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Morris 10

Morris Ten
Morris Ten1933 parked outside the house (4469499105).jpg
Ten 1292cc 6-light 4-door fixed head saloon
first registered March 1933
Overview
Manufacturer Morris
Production 1932–1948
Assembly Cowley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Body and chassis
Class Mid-size car
Layout FR layout
Chronology
Successor Morris Oxford MO
Morris Ten
Morris Ten Four
MHV Morris 10-4 01.jpg
Ten Four 4-door 6-light saloon
Overview
Production 1932–1935
49,238 produced (including Ten Six models)
Body and chassis
Body style 4-door 6-light saloon
4-door tourer
2-door Special fixed head coupé
Open two seater
Powertrain
Engine 1,292 cc (1.3 L) Morris Sidevalve I4
Transmission 4-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase 96 in (2,438 mm)
Length 147 in (3,734 mm)
Morris Ten Six
Morris Ten-Six 1934 offside Rufford Abbey.jpg
Ten Six 4-door six-light saloon 1934
Overview
Production 1934-1935
production – see Ten-Four
Body and chassis
Body style 4-door saloon
5-door Traveller's saloon
Open two-seater
4-door tourer
2-door Special coupé
Special sports
Powertrain
Engine 1,378 cc (1.4 L) Morris Sidevalve I6
Transmission 3-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase 102 in (2,591 mm)
Morris Ten series II
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series II 4-door six-light saloon
Easiclene pressed steel wheels
Overview
Production 1935–1937
59,364 (including Morris Twelve series II) produced
Body and chassis
Body style 4-door saloon
2-door coupé
Powertrain
Engine 1,292 cc (1.3 L)Morris Sidevalve engine I4
Transmission 3-speed manual
4-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase 98 in (2,489 mm)
Morris Ten series III
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Ten series M saloon 1938
Overview
Production 1938
13,719 produced
Body and chassis
Body style 4-door saloon
3-foot coupé
Powertrain
Engine 1,292 cc (1.3 L) Morris overhead valve engine I4
Transmission 4-apeed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase 98 in (2,489 mm)
Length 160 in (4,064 mm)
Width 61 in (1,549 mm)
Height 64 in (1,626 mm)
Morris Ten Series M
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1940 Morris Ten Series M (Australia)
Overview
Production 1938–1948
27,020 produced pre war
53,566 produced post war
Assembly United Kingdom
Australia
Body and chassis
Body style 4-door saloon
2-door pick up (wartime only)
Related Wolseley Ten
Powertrain
Engine 1,140 cc (1.1 L) Morris XPAG overhead valve engine I4
Transmission 4-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase 94 in (2,388 mm)
Length 158 in (4,013 mm)
Width 61 in (1,549 mm)
Height 65 in (1,651 mm)

The Morris Ten announced 1 September 1932 was a medium-sized car introduced for 1933 as the company's offering in the important 10 hp sector of the British market. It continued through a series of variants until October 1948 when along with Morris's Twelve and Fourteen it was replaced by the 13.5 hp Morris Oxford MO.

Morris Ten was a new class of car for Morris now equipped with wire wheels and a new type of mud guarding—domed wings with wing side shields—it was powered by a Morris 1292 cc four-cylinder side-valve engine employing a single SU carburettor which produced 24 bhp at 3,200 rpm. The gearbox was a four-speed manual transmission unit, and Lockheed hydraulic brakes were fitted.

The October 1932 Olympia Motor Show introductory prices:

Body styles at launch in August 1932 were restricted to a saloon and two-door coupé, but a four-door tourer joined the range in December, followed in 1934 by a two-seater with dickey seat and a Traveller's Saloon.

Ten Four badge

Ten Four Special coupé
with sliding head

Open two-seater
with dickey

Closed dickey seat

Ten Four with luggage
on the fold-down rack

Twelve months later, with the introduction of the Ten Six, Four was added to the Ten's name. The chassis was strengthened, engine mountings were revised and synchromesh appeared on the gearbox. Engine output was increased to 27½ bhp by April 1934. Two tone paint schemes were optional from 1935.

On 28 August 1933 a 12 hp six-cylinder version of the Ten was announced on the longer-wheelbase chassis of the Cowley Four.

A sporting version, the Ten-Six Special was also made in small numbers with tuned engine and twin SU carburettors. the standard body was an open four-seater, but some chassis were supplied to coachbuilders.


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