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some stage duroing 1938 the 'C.S.8' designation became 'C.8' for the 4 x 4 chassis
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The reason may have been because in MCC parlance 'S' stood for 6-cylinder engine apparently: the 'C.S.8/F.W.D' (sic.) prototypes had 6-cylinder engines [3.49 litres]. The production C.8/FWD FATs used a 4-cylinder side valve 3519 c.c. 24.8 hp engine whereas the predecessor 4 x 2 C.S.8T War Department 15-cwt had Morris 4-cylinder 2.83 litre engines.
The limited-production Morris Q series 4 x 4 on the other hand used 26.8 hp. 6-cylinder 3,745 c.c. ohv engines producing 97 bhp.
I have read that the Guy Quad Ant was a 'C.8' officially and suggest that for reasons of conformity the Quad Ant and production C.8/FWD dropped the 'S' as they used a 4-cylinder engine and the Guy had a comparable 4-cylinder Meadows unit. Thus both became 'C.8' models officially though that does not explain how the C.S.8T had an 'S' in the model designation but a 4-cylinder engine!