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Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22837 Location: UK

I popped this old pic on the Mystery Photos page recently, I was fairly confident that it was a Morris, but does anyone recognise the model?? and are there any preserved cars out there with a set still fitted?

http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/mysterycars.htm

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pigtin · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 1879 Location: Herne Bay

Pretty sure there are, a member of our group sold an immaculate Morris ten with a set of the "traffic lights" back in the 90s.

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peter scott · Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7219 Location: Edinburgh

Looking at Harry Edwards book The Morris Motor Car I'm pretty sure from the door width and the draught excluder it's a 1932 Morris Major Sports Coupe. The book image doesn't have all the sliding window gubbins.

Peter

There isn't a very good web image but these aren't bad:

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Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22837 Location: UK

Thanks Peter, looks like you've cracked this one!!

ta, Rick
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Roverron · Joined: 04 May 2008 Posts: 134 Location: Yorkshire

If anybody wants to know how the trafficlight indicators worked ask, they were made illegal by Hore Belisha so you don't see many now. I seem to recall the Morris Coupes were only available in back originally, this one looks great in blue.
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dclf1947 · Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:16 pm Post subject:

Hi Roverron

How do the trafficlight indicators work, do they use all 3 colours to signal or what?

Thanks
Dave
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Roverron · Joined: 04 May 2008 Posts: 134 Location: Yorkshire

A switch on the r/h side of the dash controls the lights. When turning left the red one on the left (top) and the green one (bottom) lights up. Obviously vice versa when turning right. The idea was to show other motorists which side it was safe to pass on. When going straight on the middle ones (orange) on both sides light up. The lights didn't flash.
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dclf1947 · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:44 pm Post subject:

Thanks, I would never have worked that out.

Dave

pigtin · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 1879 Location: Herne Bay

Don't think other motorists did either Wink

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