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1929 Morris Cowley Flatnose

Sale price: £7,000.00 make an offer

Car location: Weybridge, United Kingdom

Sale type: Fixed price listing

Technical specifications, photos and description:

Year:
1929
Mileage:
90,146
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1929 Morris Cowley Flatnose for sale

Current customer rating: current rating for this car(2.1) based on 428 votes
For sale by auction on Saturday 01 June 2013 with Historics at Brooklands. Brooklands Motor Racing Circuit. Weybridge. Surrey. Call 01753 639170
Morris Motors began in 1912 when bicycle manufacturer. William
Morris. moved on from the sale. hire and repair of cars to car
manufacturing. He planned a new light car assembled from bought-in
components. In this way he was able to retain ownership by keeping
within the bounds of his own capital resources. A factory was
opened in 1913 at former Oxford Military College at Cowley. Oxford. br/>where Morris's first car. the two seat Morris Oxford 'Bullnose' was
assembled. Nearly all the major components were bought-in. Morris
Cowley was a name given to various cars produced by the Morris
Motor Company from 1915 to 1958. In 1926. the Bullnose radiator was
replaced by a flat version known as the Flatnose. These cars were
built by Morris untill 1931. The chassis was new and the suspension
was updated with semi elliptic leaf springs all round plus Smiths
friction type scissor shock absorbers. The brakes are rod and
spring operated with cams inside the drums to actuate. It is
interesting to note that the rear brake drums include two sets of
shoes. one of which is connected directly to the handbrake. The
basic 'Hotchkiss type' of engine continued on from the Bullnose of
previous years.

This Flatnose Morris with a solid nickel radiator was purchased
by the previous owners in 1978 as a restoration project. after the
restoration was completed in the early Eighties. the car was used
very sparingly until being stored away in a dry garage. The vendor
purchased the car in 2010. taking the car out of the storage garage
where it had been for many years. After light re-commissioning and
cleaning. this Flatnose joined his collection of Austin and Morris
cars and has only been used on a very few occasions. Supplied with
this Morris Flatnose is the original buff log book showing the
owners going back to 1945. the purchase invoice to the previous
owners from 1978. the old V5 registration document and the original
handbook. also supplied with the car is the current V5C
registration documents and the SORN certificates dating back to
2009. This is a very useable pre-war car that has been described as
'always on the button' that only requires some light paintwork and
detailing to return it to its former restored state.

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