launched in 1955 to satisfy the perceived demand for a more spacious off-roader. It failed to gain traction in the US, where it spent its 20-year career in the shadow of its smaller sibling, but it became one of the more popular Jeep models in South America. The dusty example pictured here spends its days basking in the sun in Chile’s Atacama desert.In 1980, the owner of this 1972 Morris Mini Minor 850 drove it to a garage in Marseilles, France, to get a few basic repairs done.
It’s too bad; it’s complete and, dents aside, the part we can see looks in decent shape. If you browse the French classifieds, you can find a clean Juvaquatre that hasn’t spent a significant amount of time underground for less than
Ford Capri RS 2600 or Mercedes-Benz W126
The Capri would be a superb restoration project. Such a shame its in that condition in the fiddt place.