Having recently started to post on the forum, and passing through the glass ceiling into 'Just Getting Started', I thought it high time to introduce myself.
I joined the world of Morgan last June, with a Zetec 1800 4/4 from Berrybrook. 'Archie' is at present unmodified, but I am beginning to itch to do something with the suspension (rock hard) and the inlet/exhaust (too slow and a bit too quiet). I am the third owner, and have had the car since June 2015. I was recently contacted out of the blue by the first owner, who kindly sent me images of the build as the car took shape and a short history (all from registering the chassis number with the Morgan Registry).
‘Archie’ came from
mishearing me when I referred to it as ‘Algy’, after the Biggles books. I confess wondering what I had done when I drove it home for the first time - driving and owning a Morgan felt like no other car I had ever driven. It rained all of the 140 miles to home, and leaked of course. The first few times I took the car out felt like an out of body experience, and it took me some months to get over the 'heritage' shock.
My first real event was the Bromyard Speed Festival earlier this month. Other than this, Archie has so far been mainly used to give ‘Morgan Rides’ to patients at the local hospice (St Richard’s). This has made ownership all the better for me, and given the patients a surprising tick on the bucket list!
