I'm with Jays, if you've got proof off servicing by an independant, specialist or enthusiast with the right skills and equipment you should get a good car.
My 2011 came out of a very well known dealers after part of the deal was to have suplex set up instaĺed up front. I took delivery with a brand new MOT and did a 300 mile run home with one headlight out (didnt realise this until i was on the road without any tools equipment etc. Checked out next day, not a bulb problem, not a fuse problem,,,,,during the suspension mods the mechanic had clearly disconnected some wiring for the headlights possibly accidently and reconnected the headlight to the pre installed fog/driving lamp wiring which of course is not fully wired in as standard.Had i not been an enthusiatic amatuer i could have got a large bill from somebody local to trace and rectify this one!
The franchized morgan dealers cannot become experts overnight with gearboxes and power trains that Morgan decide to use, even less so morgan themselves as they merely get the kit in on pallets and nail it in.
Consider the later +4 , mazda/duratec engine, mazda gearbox, most service bits readily available, oil and fuel filters from your freindly ford dealer, rear brake parts are ford transit, think i paid 50 quid for 2 cylinders and a set of linings for when they're needed from brake parts international. I have the mulbery/hi-spec front discs and calipers as per the AR4 they use a jaguar/aston pad readily availble anywhere.i've dumped the plastic radiator in favour of the Mulberry ali work of art, should last a lifetime!
Caerbont sort all your instruments out very efficiently if you hit a problem. I think that the only oddball in the woodpile are the cantancerous high maintainance king pins and i think that there are some horror stories on this forum regarding replacement by franchised dealers. Anyway must end my rant there but i've had some shoddy work and service served up by main franchised dealers for bmw, volkswagen and caterham. I toured europe once in a caterhame 7 that had the diff replaced by a franchised dealer the week before i went.....it had approximatly .25 pint of oil in it instead of the required 1.5pints or so.
By the way i dont know this company with the Morgan for sale but thay are located approx 5 miles from me i think so any body interested, i could some initial tyre kicking on your behalf.