Beschreibung
H&H Classic Auction @Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire
29th November, 2023 13:00
1925 Morris Oxford 'Bullnose' Doctor's Coupe
No Reserve
Registration No: CL 8136
Chassis No: 116402
MOT: Exempt
First registered in Norwich and pleasingly retains a Mann Egerton plaque to its dashboard
Accompanying paperwork dates back to the mid-1960s
Understood to have had an engine overhaul in 1991
Bills on file for recommissioning in 2018 and 2023
Restored decades ago and currently running and driving but would benefit from another refurbishment
A rare survivor as a Doctor's Coupe
Introduced in 1913, the basic Morris ?Bullnose? design lasted until 1926 by which time its variants accounted for an impressive forty-five per cent of new sales in the UK. Compared to domestic and foreign rivals in the 12hp-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 Hotchkiss & Cie firm. 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 by its biggest customer becoming Morris Engines Ltd during 1923. That year also saw production split between the basic 1548cc ?Cowley? (three lamp set, minimal instrumentation) and de luxe 1802cc ?Oxford? (five lamp set, leather upholstery, Dynamotor). Approximately, 150, 000 Bullnoses were made from 1919-1926 and they remained a familiar sight on British roads until well into the 1960s.
