Almost all has been said here. I had both hoods and prefer the looks of the older hood, erected as well as open. My current car again has the newer easy up, and it is a joy and comfort to use this hood. I value the convenience after having had three years with the old style hood. So, pros and cons for both styles.

One difference was not mentioned. The old style hood has additional side windows which help a lot when driving in city traffic, making turns, seeing bicycles approaching etc.

Here is a link to an old style hood erected with the additional windows.

http://www.britishv8.org/Articles/Images-V16-1/Morgan-Plus-8-D.jpg

If you visit the official Morgan website, just have a look at the galeries of the classic cars. The Grey 4/4 shows an old style hood, with all the beauty of total disappearance catched in one of the pics. The Plus 4 shows the easy up hood.



'14 4/4 graphite grey