Morris Oxford Six

Morris Oxford Six
Oxford Six Saloon 1930
Overview
Manufacturer	Morris Motors
Production	1921–1926 1929–1935
Body and chassis
Class	Small car

Oxford F-Type Six
William Morris's personal Oxford Silent Six
Overview
Production	1921-1926
Body and chassis
Body style	2-seater tourer 4-seater tourer cabriolet saloon
Related	Morris Oxford bullnose Morris Cowley
Powertrain
Engine	69.5 x 102mm 2,322 cc (141.7 cu in) 17.97 hp side-valve I6
Dimensions
Wheelbase	111 in (2,819 mm)
Length	156 in (3,962 mm)
Chronology
Successor	Oxford Six

Oxford Six
Oxford Six six-light saloon 1930
Overview
Production	1929–32
Body and chassis
Body style	4/5 seater tourer 4-door saloon with sliding head 4-door fabric saloon coupé with sliding head
Related	Morris Fifteen Six
Powertrain
Engine	1,938 cc (118.3 cu in) I6 2,062 cc (125.8 cu in) I6
Chronology
Predecessor	Morris Oxford flatnose

Oxford Sixteen and Twenty
Oxford Sixteen six-light saloon 1935 registered January 1935 with freewheel and Bendix automatic clutch
Overview
Production	1934–35 6308 made
Body and chassis
Body style	4-door saloon 4-door coupé
Related	Isis, Cowley
Powertrain
Engine	2,062 cc (125.8 cu in) I6 2,561 cc (156.3 cu in) I6
Dimensions
Wheelbase	114 in (2,896 mm)
Chronology
Successor	Morris Big Six series II

Morris Oxford Six is a motor car produced by Morris of the United Kingdom from 1921 to 1926, and again from 1929 to 1935. Initially produced as a straight-six engined version of the Morris Oxford bullnose, the original Oxford Six was the first car produced by Morris with a six-cylinder engine, but proved to be unreliable. The versions produced from 1929 onwards were introduced as a replacement for the Morris Oxford 16/40.

A short-lived 17 hp six-cylinder variant, the F-Type Oxford Six, was displayed for the first time as a four seated cabriolet at the November 1922 Olympia Motor Show.

The first open four-seater tourer was sold to Lord Redesdale. Only 50 were made and, after the initial run, they were assembled to special order. It remained available until 1926.

The 2320 cc engine, it had six pistons from the 11.9, 1548 cc engine, proved unreliable, two intense vibration periods weakened and broke crankshafts and few were sold.

Although the car was longer than the four cylinder Oxford by 9 inches (230 mm) all the extra space was given over to the engine.

For other contemporaneous cars loosely named Morris Six see Morris Ten, Morris Major (1931 to 1933), Morris Fourteen Six, Morris Cowley, Morris Fifteen Six Morris Six (1928), Morris Six MS, Morris Isis, Morris Twenty-one Six, Morris Twenty Five Six

A 1938 cc six-cylinder version, the LA series Oxford Six, was made between 1929 and 1933. It was much more successful than the 1921 version. Alongside the tourer and the new all-steel saloon, a fabric-bodied car was offered until 1932, when it and the tourer were dropped and a coupé introduced.

The all-steel body was made over the road at Cowley by W R Morris's joint venture with American Edward G Budd, Pressed Steel Company. It had striking similarities to a recent Dodge body. By 1930 supply problems were such that it was replaced by a similar but coachbuilt (wood framed) body.