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It's rear wheel drive.
Luggage space in front and in the rear.
Needs better brakes?
Seat's too high!

David Aiketgate wrote: wrote:

It's rear wheel drive.
Luggage space in front and in the rear.
Needs better brakes?
Seat's too high!

rear wheel drive ..... Yes
Luggage space.... is greater than in an MGF
Brakes ....probably classifiable as better than adequate as opposed to adequate on MGF
Seat too high.... yes but unlike the MGF can be lowered easily.

I digress, a certain William Richard Morris of Oxford was apprenticed to a local cycle dealer and repairer. At the age of 16 he set up his own bicycle workshop in a brick shed at 16, James Street Oxford. Oxford being a University town with an abundance of bicycles, his business prospered.

Morris then opened a cycle shop at 48 High Street, Oxfordand began manufacturing small numbers of cycles for sale. In 1901 he branched out into motorcycle manufacture and repair, establishing the Morris Motor Cycle, which was at first little more than a motorized pedal cycle.

In 1902 he opened what eventually became the first Morris Garage on Longwall Street, opposite the junction with Holywell Street. Morris's experience with motor cycle manufacture made a venture to manufacture cars an obvious extension, and in 1912 he began car manufacture, from a factory in Cowley, Oxford. The rest, as they say, is history.

I rest my case Psymon. How's that

Spot on, And the bike in the picture is one of these



Not an Morris but was used around Abingdon in the 1950's for deliverys hence the double bicycle link

Guess where it is, the location required is that in the first picture.

For a small bonus, what links the two to the location.

If Leigh Ping doesn't answer it within 10 mins I may give other clue's if you need them. I hope it's not too testing

As promised, another clue......

You could find this next to the location

Some high flyers have also used it.

i was just coming up with the Bonneville salt plains for a while
But the ex255 is at the Heritage motor Centre , Which google earth show has a track or two by the looks of it

Thats as far as i've got. currently trying link it to Land Rover but no joy

PQD44 wrote: wrote:

Some high flyers have also used it.

It is Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah in 1999 and the link is the engine, a Land Rover 4.8 litre V8 (Buick) modified by Janspeed to produce over 900bhp

bryan young wrote: wrote:

PQD44 wrote: wrote:

Some high flyers have also used it.

It is Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah in 1999 and the link is the engine, a Land Rover 4.8 litre V8 (Buick) modified by Janspeed to produce over 900bhp

Not Bonneville and the link to the 4x4 is not correct, sorry

Psymon wrote: wrote:

i was just coming up with the Bonneville salt plains for a while
But the ex255 is at the Heritage motor Centre , Which google earth show has a track or two by the looks of it

Thats as far as i've got. currently trying link it to Land Rover but no joy

The track by the Heritage Motor Museum is the correct location Well done Psymon, It's full name would be nice.
You are also along the correct line of thinking as to the link but the 4x4 is not a Land Rover.

Gaydon test track i think. Trouble is i don't know what the badge is on the 4x4

Gaydon correct, the badge belongs to TATA