Is the 'gap consistent with the opposite side, many of us use the online gomog resource here to help understand Morgan maintenance

http://www.gomog.com/allmorgan/front.html

Picture right way around below
2cscjg2 by Robert & Ali Davies, on Flickr

Here is a video showing the bottom spring in operation IT DOES MOT CARRY THE WEIGHT of the car merely is there to be a reaction to pot holes etc see video


Morgans 1934 MX, 1947 Series 1, 1956 +4 TR4, 2000 +4 T16
Triumph Herald 1969 13/60
Morris 1970