Great pictures of the Dutch team and those two SLR's havent they aged well ! A timeless design

This one fail with only 670 miles on the odometer and only a couple of months of ownership. My dealer went out of business so HOW DO I GET MORGAN TO SEND ME A NEW ONE?

It was the only one of the 4 that left a small rubber rub mark on the bonnet that I was writing off as frame flex causing the bonnet to shift and rub on the spot, like the shifting is always noticed on the plastic bumpers under the front edge of the bonnet.

We have a covenant on our house saying we must have a solid drive - no gravel or chippings. There are 8 houses in our street 4 blocks and 4 tarmac. The block ones need regular maintenance and the tarmac ones look dull.

As for the stag (this one is my third), Robsport rebuilt the engine in 2012 and at the minute its leaking oil, coolant and auto trans fluid! The coolant I've traced to a jubilee clip. Oil is from the front crank seal and the gearbox is leaking via the breather! It's all fun!

Good info on the drives though.


thanks

This is good work. I am not trying to cast aspersions in any way here. Morgan Motors chose this design in order to pass certain EPA emissions tests regarding noise levels and the easiest way was to choke off the engine air. Part of the problem was the noise from the incoming air flow. I replaced the stock hockey puck as the engine couldn't breathe properly, in my estimation. No regrets. Far easier to just replace the air cleaner housing with something that allows air to flow.

I chose the 'Muscle Air Cleaner' from S&S and it has worked like a champ!

As for water ingress and driving in the rain that has not been an issue. The S&S rain shield fabric wrapped around the air cleaner filter does a very good job in removing, or reducing, the size of the water droplets entering the inlet so that is not an issue.

Final thought. The stock filter cover is a crappy design and deserves to be shelved. There are others out there that work quite well and don't need to be machined anew!

I’ll have a look in the garage, I think I have one
Cheers

Let me try. They are an essentially selfish choice for the typical purchaser without a farm / estate / or similar need.. For most B road and smaller, they are too big making life difficult for other roads users. On other roads and particularly with the common "privacy" glass they block out forward vision for road users in normal cars, they take up more parking room, they cause more pollution because of bigger engines / greater fuel consumption. And it seems to me that what once was the BMW lane on the motorway is now populated by Range Rovers driven agressively and fast.

And a significant proportion seem to be driven by women who have no real feel for the size of the thing they are driving nor the speed its going at.

I've tried a trad many times Alistair, but I was never happy with the body flexing, the steering jerking in your hands, the suspension crashing. Thats the "classic experience" that many people buy a Morgan for and thats their choice. For me I want something much nearer to the best that modern engineering can give. It also helps to have something that I can easily get in and out of . Personal preferences.

The frustration comes about because you cannot use much of the increased performance that comes with modern engineering. Cars are now too fast and too powerful for the road system. I'm regularly overtaken by white vans / commercial vehicles for heavens sake! Is there any car on the road that cant do 100 mph?

Maybe its simply time to accept that the days when you could drive for fun are over. The roads are now for no more than getting from A to B slowly. Driving isnt for enthusiats but for everyone.

Fair result... no. I think LeClerc was stitched up by a questionable call by Ferrari pitting 'The Finger' first...

Well done on getting to 95!!!!!
You don’t look a day over 71 either.....
UK version of Mr Button? (Apologies if overstepped the mark-no offence intended!)
HB

I don't own any PJs Peter. Now wash that image out of your brain if you can.
When I went for a bilateral arthroscopy I did buy some huge superman trousers. Roar & stance (for black adder fans)


Edit Jacobs Leeks Mogg made me laugh out load

Looks hideous, truly hideous.

Many thanks for all the replies.
Navy Dave

Rich, Believe or not, I glanced at that M3W thinking how nice and "bright" it looked but I didn't clock the price. Good grief, you can buy a really nice car for that money. They sure have now got a good reputation for one off, different cars. It's nice to see and quite refreshing.