Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Classic Morgans (pre-CX) So, have you driven your Morgan today?

As one who spent many a year worshipping and repairing my Lotus cars in the 60`s & 70`s thinking Porsche to be no more than souped up Beetles... Until I bought an old Beetle for family transport, and in time begun to appreciate the design and build quality and reliability... Hmm..? In time (it`s a long story) I came to own a very rusty 912, that I spent rather a long time inexpertly nailing back together, broken valve springs, cracked cylinder, but once it was finally up and running it was an impressive bit of kit, and caused me in time to seek out a "real" Porsche one with six pots and a bit more power by way of a 77 SC, that replaced with an 82SC, thus was fortunate to have sampled and greatly enjoyed air cooled Porsches from the 60`s 70`s and 80`s, before my motoring interests "matured" and a desire to experience Vintage performance motoring took hold.... Real vintage cars with abundant performance were well outside my financial capabilities however a +8 Morgan fitted that bill perfectly, and still does. Just that as I aged I found I could not enjoy it as I once was able to.

Porsches, well I had circa ten years of enjoying the marque and the company of the like-minded folk in the Porsche club. They say much in life may be cyclic, and as I aged still further, still in search of a degree of continuance of back road driving in all weathers, a tin top sports car seemed to be the logical answer, and my fondness of Porsche made it top of the list, though £40-£60k for an air cooled 911 the likes of which I had spent a whole lot of time welding back together over thirty years ago.. adding another 30 years of corrosion opportunities and seldom used old engines engines.....Hmm..? Struggled for circa two years with logic vs numbers, before deciding to give water-cooled a go, only recently got back into Porsche ownership, still fantastic machines, but in truth I suspect for "A" & "B" road fun an old air cooled may still be an ideal, for those in search of driver involvement at other than ballistic speeds. Since I bought the Porsche the sun has shone and the temps have been such that the Morgan has been more used than the Porsche..

As for what might lie below gleaming air cooled Porsche paintwork...