Description
UTAC | Millbrook, Bedford
Viewing: Tues 24th June from 12pm
Auction: Wed 25th June from 9am
Location: Millbrook Proving Ground, Station Lane, Bedford MK45 2JQ
1923 Morris Cowley 'Bullnose' 2-Seat Tourer with Dickey
No Reserve
Registration No: PD 6735
Chassis No: MC11927111
MOT: Exempt
Subject to a comprehensive restoration during the 1990s
A charming example of a Bullnose with good proportions
Understood to have been in the ownership of three owners including the vendor since 1987
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 Deluxe 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.
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