I think one of the joys of the ser 1 roadster was that mmc had obviously really done their homework well and everything was perfect, all the electronics had been perfected and even the position of the gear lever was exactly right. I exclude the silly nylon front bushes of course! And the noise it didn't make.
Nick
Ps someone at the top told me that Charles was against the 3w until he drove one of the protos and then he was all for it.
Nick, I'm not that familiar with what issues there were or not with the S1 Roadster, although I do not think there have been many reported. However when I test drove a couple when looking I personally did not like the gearbox or the ratio spacing, which I found tedious, but like all Roadsters drove nicely. As for the 3.7 Roadster, I think unfortunately it has got a bad name mainly just because of the ECU issue. In hindsight I think MMC should have taken this up with Ford at the outset, which I think they tried to do, but Ford are large and MMC are small fry in comparison so I believe there was no movement this way. I have also talked to Mustang tuners and racers in the USA and the problem is known over there. Primarily on manual 3.7 Mustangs, manuals being an afterthought by Ford. I believe that by the time it was realised that there was a rev hang issue the Ford engine development team had moved on onto other projects and the Cyclone was being put to bed for any future development. So MMC were in a bit of a Catch 22 situation IMHO, the rest is pretty well documented. I would say that IMO the 3.7 Roadster is the best Morgan I have driven, mind you I have avoided test driving a new Plus8, for fear of being tempted to the dark side.
