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Morris Commercial Cars
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Morris Commercial Cars Limited was a British manufacturer of commercial vehicles founded by William Morris, who was also the founder of the Morris Motor Company.
The company was founded in 1924 when Morris bought the assets of E.G. Wrigley and Company after it went into receivership late in 1923. Up until that point a small number of commercial vehicle variants of Morris cars were built at the Morris plant at Cowley, but with the newly acquired plant in Foundry lane, Soho, Birmingham serious production began.
In 1932 the company moved a few miles across Birmingham to Adderley Park.
In 1936 Morris sold the company to Morris Motors Limited[1]. The use of the Morris Commercial brand name continued until 1968[1] when British Motor Holdings, by then the parent of Austin and Morris, merged with the Leyland Motor Corporation to form the British Leyland Motor Corporation.
- ^ a b MSS.226/MC Morris Commercial Cars Ltd. 1924-1968. A Summary Description of the Papers of the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust.