Here is what a Morgan with airbags sold in Australia looked like in 2002. I test drove a car back then because i was at a wedding really close to the Morgan dealer and had always wanted to see a Morgan.

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In 2007 I was told no Morgans available due to the airbag supply had ran out. Then I think after Morgan had issues trying to find a supplier they tried crash testing a car in Europe with the black ugly wheel they use now and it passed, so they could then start selling cars in the UK and Europe without airbags. About two years later in 2009 (I think) Morgan Australia thought lets try crash testing a car here and see if it will pass which it did. I am not sure but I think there was about a two year period with no Morgans sold in Australia due to lack of airbags before they tried to see if the cars would pass without an airbag. Not sure when air-bags started but obviously before 2002 and then stopped in 2007 when the supply ran out.

I guess the cars pass without an airbag somehow but then most owners change the ugly black thing for a moto-lita which is in theory fine seeing the original doesn't have an airbag but I expect the ugly black thing is softer and safer and potentially the moto-lita would not pass. (I assume no one wants to try it and potentially open a new can of worms, nicer just to turn a blind eye to everyone fitting a moto-lita wheel after buying the car).

Last edited by ChrisConvertible; 02/07/19 08:34 AM.