Wartime Morris Cars and Utes

[Bill Kreiner]

David kindly sent me more of the Gaydon sheets on British makes. In looking at the Cowley (Morris) sheet, I was reminded of a letter I'd gotten from the late, great Harry Edwards (Morris historian par excellence), in reply to questions I'd asked about the wartime production of passenger cars and utilities.

I found the letter, scanned it in, and attached the two pages here, in case anyone here is interested. Morris Eight passenger cars were built until 1941. Morris Ten saloons were built during 1940, until the Ten Utility took over late in the year.

Harry quotes the contract numbers and dates of the utes, which differ a bit from those quoted by Bart Vanderveen in his excellent Morris Tilly article in Wheels & Tracks.

Hope someone finds it useful! It certainly is to me, since I'm attempting to research passenger-car (and derivative vehicle) production and deliveries (no matter whom the recipients were) for the war years for all makes of cars around the world.