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The more modern Austin-designed 803 cc (49.0 cu in) overhead valve A-series engine, which had been designed for the Minor's main rival, the Austin A30, was smaller in all dimensions, but nevertheless gave noticeable performance improvements over the pre-war side-valve 918 cc (56.0 cu in) Morris unit it replaced. The 52 second drive to 60 mph ...
Dimensions User Comment 2007-07-23 16:18: 2048×1360× (396974 bytes) Redsimon: Travellers (and Countryman) Estates received the same revisions at the front as their Morris Oxford (and Austin Cambridge) siblings
Key people. Frank George Woollard ... Morris Motors Limited was a British privately owned motor vehicle manufacturing company ... Morris Minor 1000; 1948–1954 ...
A two-door estate version of the Series MO was introduced in September 1952. [6] Marketed as the Oxford Traveller, it had an exposed wooden frame at the rear. Just 3½ inches longer than the saloon which its dimensions otherwise matched the Traveller was given bench seats front and back, the front backrest split for access to the back.
Morris Oxford is a series of motor car models produced by Morris of the United Kingdom, from the 1913 'bullnose' Oxford to the Farina Oxfords V and VI.. Named by W R Morris after "the city of dreaming spires", the university town in which he grew up, the manufacture of Morris's Oxford cars would turn Oxford into an industrial city.
1964 Austin Cooper S at the 2004 Watkins Glen SVRA 1966 Morris Mini-Traveller (Mark I) Issigonis' friend John Cooper , owner of the Cooper Car Company and Formula One Manufacturers Champion in 1959 and 1960, saw the potential of the little car, and after some experimentation and testing, the two men collaborated to create a nimble, economical ...
A Traveller estate car version of the Series V Farina body was announced 28 September 1960. The new body now provided a double bed size sleeping compartment about 6 ft long and 4 ft wide. The back of the car had a tail-board hinged at the bottom and an upper panel hinged at the top.
The S.V. cars continued now known as Morris Minors in contrast to the Morris Family Eight cars. [4] Morris Minor S.V. prices: 2-seater £100; tourer £115; saloon £112.10.0 (with sliding head £125) Chassis only £90 [4] All Morris cars were given anti-splash side-shields to their front wings.