For sale · Gurgaon, Haryana · In one family since 1999
Morris Minor 1000
TMC 7988
Restored, driven for years, shown at the Statesman Vintage & Classic Car Rally in Delhi. It has been resting for a while — and it is looking for someone who will wake it up and drive it again.
- Model
- Morris Minor 1000
- Registration
- TMC 7988
- Owners since 1999
- One family
- Asking
- ₹ 9,99,999
Provenance
One family since 1999
This car was bought in 1999 and has stayed with the same family ever since. It was restored properly rather than cosmetically, maintained by the same specialist year after year, and — the part that matters most — it was used. It was never a static ornament under a sheet.
Bought into the family it still belongs to. Single ownership from that day to this.
Body, paint, brightwork and a complete retrim in cream with maroon piping. Carried out and thereafter maintained by Unique Autos, whose decal still sits in the rear glass.
One of India's best-known classic car events. The car was presented there and driven on the road to get to it.
Driven regularly for years, and kept under cover since. It is being sold for the simplest reason: it deserves to be driven, and its owners are no longer driving it.
Why this one is worth looking at
specialist
Cream over maroon
Inside
The seats and door cards were retrimmed in cream with maroon piping and have held their shape. The painted fascia with its body-colour top roll, the chrome-bezelled clock, the ribbed centre panel and the wood-rimmed wheel are all in place — the period details that are hardest to find once they are gone.
- Upholstery
- Cream leatherette, maroon piping
- Fascia
- Painted cream, body-colour upper roll
- Instruments
- Period gauges, clock in place
- Wheel
- Wood-rimmed, four-speed floor change
Photographs
The car as it stands
Taken in September 2026, as the car stands today. Tap any photograph to enlarge it.
The car
What you are buying
The expensive work on a Morris Minor is the body and the trim, and on this car it has been done: body, paint, brightwork and a complete retrim, carried out and then maintained by one specialist. What it wants now is an owner who will drive it.
It is also an easy classic to live with. The Minor was built in enormous numbers as family transport, which means it was engineered to be looked after by an ordinary garage — no electronics, nothing buried, the well-understood BMC A-series engine, and a parts industry that has outlived the factory by fifty years. It is rare here now, but it is not difficult. The guide explains both.
The car
- Straight bodywork in deep maroon
- Complete brightwork — bumpers, strips, badges, lamp bezels
- Seats and door cards retrimmed in cream with maroon piping
- Period fascia, clock and wood-rimmed wheel in place
Its history
- Continuous single-family ownership since 1999
- One specialist, Unique Autos, for the restoration and the maintenance after it
- Shown at the Statesman Vintage & Classic Car Rally, Delhi
- Registration TMC 7988, on the car and its RC
Why it is priced where it is
Most cars are priced on condition. This one is priced on provenance: one family since 1999, complete brightwork, a single known restorer and a Statesman rally appearance. That combination is uncommon in India.
The car is offered at ₹9,99,999. Fine examples of these cars reach several times this figure. This one is not priced at the top of the market, because the owners would rather it went to someone who will drive it than sit under a cover waiting for a record price. Read the buyer's guide and judge the number for yourself.
- Model
- Morris Minor 1000
- Body
- Four-door saloon
- Registration
- TMC 7988
- Location
- Gurgaon, Haryana
Enquiries & viewing
Arrange a viewing
The car is in Gurgaon, Haryana, kept under cover, and can be seen by appointment. Email with the days and times that suit you and we will confirm a viewing.
Asking
Priced on provenance. Serious enquiries welcome.