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Morris Twelve-Four, Series III


Years of production: X 1937 - 1939 (introduced in VIII 1937)
Overall production: 19465
4x2 rear wheel drive, front motor car
Body modifications:
    4-door saloon (fixed head), price - £205 + optional £5 for Jackall Jacks
    4-door deluxe (sliding head) saloon, price - £215 + optional £5 for Jackall Jacks, 131k photo (1937), 61k photo (1938)
    chassis - £160, for ordered bodies by automobile body factories
Small statistics on eleven 1938 and 1939 Morris 12-4 from "For sale" section of 1954 "The Motor" magazine:
    body type: saloon - 8 (perhaps sometimes de luxe is omitted), saloon de luxe - 1, 4-door cabriolet - 1, body not mentioned (certainly saloon) - 1;
    color/upholstery: black/brown - 3, grey/grey - 1, not mentioned - 7.
Pages of sales brochures

DJO116, 131k
factory color schemes,
1937-38, 70k
factory color schemes,
1938-39, 176k,
grey changed to
beige and brown
93k

126k
116k

213k
213k
lubrication chart, 243k
Other old advertising pictures

20 VIII 1937, 137k
DJO116 in gray,
1937, 24k
13 X 1937, 186k
DJO116 in new
beige and brown,
12 I 1938, 190k
DJO116 in new
beige and brown,
16 II 1938, 218k
1 II 1939, 399k
3 II 1939, 200k
Old photos

1938, 61k
rally 1938, 30k
WW2 18k photo of
Morris 12-4 on German
Wehrmacht service,
near Orjol, Russia
Technical data:
Engine: water-cooled straight 4-cyl. OHV, 1547.8cc, 40,8hp/3800rpm
Bore/Stroke: 69.5/102mm
Compression ratio: 6:1
Firing order: 1-3-4-2
Length: 4064mm, width: 1524mm, height: 1651mm
Wheelbase: 8 ft (2438mm); track: 4 ft 2 in (1270mm)
Turning radius: right - 18 ft 73/4 in (5.7m), left - 18 ft 4 in (5.6m)
Road clearance: ?mm
Carburettor: 1 SU
Gearbox: 4 speeds + 1 reverse, synchromesh on 2, 3 and 4 gears
Ratios: I - 3.975, II - 2.290, III - 1.480, IV - 1.000, reverse - 3.975
Clutch: dry single plate
Differential ratio: 5.25, spiral bevel drive
Maximal speed: 70mph (113km/h)
Tyres: 5.50x16 inches
Tyre pressures: front - 24 lbs. (1.6 atm.), rear - 28 lbs. (1.9 atm.)
Fuel tank capacity: 8 gals. (36.4 ltr.)
Fuel consumption: ? ltr./100km
Weight: 211/2 cwts. (975 kg)
One of many survived Morris Twelve-Four Series III, 1938 (additional road lights are not original)

212k
220k
372k
183k
191k
130k
191k

179k
158k
149k
139k
127k
62k
208k

193k
120k
151k
154k
123k
107k
196k

189k
153k
103k
190k
169k
167k
125k
Photos and data are from:
Author's archive.
Morris factory brochures.
Car and Classic.co.uk.
eBay.
eBay UK.
eBay Deutschland.
AutoLit.com.
Craner Classics.
The Autocar, 1937.
The Motor Trader, 1939.
The Motor, 1937, 1954.
Punch, 1938.
The Light Car, 1937, 1939.
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