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Variations – Door Furniture
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| Morris de-luxe had black plastic kick plates on the doors. Basic models in most countries did without kick plates. | Austin de-luxe had metal kick plates. Basic models in most countries did without kick plates. |
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| Austin de-luxe have alloy plates on the inner sill at the front. Morris cars are carpeted in this area. | Austin cars have an alloy plate over the end of the cross member, Morris cars are left body colour. |
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| All 1959 cars, Austin & Morris should have this style smooth sliding handle door string pull. Part number 14A8664 up to November 1960 for Longbridge (Austin) and December (Morris and some Austin)1961 for Cowley. | Later style door pull with ribbed grip and fixed to string, part number 24A664. |
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| All Morris 59 cars have body coloured interior door locks with the passenger interior lock as a round button. Austin’s had a similar lock but they were painted black. | Later style with flat interior lock button. |
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| 1959 interior window catches are chrome metal and have no lower locating dowel for the one hole glass. | A slightly different style of one hole catch, still correct for 59. |
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| Two photographs showing the two types of chrome catch, two hole and 1959 correct one hole on the right. Check the catches you buy are not modified 2 hole catches. | |
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| A weather strip was present on all cars up to 30823 when the new style door was introduced in May 1960. | Weather-strip (28), glued on to prevent water from the drainage channels to enter the car via the door seal, from starts until 30823. |
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| Moulding on door-pocket is 1/2″longer in the ends and mounted with two small cross headed screws | Parts book extract showing the longer moulding that covers the door frame. |
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