Morris Minor found at Napoli airport
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Morris Minor found at Napoli airport
This week whilst working in Napoli I spotted an abandoned Black Minor in the airport carpark. The number plate was missing but it had an owners club sticker! Just wondered how it came to be there and if the owner was still in the club? It looked pretty sad and lonley, but I guess it was enjoying the sun. Any ideas? I have a photo if anyone wants to see it.
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Yeah, I'd like to see the photo, if you've got no space to put it up, mail it to me (PM me for details) and I'll stick it up online (if you don't mind).
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Oh do behave Lee!
What I meant was I would contact a member of this board who lives in Florence.
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Hi to everyone,
I just came home and found Chris' message about the Morris in Naples airport.
Very very sad situation, I think. My first idea, after reading that the car was in Naples, was that it had been stolen. No, wrong! The first one was that the sad Morris was mine, so I went in the garage to look if mine was still there. And fortunately she is still there...
One possibility is that the car was stolen and abandoned there. Or maybe she was driven to Italy from some tourists, had some problems then was abandoned to the airport. Very terrible thing to do!
Too bad that Naples is about 600 km from where I live and can not get down there to give a look. But I can try to get in touch with some local classic car clubs to see if someone has noticed the car and, if it is really abandoned, can be rescued. What do you think about?
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I just came home and found Chris' message about the Morris in Naples airport.
Very very sad situation, I think. My first idea, after reading that the car was in Naples, was that it had been stolen. No, wrong! The first one was that the sad Morris was mine, so I went in the garage to look if mine was still there. And fortunately she is still there...
One possibility is that the car was stolen and abandoned there. Or maybe she was driven to Italy from some tourists, had some problems then was abandoned to the airport. Very terrible thing to do!
Too bad that Naples is about 600 km from where I live and can not get down there to give a look. But I can try to get in touch with some local classic car clubs to see if someone has noticed the car and, if it is really abandoned, can be rescued. What do you think about?
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Luca, thanks for getting back to us. I appreciate that this Minor is a very long way from Florence and you can't pick it up yourself. I was hoping that Mandy might be able to get us the contact details for the car park operators and then you could alert any local classic car clubs in the Naples area. It might be a good idea to contact them anyway in case Mandy can't get this info. Hopefully Napoli Airport doesn't have as many car parks as there are at Heathrow.
Isn't that what Mandy has effectively done with this post? Anyway, without the registration it's going to be difficult to trace the last owner.if you report the car to the club they might be able to put something in minor matters
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Sorry everyone for not responding recently but I have been travelling again. The Morris is in the carpark right next to the Hire Car carpark with a few other abandoned cars.
I am not expecting to return to Napoli again in the near future and I did not have a chance to ask anyone about the car as I was dropping of a hire car to get my flight home. My Italian is not that good I am afraid. It would be great if the Italian Classic Club could save it. Thanks to everyone for interest and efforts so far.
I am not expecting to return to Napoli again in the near future and I did not have a chance to ask anyone about the car as I was dropping of a hire car to get my flight home. My Italian is not that good I am afraid. It would be great if the Italian Classic Club could save it. Thanks to everyone for interest and efforts so far.
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Onne,
it is ok with your italian........surely better than my dutch! I have red Mandy's message and did ask a friend in Napoli if he can go there and give a look, possibly taking some more pics.
I did even write to another local classic car club to ask if they know or if they can do something about the sad Morris. (The first club I wrote never answered me, but probably they deal just with fancy and expensive cars..................).
As soon as I have news will update you here.
Luca
(your car looks like mine, 1957, but mine it is not so nice)
it is ok with your italian........surely better than my dutch! I have red Mandy's message and did ask a friend in Napoli if he can go there and give a look, possibly taking some more pics.
I did even write to another local classic car club to ask if they know or if they can do something about the sad Morris. (The first club I wrote never answered me, but probably they deal just with fancy and expensive cars..................).
As soon as I have news will update you here.
Luca
(your car looks like mine, 1957, but mine it is not so nice)
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thank you for the compliment Luca, I sincerely hope you get a reply now. The rear of our cars are indeed quite similar, not the front though, mine being a Series II!
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