis must be verified if we are not to create history where it is not!
Mind you, if it IS a genuine Jarvis, I'd have thought it worth considerably more than GBP 8.5k!
PS - Don't you cringe when the supporting info in online ads like this starts, "The Morris Minor was launched at the Earls Court Motor Show in 1948 ..."