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Short or Long Door???
Would be great to find out what it is 
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Short door 99.5% sure. Black painted bulkhead.
Wings are harder to identify but I would go with hand formed.
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Looks short door to me. Tonneau cover looks well back from windscreen. On My later long door it is very close. No demister vents as no room, hence heated screen.
Do you have demister vents?
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Looks short to me, the room behind the door usually identifies them for me.
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About 2" Perry...
This could have been manufactured during the changeover period, so may have inherited features from both short and long door models. Just a thought.
Graham (G4FUJ)
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I also reckon it's a short door, given the gap between the tailing edge of the door and the leading edge of the front wing and the lack of stainless bulkhead. The windscreen frame is also the old style.
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Probably one of each, Graham! 
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...end of ´96 / early ´97 short door would be my ..bet.
btw: beautiful car!!!
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As before I think this is a hybrid of the two styles.
No demisters and heated screen would point to long door.
The indicator repeater on the scuttle , the painted bulkhead (and valances) are typical of a short door.
The gap between door and wing is more difficult to assess from a photo, but it looks like a short door.
So I think you have a (unique?) mixture of the two styles.
Last edited by MOG 615; 11/04/19 10:13 AM.
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Well I might well be wrong but looking at all my info in books I think there is a bit of a confusion as to what a ‘long door’ Is
In 96/97 morgan increased the distance in the cockpit to accommodate the airbags on the Plus 8 by pushing forward the dash, hence no screen vents, and a longer door as standard
However before that you could order a long door which meant just a long door not the other longer cockpit thingys
In previous posts I think you said that yours is a 1994 Plus 8 so it will have the pre-96/97 cockpit but could have a longer door
If it’s a 94 then it’s had quite a lot of customisation - dash (which is also why it might have a heated screen as the post 96/97 cars)
Also I think 94 Plus 8’s has a single exhaust (91-96) so that’s been customised as well
Just some thoughts
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