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In article ,
Roger wrote:
The "Morgan" looks more like a Morris Eight Series 1 to me.

Did they ever make that as an open car?

Oh yes. And they're still quite plentiful as they are a relatively easy
restoration for this age of car. Here's a pic of a few.:-

http://www.hp-h.com/p/morriscars/Pic...06/toures1.jpg

I thought initially a pre war Morris Minor but it doesn't appear to be
that.

The Minor was earlier - with a taller looking rad. Probably because the
OHC engine was taller than the later side valve.


Many thanks for the info and the patience - As you may gather this is an
area I know very little about.

The 2nd car. The blue saloon is a Morris 8 Series E.
First produced in 1938. Discontinued during the war. Manufacture was
resumed after the war from '46-'48.
Mike.


Thanks for that - Will ammend the entry.

Mike

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In article ,
Roger wrote:
The "Morgan" looks more like a Morris Eight Series 1 to me.

Did they ever make that as an open car?

Oh yes. And they're still quite plentiful as they are a relatively easy
restoration for this age of car. Here's a pic of a few.:-

http://www.hp-h.com/p/morriscars/Pic...06/toures1.jpg

I thought initially a pre war Morris Minor but it doesn't appear to be
that.

The Minor was earlier - with a taller looking rad. Probably because the
OHC engine was taller than the later side valve.


Many thanks for the info and the patience - As you may gather this is an
area I know very little about.

The 2nd car. The blue saloon is a Morris 8 Series E.
First produced in 1938. Discontinued during the war. Manufacture was
resumed
after the war from '46-'48.
Mike.


Re the Series E - the Beetle-style headlamps indicate that it is pre-war;
the post war ones were more upright. Er - I think it's that way round!

GMacK

In article ,
Ian Johnston wrote:
CYU140 (?) Morgan (?) Not recorded (check details)
ARO425 Rover 1935
202MBP Rover 1963
MXF135 Alvis 1952
DSL143 Austin 1961
TSY348 Austin 1951

Some more info again IIRC, etc.

The last pic is of a Series II K2 Austin truck and looks to be a 2.2 ton.

The previous pic of the Austin van is a 1 or 1 1/4 ton van. The Morris
range which are near identical is the LD Series

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Dave Plowman London SW
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In article ,
Geoff Mackenzie wrote:
Re the Series E - the Beetle-style headlamps indicate that it is pre-war;
the post war ones were more upright. Er - I think it's that way round!

Lots were converted to the later standard round Lucas pre-focus headlamps
- Morris made a kit for this.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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In article ,
Roger wrote:
The "Morgan" looks more like a Morris Eight Series 1 to me.

Did they ever make that as an open car?

Oh yes. And they're still quite plentiful as they are a relatively
easy
restoration for this age of car. Here's a pic of a few.:-

http://www.hp-h.com/p/morriscars/Pic...06/toures1.jpg

I thought initially a pre war Morris Minor but it doesn't appear to
be
that.

The Minor was earlier - with a taller looking rad. Probably because
the
OHC engine was taller than the later side valve.


Many thanks for the info and the patience - As you may gather this is
an
area I know very little about.

The 2nd car. The blue saloon is a Morris 8 Series E.
First produced in 1938. Discontinued during the war. Manufacture was
resumed
after the war from '46-'48.
Mike.


Re the Series E - the Beetle-style headlamps indicate that it is pre-war;
the post war ones were more upright. Er - I think it's that way round!

I think you're right.
Quite advanced for it's day in not having running boards. Plus it had a
hydraulic brake system, which was not that common at the time. Still had
suicide doors though. :-)
Nice cars IMO. I had a 1947 one many years ago.
Mike.

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o.uk...
This looks like a promising place to try - I am trying to get a build
date
for several photographs of vehicles. These have been contributed for
inclusion on a non commercial website. The site is built round the notes
made for my god son when he was building a train set, the cars are
covered
in Appendix One, in a series of sub sections dealing with matters
outside
the railway fence.

If anyone can date the cars shown it would be a big help - Also if anyone
has any photos of their own cars they could donate it would be
appreciated.
I am currently a carer so cannot get to shows to take photos.

The cars in question are up at
http://www.igg.org.uk/gansg/help/help.htm -
I
have used trhe largest images I had to make identification easier, they
will
take a few seconds to download however.

The index for the whole site is at http://www.igg.org.uk/gansg/ - The non
railway material is currently concentrated in Appendix One.


TIA

Mike



The "Morgan" looks more like a Morris Eight Series 1 to me.

IIRC there were only cosmetic differences between the Series 1 and 2 as far
as appearance went.
The series 2 having pressed steel wheels, rather than wire wheels, and 2
vertical stripes on the rad grille.