4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1940–45
NAMED MODELUnited Kingdom

C8 GS.

The general service body on the C8 chassis: an open-backed load carrier rather than the enclosed gun tractor.

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Sources & evidence
C8 GS — 1944 Morris-Commercial C8 GS, Z5813657Alf van Beem · CC0 ↗
BASE VEHICLEC8 “Quad” (1939–45)BUILT BYMorris Commercial Cars, Adderley ParkIN SERVICE1940–45PRODUCTIONPart of the roughly 10,000 totalLAYOUT4 wheels

The record

The same chassis carried stores, signals and workshop bodies wherever a four-wheel-drive one-tonner was wanted.

Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1940–45
ENGINEMorris EH 3.5-litre petrol four, 70 bhpMorris EH
PRODUCTION RUNPart of the roughly 10,000 total
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEC8
FAMILYC8
WHEELS4
BODY STYLEgs

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

Factory colours

  • Deep Bronze Green

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

AI rendering impression

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Sources

  1. 1Morris C8 ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-23 · status: draft