Classic Morris Minor car with just 190 miles on the clock sells for £17k at auction

A CLASSIC Morris Minor tucked away in a garage for 47 years with just 190 miles on the clock has sold for £17,000 – nearly double the expected price.

Joe with the car SWNS

Pride and joy…Joe with his iconic car

Grandfather-of-three Joe Drydal, 69, a retired car dealer from York, snapped it up after five minutes of bidding.

The previous owner, who bought it for £656 in July 1968 when a gallon of petrol cost 30p, kept the car in pristine condition.

I would have paid a lot more for it

Joe Drydal

He refused to drive it for fear of damaging it and locked it up in a garage for 47 years.

Mr Drydal said: “I learned to drive in a Morris in 1962 when I was 17 and my first car, the same year, was a Morris.

"I’ve always loved them.

"I would have paid a lot more for it.” 

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