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Registration No: MH 8549 Chassis No: 99220 MOT: September 2027

Offered with a large history file
Subject to an extensive older restoration including an engine overhaul
4 former keepers recorded on HPI
Lots of money spent in recent years

Introduced in 1913, the basic ‘Bullnose’ Morris design lasted until 1926, by which time its variants accounted for an impressive forty-five per cent of new sales in Britain.

Compared to domestic and foreign rivals in the 12-14hp market, the model offered notably good performance courtesy of its torquey, four-cylinder engines and light yet robust leaf-sprung chassis.

Having originally sourced powerplants from the English White & Poppe outfit, William Morris switched to the cheaper American Continental Motor Manufacturing Corporation and then the French firm of Hotchkiss & Cie.

The latter’s Coventry factory proved so successful at producing a reworked version of the Continental Red Seal 1.5-litre unit that it was bought...