Title
Papers of F.F. Mott relating to car testing
Reference
MOTT
Production date
1914 - 1928
Creator
- Mott, F.FBiographyBiography
Mott entered the service of the Lanchester Motor Company in its early years & subsequently became chief tester. He left the firm in 1919 to take a similar post with D Napier & Sons, and when the Acton firm ceased car manufacture in 1924 he joined the Gwynne Car Co. of Chiswick. He then became Service Manager to Morris Commercial Cars & later Chief Engineer to this firm until the time of his death.
He made a journey to East Africa to demonstrate the Morris Roadless Lorry fitted with caterpillar gear manufactured by the Roadless Traction Company, to be demonstrated from Mombasa via Tanga to Nairobi. He left Dover early January 1925 and was away for over 12 months.
Scope and Content
Comprises mainly a record of Mott's trip to East Africa in 1925 to demonstrate the Morris Roadless Lorry. Includes correspondence, photographs and maps, and other papers relating to testing cars.
Extent
4 boxes
Language
English
Level of description
TOP
Repository name
Science Museum, London
Associated people and organisations
- Morris Commercial Cars LimitedBiographyBiography
Morris Commercial Cars Limited was formed as a private company by William Morris in 1924, after he took over the plant and premises of E. G. Wrigley and Co., at Soho in Birmingham, this included 200 machines designed for the manufacture of motor-car components, and c. 350 employees. The company commenced production of commercial vehicles, usually in the payload range from 1 ton upwards, thus supplementing the light commercial vehicles made by Morris Motors Limited at Cowley. Later Morris Commercial took over the former Wolseley factory at Adderley Park in Birmingham.
In 1936, Morris sold Morris Commercial Cars to Morris Motors Limited. The use of the Morris Commercial name on vehicles was discontinued in 1967-68.
Conditions governing access
Open Access
Conditions governing Reproduction
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