Morris Garages

The first Morris Minor, fitted with a Wolsely designed single overhead camshaft four cylinder engine was introduced in 1929. The lower cost side valve model was introduced in 1931. The ohc model was continued in production until the following year for the long wheelbase Family Eight saloon and Special coupe.

Minor
Engine
	overhead camshaft	side valve
Number of cylinders	4	4
Bore mm	57	57
Stroke mm	83	83
Capacity cc	847	847
Valves	overhead	side
RAC hp rating	8.05	8.05
CR	4.75	4.9
BHP (graphs)	20	19
at rpm	4000	4000
Valve timing
inlet opens	9 ATDC	6 ATDC
inlet closes	35 ABDC	40 ABDC
exhaust opens	43 BBDC	46 BBDC
exhaust closes	7 ATDC	6 ATDC
Coolant	water	water
Carburation	SU	SU
Dimensions
	swb	lwb
Wheelbase	6'6"	7'7"
Track	3'6"	3'6
Length	9'10"	11'1"
Width
Weight
Front suspension	half elliptic	half elliptic
Rear suspension	half elliptic	half elliptic
Axle ratio	5.375	5.875
Tyre size
all ohc or lwb	400 x 19
1931-3 swb sv	3.50 x 19
1934 sv	400 x 18
Performance
0 to 50 mph secs	27.2
standing quarter secs
Fuel consumption mpg	40
Maximum speed	56

Body styles Minor (ohc = O sv = S click for picture)
	Doors		1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934
Semi-sports 2 seat	2	swb			O
Tourer 2 seat	2	swb			S	S	S	S
Tourer 4 seat	2	swb	O	O	O,S	S	S	S
Fabric saloon	2	swb	O	O	O,S
Coachbuilt saloon,folding head	2	swb		O	O,S	S	S	S
Family Eight, sliding head	4	lwb				O	S	S
Eight sports coupe, sliding head	2	lwb				O	S	S

Chassis numbers
	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934
ohc start	M101	M12739	M27003	M34700
ohc finish	M12738	M27002	M34699	M39187
sv start			SV101	SV5536	20301	33779
sv finish			SV5535	SV20300	33778	47333
Total	12638	14264	13132	21253	13478	13555

Books and articles (available on the web)

Operation manuals for the Morris Minor e.g. 1934

Trials with a Morris Minor Autocar November 1947

Other sources
The Morris Owner	Issue	page
Introducing the ohv Minor	July 1928	570
Minor saloon and tourer details	September 1928	840-2
Decarbonising the ohv Minor	August 1929	726-30
Minor sv saloon, description	March 1931	35
Minor sv tourer, description	March 1931	165
£100 sv Minor, description	February 1931	1480
Decarbonising the side valve Minor	June 1931	429-32
Family Eight impressions	February 1932	1366-72
Morris Minor Family saloon, sv	January 1933	1160/1/9
The Minor as I found it	March 1934	22-3
Saturday afternoon with the Minor	April 1934	122-5

The Light Car and Cyclecar
Minor tuning and maintenance	21 March 1930	468-70
Minor tuning and maintenance	28 March 1930	493-5

The Autocar
Advance details of 1929 Minor	31 August 1928	442-4
Minor saloon road test	30 November 1928	1221-3
Morris Minor, detailed information	4, 11, 18, 25 April 1930
Special coachwork	9 May 1930	882-9
£100 sv Minor, description	9 January 1931	72-3
Two-seater Semi-Sports, road test	31 October 1930	925-6
Minor sv saloon road test	5 June 1931	1013-4
Family Eight, description (ohc)	28 August 1931
Morris programme for 1932	4 September 1931	391-5
Family Eight saloon, road test (ohc)	18 March 1932	462-4
Minor Family Eight saloon	2 August 1932
Morris programme for 1933	2 September 1932	411-4
Morris Minor Family saloon, road test	2 September 1932	418/20
Minor saloon, road test (sv)	10 November 1933	927-8

The Motor
£100 sv Minor, description	30 December 1930	1079
Special coachwork	10 February 1931	43-5
£100 sv Minor, road test	6 January 1931	1115-7
Two-seater Semi-Sports, description	12 August 1930	52
Morris programme for 1932	1 September 1931	199-206
Minor road test (sv)	9 February 1932	51-2
Morris programme for 1933	6 September 1932	214-20
Minor Family saloon, road test (sv)	28 February 1932	121-1