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Morris Half-Ton pick-up - too pretty for a commercial vehicle

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Created on June 13, 2014

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Bruno von Rotz

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - wirkt sympathisch auf die Leute

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - ob er mit einer halben Tonnen Ladegut auch so hübsch ausssehen würde

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - mit kompakten Ausmassen

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - mit grosser Heckklappe

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - die Klappe lässt sich komplett öffnen und gibt Zugang zu einer grossen Ladepritsche

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - schmal und hoch gebaut

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - hübsch und selten als Pickup

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - knapp die Hälfte des Wagens dient als Ladefläche

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - praktischer Sonnenschutz vor der Windschutzscheibe

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - wenn aus einer Familienlimousine ein Nutzfahrzeug entsteht …

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - hierzulande ausserordentlich selten

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - dünnes Lenkrad

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - kein unnötiger Luxus im Interieur

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - Bandtacho und Zusatzinstrumente für Benzinmenge und Wassertemperatur

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - sieht für ein Nutzfahrzeug ziemlich schmuck aus

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - das Morris-"M"- im Lenkrad

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - Blick in den Motorraum

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - einfache und funktionelle Zughebel

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - die nach hinten öffnende Motorhaube bietet guten Zugang zur Mechanik

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - der Vierzylinder ist längs eingebaut

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - ein einfacher SU-Vergaser muss reichen für die Gemischaufbereitung

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - robuste Motorentechnik

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - Lucas-Elektrik

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - das Morris-Zeichen auf dem Bug

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - Positionslichter auf den Kotflügeln

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - wirkt elegant und keineswegs schmucklos

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - elegante Positionslichter

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - Lufteinlass auf der Motorhaube

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - grosse Windschutzscheibe

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - verchromte Türgriffe

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - etwas Chrom hat man dem Wagen doch noch gegönnt

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - seitlicher Auspuff, kein Tuning-Extra sondern der Praxisorientierung geschuldet

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - massive Kette zum Halten der Ladeklappe

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - robust gebaut, Anbauelemente aus dem Regal

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Austin A40 (1956) - der moderne Wagen für die ganze Familie

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Austin A40 (1956) - auch bei der Limousine erschien Grau offensichtlich als attraktive Farbe

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Austin A40 (1954) - Ende September 1954 wurde die Limousine vorgestellt

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Austin A40 (1954) - zwei Motorisierungen mit 1,2 und 1,5 Litern Hubraum waren erhältlich

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Austin A40 (1955) - im Gegensatz zur zweitürigen Version wurde die viertürige wesentlich besser verkauft

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Austin A40 (1955) - futuristisches Interieur für die Zeit

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Austin A40 (1955) - Fahrwerk und Motor

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Morris Half-Ton Pick-up (1966) - die seitliche Linienführung stammt vom Austin Cambridge

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Summary

Between 1957 and 1971, the half-ton pick-up was first built under the brand name Austin and later as the Morris. Together with the Half-Ton van, over 120,000 examples were built, of which only a few remain, as most of them were maltreated to death in the harsh working environment. This driving report briefly describes the history of the unusual pick-up and portrays an example from 1966 in detail, supplemented by sales brochures of the base model Austin Cambridge.

This article contains the following chapters

Born Austin Cambridge
The birth of the half-tone pick-up
From Austin to Morris
Traditional technology
Not really a rarity, but ...
A commercial vehicle and yet not
Further information

Estimated reading time: 4min

Preview (beginning of the article)

It doesn't fit the cliché of the American pick-up, but that's also because it comes from England. And much, much smaller, and descended from a passenger car called the Austin Cambridge. The Morris half-ton pick-up was built to carry a half-ton payload, at least that's what its name implied. At the London Motor Show in 1954, a new Austin made its debut that was intended to steal a march on the competition from Ford, Vauxhall and Hillman. It bore the name "Cambridge" and was characterized above all by a modern body, which was placed over the traditional technology with 1.2 and 1.5-litre engines. The American-looking body, stripped of all pre-war reminiscences, was complemented by a radically modern interior.

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