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The Morris Minor is an economy car produced by British marque Morris Motors between 1948 and 1971. [7] It made its debut at the Earls Court Motor Show, London, in October 1948. [ 8 ] Designed under the leadership of Alec Issigonis , more than 1.6 million were manufactured in three series: the Series MM (1948 to 1953), the Series II (1952 to ...
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.
An array of Morris cars on the forecourt of Mr J. Kelly's garage at Catherine Street, Waterford, Ireland, 1928. The small car market was entered in 1928 with the Leonard Lord-designed Morris Minor, using an 847 cc engine from Morris's newly acquired Wolseley Motors. Lord had been sent there to modernise the works and Wolseley's products.
After the Second World War the 13.5 fiscal horsepower Oxford MO had to replace the Ten horsepower series M, Morris's Twelve and Morris's Fourteen.It was announced along with the new 918cc Morris Minor and the 2.2-litre Morris Six MS on 26 October 1948 and was produced until 1954.
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Morris Minor (until the 1990s), Hot Rods, kit cars. Now supplanted by the lighter Rover K-series in Morris Minors. Rover V8 engine: Hot Rods, kit cars, British Sports cars, light aircraft This small aluminum-block V8 weighs less than some iron-block four-cylinder engines.
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The car was designed by Alec Issigonis whose other designs were the Mini and Morris Minor. The Ambassador replaced the Morris Oxford Series II based Hindustan Landmaster, which was quite similar, and the larger Hindustan Deluxe based on the Chevrolet Deluxe .