MORRIS LEON BOLLEE / FRANCE ( 1924 - 1933 )
In 1924 Sir William R. Morris, the famous founder of the British Morris Motors Ltd, bought the French LEON BOLLEE factory in Le Mans. He had the idea to breach the French tariff walls from inside.
The first Morris Leon Bollee had a 4-cylinder engine made by Hotchkiss. In 1928 a 3-litre straight -8 was offered. The bodies of the Morris Leon Bollee were all made in France and were considerably more attractive than their British counterparts.
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| Flat emblem mounted on a 1932 radiator shell. In the middle of every emblem the crest of the town Le Mans / France |
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| Year | 1925- 1932 |
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| reverse without makers mark |
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| 1926 french advertisment showing the emblem |
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| 1932 radiator shell still missing the emblem |
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| the first years the emblem was vaulted |
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| contemporary ad showing the design of the emblem |
Before Sir Williams Morris bought the LEON BOLLEE Company in 1924 there was a very similar emblem on the radiator where you can read : ETABLISSEMENTS instead of MORRIS:
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5.0 cm
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1922 - 1923
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| LEON BOLLEE seen in Paris in the nineteenfifties |
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