Morris Commercial PU 8/4 Vehicle

On Jan Ist 1924 William Morris ( later known as Lord Nuffield ) aquired the assets of Wrigley and Company Ltd of Birmingham . Before WW1 Wrigley had been supplying Morris with axles and transmissions for his successful Oxford and Cowley cars and on Feb 4th 1924 the Wrigley works became incorporated as Morris Commercial Cars Ltd. During WW1 The French Hotchkiss company had established a branch factory in Coventry making armaments and post war Morris had engines of his own design built by Hotchkiss . By the early twenties the Hotchkiss branch company had been taken into the growing Morris empire and renamed Morris Motors Ltd Engines Branch . During the early 1920's Morris established his own radiator factory at Osberton Rd in Oxford and in 1926 he travelled to the USA to learn about the all steel bodies being built by Budd. This led to a short lived association with Budd in establishing a steel body making facility in the UK between 1926-1930 . He also purchased the ailing SU ( Skinner Union ) carburettor works and by the late 20's had added Wolseley to his growing list of interests

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[alanwillys]

Nice one but my favorite Morris is the CS8... gotta have one someday!!!!♥♥♥