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found to be "useful" and the pedal brakes "admirable". Tools are supplied in a locker under the near side running board. The battery can be got at through a trap under the driver's seat. At the rear there is a fair-sized lockable luggage compartment. "The minimum brake horsepower is stated to be 45 at 3,200 rpm." Frame members are straight and at bumper height so that any shock is better withstood.
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The chassis frame was quite new and now also contained a cruciform shape. It was longer as well as stronger with flexible mounting for the (continued) 2062 cc engine. New shaped coachwork incorporated improved running boards, a new pattern of brake lever, draught excluders over the slots for the
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category, in
September 1934 when its 2062 cc engine was joined by the 2561 cc Twenty sold for the same price, the size of engine being the only difference. There was an intermediate eighteen horsepower Isis. Outwards appearance was further improved, the free-wheel and automatic clutch by Bendix
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A 1938 cc six-cylinder version, the LA series Oxford Six, was made between 1929 and 1933. It was much more successful than the 1921 version. Alongside the tourer and the new all-steel saloon, a fabric-bodied car was offered until 1932, when it and the tourer were dropped and a coupé introduced.
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tested the fabric bodied version of the new car. The driver has been given an electrical petrol gauge. Standard fitments include: bumpers, a stoplight and dipping headlights pneumatically controlled from the steering wheel. The four-wheel brakes are
Lockheed hydraulic. The rear brakes by hand were
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commented favourably on the direction indicators though it noted the lack of ashtrays. Further comments of interest: starter access, should the starter lock, was considered difficult. The car moved with a mechanical smoothness and quietness "not always found with a car of this price". The saloon
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The engine's cooling system now had thermostatic control, mixture control was now thermostatic, direction indicators self-cancelling, the electric windscreen wiper was fitted with a blade for each side of the screen, Triplex safety glass fitted throughout.
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Direction indicators, a set of three coloured lights on each side of the car visible from front and rear were fitted. Controlled from a switch on the dashboard they permitted accurate indications of planned movements while the car's windows remain shut.
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All Morris cars for 1934, this was announced in August 1933, were to have 4-speed synchromesh gearboxes, dipping headlights, hydraulic shock absorbers, hydraulic brakes, rear petrol tank, direction indicators, safety glass and automatic ignition.
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pedals and gear lever and interior sun visors, twin rear and reversing lights, fog light, occasional table folded behind the front seats, new pattern armrests are place front and rear and a folding footrest provided for rear seat passengers.
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Special coupé both fitted with a Pytchley sliding head (sunroof) and the sliding head is wired for radio. The interior woodwork is burr walnut, matt-finished in the saloon.
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This Oxford Six was renamed Oxford
Sixteen in September 1934 and placed within the new 16 to 25 horsepower range of Morris Big Sixes expanded in view of the 25 per cent reduction in Horse Power tax expected in 1935.
107:, the original Oxford Six was the first car produced by Morris with a six-cylinder engine, but proved to be unreliable. The versions produced from 1929 onwards were introduced as a replacement for the
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engine restarting was fitted. The steering wheel was too large though distracting rather than obstructive. The handbrake lever was awkwardly shaped and positioned. The car remained smooth and quiet.
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went on to describe the new car as well-proportioned with seating front and back "thoroughly comfortable". The highest speed was about 60 miles an hour in top gear. Clutch action was satisfactory.
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September 1932, the gearbox gained a fourth speed and the engine grew to 2062 cc with the Q-series unit. All Morris cars were given anti-splash side-shields to their front wings.
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drew attention to the gearbox's free-wheel, quiet-third and synchromesh on the three top speeds. "Automatic clutch control" eliminated use of the clutch even for starting or stopping.
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The 2320 cc engine, it had six pistons from the 11.9, 1548 cc engine, proved unreliable, two intense vibration periods weakened and broke crankshafts and few were sold.
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A short-lived 17 hp six-cylinder variant, the F-Type Oxford Six, was displayed for the first time as a four seated cabriolet at the
November 1922 Olympia Motor Show.
