Thank you all for your kindness, encouragement and time in responding. I’ve read and re-read all of them. Will again.
I don’t think he was a serous race contender, more of a hobby and to the guy who pinned down the particulars of that photo..thank you! I think he was part of a car club or something in the Dallas area, this was a few years before I was born and because my parents were married in ‘69 and my mom has talked a little about his racing, I think it was ‘68–‘69.
I particularly took notice of “The right Morgan will find you”. I believe this on a couple of levels that I won’t get too deeply into but in my case I’ll most definitely need to have to be the one to initiate the first date, the introduction because there just aren’t many or any nearby. I’m a long way from anyone, the largest metropolitan area within reasonable driving distance is Oklahoma City. The rest, Dallas or Austin or Kansas City or Little Rock or Albuquerque is an overnight trip and dealers who I’ve found who have more than one are a plane ride away.
I will follow all of your advice, asked for/ordered the buyers guide referenced and will look for that and continue my research. At the end of the day, perhaps I’m naive but I’m really not as concerned with value as I am about integrity. My objective is not to squeeze every penny and to not be taken advantage of either- I try to treat others as I hope to be treated. There are two kinds of people in this world, those who serve (help) others and those who take advantage of (use) others. When money is involved people get weird so I try to deal with the former and avoid the latter.
If I buy a vintage car I don’t want to drive away with a known grenade that’s been hidden under the hood, transmission, maybe in the wood frame itself (I didn’t even know that they had wood frames until yesterday) or something. I just want to know what is knowable and a good deal is usually something neither side is completely happy with but works. I’m not even there- good deal on this though because however much homework I do, particularly on an older one, the previous owner or seller will know far more than I do and I’m just going to trailer this beauty to Cordova TN, spend the weekend with dad and drive home. Getting this in his driveway and the right one is the objective, I don’t want to drop off avoidable problems.
So thanks again and if anyone has any further advice I’m all ears. I think I’ll continue to watch classifieds, watch BAT and if/when one comes up start researching that year/model early on, have a number in my head and take a swing. It’s also possible that one comes up somewhere that I can see in person, that’s my preference but not always easy to pull off.
The hunt is often as much fun as the harvest so I’ll try to enjoy and learn from it. Thanks again to all of you, much appreciated.
