Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Morris: Buses

From Graces Guide
1929. Chassis of 28 Passenger Vehicle.
1929. 56 B.H.P. 6 Cylinder Engine.
1929. Cylinder Heads of 6 Cylinder Engine.
1956. Minibus.

Note: This is a sub-section of Morris

General

  • The 'T', 'TX' and 'Z' types were bought for bus use.
  • 1930 the first purpose built chassis was firstly a six-cylinder engined Viceroy or known as 'Y' type and the Dictator the 'H' type.
  • 1938 A new single decker based on the Equi-load truck arrived.
  • 1948 The 32-seater Morris-Commercial coach was introduced.
  • A forward-control model with a four-speed manual gearbox.
  • During the early 1960s the 'J2' was launched in Austin and Morris forms as a minibus. [1]

List of Models


Sources of Information

  1. Ian Allan - British Buses Since 1900 - Aldridge and Morris