Originally Posted By auster
Genie and I had a good chat to Steve who impresses with his enthusiasm, depth of knowledge and down-to-earthness. Brian and Paul scored marks from Genie because they didn't treat her like a spare part. And somehow she ended up being dubbed First Gear. Blimey! There was a good line-up of Morgans - I guess fifty or more - and Hannes will probably post a pic or two. So well done the three trans-continental mogs and thanks to our hosts at Morgan Austria who put on a terrific end-of-season party.


What a great party, we really enjoyed ourselves. Morgan Austria laid-on super food and a great gathering of Morgan's. We had some difficulty finding the TM'ers, when asking for the Austrian, most people replied that were we're all mainly Austrian's here! Anyway we eventually were found by Hannes and his gorgeous daughter and through them met Kerry and Genie. After looking at some cars, including Kerry's super 4/4 of 1968 (?) vintage (hope I got the year right?) Genie was introduced to our Navigators, Handbrake, Turn and Clutch and she was immediately added to the gang as 1st-gear! wine

Took various people out for test drives, including a photographer (Steve took his journalist colleague) and they had driven up from Dubrovnik for the event. Some 74 miles done today because of these rides. Apparently the new environmental tax on an Aero-chassisied car is €30,000 in Austria! Phew, makes us realise how lucky we are. innocent

All too soon it was time to leave and say goodbye to our new found friends, many thanks to Jorge, his wife and Rudi - we had a great time and loved the black pudding hash (please note Turn for when we get home). We returned to our hotel in Tromau and luckily there was a bier Keller opposite - nuff said. Tomorrow we drive to Frankfurt so stay tuned...

Brian

1970 Morgan Plus 8 - Moss Box (Indigo Blue)
2014 Morgan SP1 (Rocket Red)
2015 Morgan Plus 8 (Rocket Blue)