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1935 Morris Ten-Four [Series II]

1935 Morris Ten-Four [Series II] in Appointment in London, Movie, 1953

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1935 Morris Ten-Four [Series II]

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Lateef ◊ 2021-02-13 12:42
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2021-02-13 14:11	Not a Ten-Four, a Ten. There was no Ten-Six version of this one.
Lateef ◊ 2021-02-13 14:30	Contemporary literature refers to it as "The New Morris Ten-Four".
dsl ◊ 2021-02-13 15:05	That gives us 2 overlapping batches to resolve, plus a handful of Ten-Six. How useful/reliable is it to keep Ten-Four and Ten-Six batches??
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2021-02-13 15:51	It is quite simple, and 100% reliable. Series 2 and Series 3, no Ten-Six.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2021-02-13 16:07	I have checked on page 167 of Jon Pressnell’s book, and it appears that in May 1935 “the so-called Series II Ten-Four and Twelve-Four were introduced.” He then refers to them as Ten and Twelve for the remainder of the piece, on Series II and III and Series M. The Six cylinder cars were bigger and longer and 14, 16, 18, 21 and 25hp. There was also a Series III 12, 14 and 25. Reference to the list of Morris passenger cars on P.285 of the same book shows the following: - (model followed by quantity produced.) Ten Four/Six 1933 model year 14,080 Ten Four/Six 1934 model year 20,905 Ten Four/Six 1935 model year 14,153 Then details for Cowley and Eight, then: - Ten/Twelve Series II 59,366 Ten Series III 13,721 Then on to the bigger cars. Then: - Ten Series M to Feb. 1941 27,020 Ten Series M ‘Tilly’ 8,671 Ten Series M post-war 80,990 Twelve Series III 19,465 S & G refers to all Series II cars as ‘Ten/Twelve’ and Series III cars as ‘Ten’. Finally, the post ‘35 cars were never called Ten-Four or whatever in common usage, our 1936 Ten certainly wasn’t. I continue to view Ten-Four as inappropriate in the case of these cars, but fine for the 1933/4/5 type. -- Last edit: 2021-02-13 17:09:47

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