HE & FE Morriss

HE & FE Morriss were two British dealers and manufacturers of automobiles .

Company history

Henry E. Morriss and his brother Frank E. Morriss founded the company in London and began selling Benz & Cie. Vehicles . and the Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft . In 1908 the production of own automobiles began. The brand name was Morriss . Automobile production ended around 1911. A total of at least four vehicles were built. Frank E. Morriss ran the company FE Morriss from 1919 .

vehicles

The company made steam cars. The steam engines were supplied by Mason from the USA . The two-cylinder engine was mounted below the vehicle floor and powered the rear axle via a chain. Two-seater and four-seater touring cars were on offer .

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
• George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
2. ^ ^{A b} Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.