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Morris (Bull motif) query
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 4:32 pm    Post subject: Morris (Bull motif) query Reply with quote
Can anyone help with an answer to this one?

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Hi there,i have a beautiful 1951 Morris Minor and I have a question that
I cant seem to get an answer on....I hope you can help me..
Where did the 'BULL' motif come from for the Morris Minor?
PLEASE help me with this question...

Thanking you for your time
Leeanne MacDonald (Morris Lover)
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 4:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I don't know, but could it be related to the fact that that the first Morris car was the "bullnose"?
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 4:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's actually an Ox, crossing a ford! (Ox on ford = Oxford, where the Morris was produced!) I'm fairly sure that's where it came from. Smile


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PostPosted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 4:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
eck swift work there Smile

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 4:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Good job he didn't set the factory up at Gaydon... Shocked
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