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The Morris family Album
Introducing four new cars.
Probably these four cars look
much the same to you. But as you flick through the
pages of this brochure you'll realise each one is
different. Each has a personality of its own. Some have
bucket seats. Some have bench seats. Two have door to
door carpets. Two have not. Depending on what you want.
One is automatic. Two have an overdrive gearbox. (more about
that later).
Why all these options? We
figured that different people want different things in a new
car. Whats right for you isn't necessarily right for
your neighbour. So we give you a choice. Not one
or two, but of six different models. It's these four
that this brochure is all about.
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The Morris 1500 O/D5.
The O/D5 stands for overdrive. It
means you can squeeze even more from each gallon. it means
better performance for less effort. Normally to get the
advantages of overdrive you would have to buy a terribly
expensive car. The Morris 1500 O/D5 is the first
economical family car to offer overdrive. This model
has bench seats and soft washable upolstery (ideal for
children, dogs and icecream).
Like all the cars shown in this
brochure it has the proven safety advantages of front wheel
drive and Hydrolastic suspension. Seat belts are of
course standard. So too are childproof door
locks.
There are over 400 Austin Morris
centres in Australia equipped to service your new car.
Probably there's one near your hairdresser,
ladies.
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The Morris 1500 O/D5/LP
Once again the O/D5 indicates the car
is equipped with overdrive. The LP tag stands for
luxury pack. And that stands for deep pile door to door
carpets and bucket seats added to the already present
luxuries of heater demister and padded facia. The
bucket seats are body contoured - they fit you instead of you
having to fit them.
If you have always wanted a luxury car, but
havn't been able to afford one, then take a good look at the
Morris 1500 O/D5/LP. it has all the comforts and feel
of a much more expensive car without the frightening price
tag.
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The
Luxury Pack
Just because you have not been left an incredible
inheritance doesn't mean that you shouldn't get a little
luxury in life. We give you luxury in two
versions. Manual or Automatic. Both have body
contoured bucket seats in front and a big three seater in
back. The cars are fitted throughout in deep pile carpet
moulded to fit tight into every corner. The padded dash
panel is finished in wood grain and even the parcel tray is
attractively trimmed. The gear stick which controls the
new overdrive gearbox has a simulated wood knob just like
those expensive GT cars. The automatic gearbox has four
speeds (most have two or three) and you can change up or down
manually or let the gearbox do it for you
automatically. Both cars have a real luxury look and
feel which is enhanced by a tasteful chromium strip down the
sides. You could drive these cars for weeks and weeks
on end and arrive fresh and relaxed. And just in case
you do want to drive for weeks on end, we've given you a boot
big enough to carry all you'll ever
need.
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The Morris Nomad O/D5.
The Nomad has all the
advantages of the overdrive gearbox, and the same mechanical
refinements as the 1500 O/D5. It looks a little
different from behind. For a good reason. At the
back the Nomad has a huge fifth door that opens upward on
pressurised air cylinders. Even a child can operate
it. It gives you an incredibly large boot area.
Or you can fold the seats down and have as much space as a
double bed. You can even use it as such. The
Morris Nomad O/D5 is really quite unique. It offers the
versatility of a station wagon, with the comfort of a
sedan.
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The Nomad O/D5 at work.
Remember the old idea of town-and-country
cars? The idea that the car would work with you 5 days
a week, and relax with you at the weekends. We've
updated the idea. A lot of proprietors of smaller
businesses run two cars. One for work. One for home.
You don't have to be a maths wizard to add up how much extra
that costs. The Nomad O/D5 will do anything a station
wagon can, and still offer all the advantages and styling of
a sedan. One car. two jobs.
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The Morris Family
Heritage.
The Morris 1500 is powered by a
newly developed 1500cc overhead camshaft engine. It
turns out 73 bhp, and gets you between points A and B very
rapidly. To stop you just as rapidly, the cars are
equipped with big disc brakes up front. The wheels and
tyres are fatter to hold the road even more firmly, without
sacrificing one inch of manoeuvrability. Three of the
models are fitted with overdrive. It eats up long
distances without strain or fuss. All models include
seat belts, heater demister and windscreen washers as
standard equipment.
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Built to keep going long after the
others stop.
These four cars are built in
Australia by British Leyland. It's the same company
that builds Rover, Daimler and Jaguar. Everyone has
respected this trio for years. And these new Morris
cars are built with the same standards in mind. having
a new car is one thing. having a tested and Proven car is
another. So to prove the 1500 is as good as we say, we
tortured one through 15,000 miles in just 10 days. It
never missed a beat. And that's not amazing really,
when you consider the engineering exclusives: East-West
engine, Hydrolastic suspension, Rotodip anti-rust
process...the list goes on and on. And so do the
cars.
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