Morris Six MS

The name Morris Six is used by the Morris Motor Company for a number of models that were produced from 1928 to 1954.

6 (1928-1939)

Morris 6 Saloon ( 1929)

The Morris 6 was a 4-door sedan, the 1928 Morris brought out as a successor to the Morris Oxford Six. She had a side-valve 6- cylinder engine with 2468 cc and 52 hp ( 38 kW). All 4 wheels were suspended on semi-elliptic springs. This model was manufactured until 1939.

Six (1931-1935)

Morris Six (1931-1935)

1931 brought the company out a smaller 6- cylinder model, the Morris Six. Its engine had only 1938 cc, came from Oxford 6 and accelerated the limo up to 96 km / h In 1935 the model was discontinued.

Six Series MS (1948-1954)

Morris Six Series MS (1948-1954)

The Morris Six Series MS was a midsize car with a 6- cylinder engine, the Morris Motor Company from 1948 to 1954 produced. It was the first six-cylinder, the brought out the company after the Second World War. At the beginning of GBP 671 was on the UK market.

The car saw the constructed from Issigonis 1948 Oxford MO very similar. From the windscreen to the rear it was even equal. The engine compartment was longer to accommodate the 6-cylinder OHC engine with 2,215 cc displacement and a SU carburettors, the (51 kW) developed 70 bhp at 4,800 min -1. The whole car was longer than the Oxford; he had a wheelbase of 2,794 mm vs. 2,463 mm at Oxford. He had an independent suspension with torsion bar front and a common drive axle with semi-elliptic springs at the rear. He had no worm and sector such as Oxford, but a lower translated cam steering system. With the same body, but something more powerful engine (72 bhp / 53 kW) was supplied to the Wolseley 6/80.

In the test the car reached 136 km / h top speed, an acceleration of 23 seconds / 0-100 km / h and takes about 14 l/100 km.

1950, the rear axle is reduced in order to improve the acceleration and double damper installed on the front axle.

In 1953, a deluxe version with leather seats, heating and overriders was offered the front.

The successor was from 1955, the Morris Isis Series I

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