The first property registration in Madeira took place on October 4, in favour of "João Batista Marques & Cª Lda.", at Rua do Sabão nr. 45 and 47. As far as we know, it would be a car sales company.
On January 18, 1949, it was registered in favour of a well-known former teacher from São Vicente, Maria Lucinda de Sousa Andrade, who lived in Sitio das Feiteiras. Today, that municipality of Madeira has a school named after her: Lucinda de Andrade.
On December 10, 1962, it was acquired by João Fernandes Correia Júnior, 1st Officer of the General Board of the Autonomous District of Funchal, resident in Sitio do Amparo, São Martinho, in Funchal.
Miguel Teixeira acquired the car in 1985, but only registered it in his name on July 30, 1990, after it had been fully recovered.
When he bought it, it had been idle for over 10 years. The engine was completely glued to the cylinders, the blinkers were from the VW beetle on top of the mudguards, the so-called direction change arrows did not work and were broken.
More than 60% of the bodywork was rotten and corroded.
The upholstery had been changed to Napa leather.
The brake cylinders and callipers were in very bad shape.
That's why it took 4 years of persistence, giving up many hours of leisure to bring "life" to Morris Ten.
Once ready, it began a long journey in classic competitions in Madeira, the first of which took place in the 3rd Raid Diário de Notícias.
One day, between classics competitions, eng. Rafael Costa (now deceased) told him that the production of the Morris had started with an open box with the aim of transporting troops to the war in 1945, so it was a vehicle with hydraulic brakes on 4 wheels and 1 ¼ inch cylinders, which allowed good braking. With the end of the second war, it started to be built for passengers.
The Morris Ten announced on September 1st, 1932 is a mid-size car introduced in 1933 as a company offering in the important 10hp sector of the British market. It continued through a series of variants until October 1948 when, along with Morris's Twelve and Fourteen, it was replaced by the 13.5 hp Morris Oxford MO.
Morris Ten was a new class of car for Morris, with a new type of fender - domed wings with side guards. The gearbox was a four-speed manual transmission unit, behind a wet cork clutch, and Lockheed hydraulic brakes were fitted to 19-inch wheels.
Early models had a central gas pedal and large wing side lights. After 1933, the wheels became 18 inches and the gas pedal was moved to the right of the dash to become the modern convention.
Body styles at launch in August 1932 were restricted to a saloon and a 2-door coupé. But a 4-door tourer joined the line-up in December, followed in 1934 by a 2-seater with a Dickey seat and a Traveller's Saloon.
Datasheet
Year: 1948
Brand: Morris
Model: Ten
Country: England
License plate: MA-24-11
Engine: 1140cc
Gearbox: 4