100 makahiki o Morris
Ua makemake ʻo William Morris e hana i kaʻa ma ke kumu kūʻai e hiki ai i nā mea a pau ke loaʻa.
Inā ʻoe e noʻonoʻo nei no ke aha ʻoe i ʻike ai i nā kaʻa Morris i nā mahina ʻelua i hala iho nei, no ka mea e hoʻolauleʻa nei ko lākou mau mea nona ka makahiki 100 o William Morris i kūkulu ai i kāna kaʻa mua ma Oxford i ʻApelila 2013.
Ua kapa koke ʻia ʻo Morris Oxford ʻo ka Bullnose ma muli o kāna radiator pōʻai. Mai kēia mau hoʻomaka liʻiliʻi, ua ulu wikiwiki ka ʻoihana a ulu i kahi hui honua i loko o 20 mau makahiki.
E like me nā mea hana kaʻa mua, ua ulu ʻo Morris ma kahi mahiʻai a neʻe aku i ka ʻāina e ʻimi i ka hana. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hana ma kahi hale kūʻai paikikala a ma hope ua wehe ʻo ia i kāna iho.
I ka makahiki 1900, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Morris e hele i ka hana kaʻa kaʻa. I ka makahiki 1910, ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i hui kaʻa a me kahi ʻoihana hoʻolimalima kaʻa. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "Morris Garages".
E like me Henry Ford, ua ʻimi ʻo William Morris e hana i kaʻa ma ke kumu kūʻai hiki ke hiki i nā mea a pau. I ka makahiki 1912, me ke kākoʻo kālā o ka Earl o Macclesfield, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Morris i ka Morris Oxford Manufacturing Company.
Ua aʻo pū ʻo Morris i nā ʻenehana hana a Henry Ford, hoʻolauna i ka laina hana, a loaʻa koke i ka ʻoihana waiwai. Ua hahai pū ʻo Morris i ke ʻano kūʻai a Ford no ka ʻoki mau ʻana i nā kumukūʻai, kahi i hōʻeha ai i kāna mau mea hoʻokūkū a hiki iā Morris ke lanakila i ka piʻi nui ʻana o nā kūʻai. Ma ka makahiki 1925 ua loaʻa iā ia he 40% o ka mākeke UK.
Hoʻonui mau ʻo Morris i kāna ʻano o nā kaʻa. ʻO MG (Morris Garages) he "high performance" Oxford. ʻO ka ulu ʻana o ka noi i alakaʻi iā ia i lilo i hoʻolālā i kāna pono ponoʻī e 1930. Ua kūʻai pū ʻo ia i nā brand Riley a me Wolseley.
He ʻano ikaika a hilinaʻi ʻo Morris ke kanaka. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kālā, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e holo i ka moana lōʻihi, akā koi ʻo ia e hana i nā ʻoihana koʻikoʻi āpau a me nā hoʻoholo huahana.
I loko o kona wā lōʻihi o ka haʻalele ʻana, ua hoʻopau ʻia ka hoʻoholo ʻana a ua haʻalele nā luna akamai he nui.
I ka makahiki 1948, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Sir Alex Issigonis, i hoʻolālā ʻia e Morris Minor. ʻAʻole makemake ʻo Morris ʻelemakule i ke kaʻa, ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e ālai i kāna hana a hōʻole ʻole e hōʻike pū me ia.
I ka makahiki 1952, ma muli o nā pilikia kālā, ua hui pū ʻo Morris me ka hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū nui ʻo Austin e hoʻokumu i ka British Motor Corporation (BMC), ka ʻehā o ka hui kaʻa nui loa o ka honua i kēlā manawa.
ʻOiai ʻo nā hoʻolālā alakaʻi ʻoihana e like me ka Mini a me Morris 1100, ʻaʻole i loaʻa hou ka BMC i ka kūleʻa kūʻai aku a Morris lāua ʻo Austin i hauʻoli ai i ka wā he hui kaʻawale lāua. Ma ka hopena o 1980s, ʻo Leyland, e like me ia i ʻike ʻia i kēlā manawa, aia ma lalo o ka wai.
Ua make ʻo Morris i ka makahiki 1963. Manaʻo mākou aia ma kahi o 80 Bullnose Morris kaʻa e hana ana ma Australia i kēia lā.
ʻO David Burrell, ka mea hoʻoponopono o retroautos.com.au
