Morris Commercial

WIZZO · May 30, 2015

This 1954 C Type Morris Commercial truck is owned by a local oil distributor.

Roger in Iowa · May 30, 2015

I would have guessed 1930's vintage by the design, or lack of.

JerryS · May 30, 2015

Not to mention the hand-crank port.

Dr. Walt · May 30, 2015

Beautiful old truck. Don't see too many with the 1/4-split windshield.

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RN · May 30, 2015

IHC tractors had the hand crank hole on H and Ms in 1950s also. tooling set up to make a hole, etc-- would cost more to change it than wait for new tooling needed. RN

RN · May 30, 2015

English auto industry post WW2 was in bit of economic bind-- old tooling part shelved 1939 to 1946 put back in service for another year- or 10- while new models designed. Ford popular kept the flathead engine to 1960 or so, had OHV Pinto engine at same time overlap for couple years. Austin had a new sedan early 1950s and one of its main market competitors in sales was the old prewar design kept in production at 'old' plant. Trucks similar situation- new engine maybe but old body still sells- and as long as both lines make a profit, keep selling them. Drop your 'old' design, make all 'new' design and some of your customers may go to a competitors 'old' design and you lose some profit. Find a buyer in old colony for the tooling and then sell it off, use new tooling, let 'colonials' make the old design. India gets Enfield motorcycle tooling and makes them old style for many years- 'Bullet' model single cylinder, separate tranny, kick start sells domesticly and some export- has been 'Gray Market in EU,UK, and some in US recently. Cuban American classic may come back home soon. RN.

T in NE · May 31, 2015

They 350 and 450 had a hand crank provision as well.

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