Happy Halloween DT readers, we here in the DT HQ hope you are enjoying the festival of All-Hallows'-Eve. Today is the day when kids dress up as their favorite super hero, young adults dress down in sexy fill-in-the-blank costumes, and all people subsidize the candy, dental, and insulin industries -- basically a win-win-win for everybody! Here, we celebrate Halloween with ghoulish rides like this 1960 Morris Minor 1000 offered for $2250 in Dublin, CA via craigslist.
The Morris Minor was launched in 1948 as a replacement for the pre-war styled Morris Eight to much acclaim, brouhaha, and caterwauling. The design was created under the direction of legendary Alec Issigonis and was the first British car to sell over a million examples. Find this 1956 Morris Minor Wagon offered for $999 in Norwalk, NY via craigslist.
Up until 1967, you could be the proud owner of a brand-new 15-year-old car procured from a stateside importer. But back in mid-60's, most English cars still looked like 2/3 scale 1950's American cars. In the land of planned obsolescence and free gas, that sales pitch went over like a rolling unsynchronized first gear downshift. Find this 1961 Morris Minor for sale in Boise, ID for $4,999 via craigslist.
Tip from FuelTruck
Check out this 1959 Morris Minor 1000 Saloon here on eBay bidding for $7,250 reserve-not-met with auction ending Monday at 7:00PM PST.
The Morris Minor was an economy family sedan from Morris Motors that was sold starting in 1948 and continuing through 1972. In the end over 1.2 million examples of the Sir Alec Issigonis designed cars were sold. Today's example has been given a new heart from a Ford -- find this 1963 Morris Minor offered for $4,000 in Warren, RI via craigslist. Tip from Scott T.
Over 1.2 million examples of the Morris Minor were sold between 1948 and 1972. The Minor was built by Morris Motors Limited in
the UK and would be easy to dismiss for an Austin Mini imitator (family sedan built in bulk, many variants
available, old styling lasting for decades), but the Minor predated the Mini and was designed for folks other than midgets. It used a front engine / rear drive setup instead of the Mini's
front/front...which makes it much easier to swap in something odd. Find this 1961 Morris Minor with Suzuki Samurai inline-4 power offered for $12,500 in Bensalem, PA via craigslist. Tip from David K.
The Morris Minor was an economy car that was sold in huge quantities (over 1.2 million) from 1948 to 1972 built by Morris Motors Limited in the UK. It would be easy to mistake the Minor for an Austin Mini imitator (family sedan built in large quantities, many variants available, old styling lasting for decades), but the Minor is much larger and used a front-engine rear drive setup instead of the Mini's front-front. Today's Minor Traveller (wood framed station wagon) could easily be mistaken for another old slowmobile, but it has some major improvements under the hood. Find this 1969 Morris Minor Traveller Woody Wagon with Lancia power offered for $6,995 in Minneapolis, MN via craiglist.
Most of the cars featured on the Daily Turismo are chosen because they are good deals or visually striking...never have we featured a car because the seller has made a particularly biting comment towards a potential bidder, until now. This 1960 Morris Mini Minor Saloon French garage find is for sale in Crystal Lake, IL, currently bidding on ebay for $5,699 reserve-not-met with 3 days to go. 
Q: Do you have a buy it now price? I live locally and we used to sell them new. Love it. Thank you, Richard Buxbaum.
A: Richard, with all due respect you jacked me around and low balled me on a BMW R69S a few years ago. Then you did the same with my pal in Holland Michigan. You obviously ignored my terms to this auction. I have no interest in doing business with you. Word gets around in this small community. Haig Haleblian