Thanks for posting the link Robbie, and for sharing a bit of your knowledge of the P2P Morgan.
As you may have read before.....
I came to Morgan ownership, having followed an old open top Bentley down the North side of Loch Tay, thinking "I want some of that" in terms of driver involvement. Like many folk I had become used to ever more horse power, better brakes, handling and more comfort in sports cars and mundanemobiles alike over the years, which if one was in search of pushing the machines boundaries a tad, most definitely required progressing at a rate of knots well beyond legality on UK road networks. Seemed to me that finding a more engaging motoring experience was key to keeping my licence while enjoying driving on the Queens highway...?
Boy do I admire those large engined Vintage cars, and that folk keep them running and also use them in events such as the P2P, their determination fills me with admiration for both the machines and the entrants. That there are those prepared to take on such an event in a Morgan (of sorts) adds so much to the marques history that might encourage others to seek their own adventures, even if it is limited to surviving big city traffic, or more fortunately on occasion, enjoying some wonderfully twisting country road winding it`s way through superb scenery..
I guess that the Bentley and other large high end vehicles of the time were built to be used over road surfaces different to those that exist today... but wait... given the pot holes even in large UK cities today... Hmm..? I digress, I suspect Bentley`s initial design philosophy was somewhat different from that which HFS had in mind when building his rather more basic vehicle.. However I suspect the road surfaces both Bentley and Morgan experienced back then were much the same. Perhaps the main difference is that Bentley evolved differently in that by the sixties it seems dubious that a Bentley driver might have put up with the idea of front wheels dancing around as they seem to have done on some Morgans, however that resistance to modernise is what kept the MMC in business when so many other manufacturers disappeared.
It was indeed interesting to see the level of modifications applied to the old Morgan to re-engineer it to become Froya, in the hope of taking on such a momentous challenge, and to succeed... I thought it a pity not to see a Morgan taking part in the last Hero event, though I do hope that there may well be one or more with the courage and stamina to have a go at the next LeJog event..
Pretty sure my old +8 could do it with it`s eyes shut. though I doubt I could stay awake that long..(-:
Older Morgans lack of digital reliance appeals in terms of the ability for an old duffer to understand any fault that might crop up and repair it with a bit of fencing wire or similar, which may make pre digital machinery more suitable for solo adventures into the wilds of the countryside on whichever continent you might care to choose....Unsure if a Mongolian herdsman or even a Scottish sheep herder might have a work around for a digital foible or sensor issue..