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515:. It had striking similarities to a recent Dodge body. By 1930 supply problems were such that it was replaced by a similar but coachbuilt (wood framed) body.
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as automatism. The Oxford also received a governable free-wheel, bigger seats, a spare wheel cover and concealed ashtrays for back seat passengers.
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Although the car was longer than the four cylinder Oxford by 9 inches (230 mm) all the extra space was given over to the engine.
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remained in the specification. The hydraulic shock absorbers were now made by Luvax and double-acting. Wheels continued to be by Magna.
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The all-steel body was made over the road at Cowley by W R Morris's joint venture with
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December 1932 direction indicator on bracket above spare
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Kingdom from 1921 until 1926, and again from 1929 until 1935. Initially produced as a
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cornered unusually well. The pedal brakes were excellent but for a slight pull to the offside.
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Chassis alone £215, this fabric saloon £285, tourer £275, coupé £295, coach built saloon £299.
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In August 1930 a shorter chassis more expensive version was announced and named
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Barely nine months later these cars were superseded by members of the
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The Six name was changed to Sixteen, from the car's 16 hp
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1025:, Saturday, 31 Aug 1929; pg. 7; Issue 45296
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590:matched the Oxford SIx but was given
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1130:The Macquarie Dictionary of Motoring
699:Oxford Sixteen six-light saloon 1935
823:Oxford Twenty six-light saloon 1935
896:Complete Catalogue of British Cars
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957:The Bullnose and Flatnose Morris
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377:Oxford Six six-light saloon 1930
655:Reporting again in March 1934
408:4-door saloon with sliding head
981:Sedgwick, M.; Gillies (1989).
594:and a larger 2½-litre engine.
1:
782:114 in (2,896 mm)
634:Oxford Six six-light saloon
471:Morris Major (1931 to 1933)
229:156 in (3,962 mm)
221:111 in (2,819 mm)
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983:A-Z of cars of the 1930s
829:Morris Big Six series II
564:registered December 1930
1158:Cars introduced in 1929
1153:Cars introduced in 1921
701:registered January 1935
412:coupé with sliding head
985:. UK: Bay View Books.
936:. UK: Bay View Books.
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502:Morris Twenty Five Six
457:Morris Oxford flatnose
183:Morris Oxford bullnose
105:Morris Oxford bullnose
38:Oxford Six Saloon 1930
898:. London: Macmillan.
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513:Pressed Steel Company
498:Morris Twenty-one Six
1128:Davis, Pedr (1986).
934:A-Z of cars of 1920s
932:Baldwin, N. (1994).
592:"luxurious bodywork"
410:4-door fabric saloon
356:Oxford Six 1929-1934
101:straight-six engined
870:The Bullnose Morris
855:Morris display ad.
483:Morris Fifteen Six
475:Morris Fourteen Six
109:Morris Oxford 16/40
872:, Shire, UK, 2001
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787:Chronology
772:Dimensions
749:Powertrain
714:Production
667:Tax relief
626:Automatism
467:Morris Ten
448:Chronology
425:Powertrain
391:1929–1932
388:Production
366:Oxford Six
313:Production
242:Oxford Six
234:Chronology
211:Dimensions
193:Powertrain
150:Production
62:1921–1926
59:Production
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1092:The Times
1080:The Times
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1050:The Times
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1023:The Times
1011:The Times
920:The Times
857:The Times
843:Footnotes
792:Successor
778:Wheelbase
719:6308 made
717:1934–1935
661:Automatic
657:The Times
646:The Times
619:The Times
531:The Times
524:The Times
519:Road Test
239:Successor
217:Wheelbase
172:cabriolet
153:1921-1926
93:motor car
80:Small car
64:1929–1935
709:Overview
588:Isis Six
383:Overview
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145:Overview
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741:Related
598:Upgrade
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199:Engine
174:saloon
97:Morris
306:Total
91:is a
75:Class
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296:1925
291:1924
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