Morris CS8 2 Pounder Portee

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

I believe that the plura; is 'MORRISES'. However, they were the product of Morris Commercial Cars Limited of Adderley Park, Birmingham, the former Wolseley Motors factory and had 'MORRIS-COMMERCIAL' badges, as against Morris Motors Limited, Longbridge, Birmingham [RIP, April 2005!] which produced the cars. Different companies, different shareholdings, different histories, although by 1936 grouped by Lord Nuffield, aka William Morris under the Nuffield Group umbrella. The plural is therefore 'MORRIS-COMMERCIALS', or' MCCs'.

The FAT and the portee were I suggest issued to the NZEF in the Mid-East, then sold sometime after mid-1941 to the NZ Government, and then shipped to the islands for further service. The FAT could in fact have been an Austin Motors- built one. We need to know the contract number if there is one on the data plate. The FAT I suggest is a C.8/AT but which mark, Mark 111?? I am no expert!