This rare Morris Mini Moke was one of only a few vehicles to be fitted with a removable Barton hardtop and was delivered to Israel in 1965 to an English journalist. According to the Mini Moke Club, this is probably the only one with ventilation flaps under the windscreen and the only left-hand drive car of the only 3 remaining.

This Moke was completely restored by a Moke specialist in England in recent years for around 40,000 euros and has not been driven since.

The Moke is well documented, Murray Sales, a wellknown Journalist, bought this Moke in 1967 in Israel as new car.He was reporting about the 6-days war and so he was on duty in Israel, Egypt, Syria and Jordan. The only car he could buy directly in Tel Aviv was this LHD Morris Moke. He secured the floor with sandsacks in case of driving over a mine. There are still israelian numbers that were stamped into the body visible. When this job was over, he drove the Moke from Israel to Scotland – his home – and there he bought this super rare Barton-Hardtop (which is removable of course). He used the car in the next years for his Hobby : Fishing.

In the middle of the 70s the car was stored away and in the 90s the Moke was found and registred by the President of the MOKE-Club and later sold to Berlin. end of 2018 the Moke came back to the UK and a full restoration was planned that started in 2021.

The current owner had contact to the first owner and history is documented. Heritage Certificate comes with the vehicle as well as the documentation (invoices) of the restoration. TÜV and H licence plate new.

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