Over the years there have been a number of drivers who used their Mog as a daily drive, for considerable periods of time. The trick is to collect all the spare screws and other bits in case they are important, but they probably are not......
Consider SSL suspension upgrade and don't worry.
I must admit I never thought I would go for an SSL suspension, preferring authentic handling characteristics. I'm tempted now.
My 12v connection has also stoped working - probably a blown fuse.
Does your wife own a portable hairdryer or curlers
Now you come to mention it..... I think what's blown it is leaving the battery charger plugged in for months at a time over the winter. It's a tick over charger which you can leave plugged in, but it's probably still a drain on the 12v fuse.
Worst of all, my wife has stuffed the passenger side pocket and glove box with her make up paraphernalia, tissues, hair brushes and assorted female junk.
I still love her though
But I'm being sorely tested.
Looking forward to it becoming a garage queen again.
Do you mean you still love your Garage Queen even if her passenger side pocket is filled with stuff?
More seriously I found your post interesting. For years I drove a Silvia convertible even towing a trailer to take stuff to the tip etc. so my wife could use the Octavia. Not really the best car for daily use but I did it. Since it was written off by a hail storm I bought a MGB as my fun car that is currently getting the Frontline treatment and a Skoda Rapid for my wife and I use the Octavia. We only have a two car garage so it would be handy to only have one Skoda and the MGB rather than the Rapid and Octavia with one parked outside, plus a lot cheaper to get rid of one extra registration and insurance. But even though we will both be retired about the time the MGB is done I am not sure we could just share one car unless I use the MGB probably more than I want. I know it will never buy stuff from the hardware shop or go to the tip but I don't think I want the MGB parking in supermarket carparks just because we need something.
That's exactly how I feel about the Morgan. Whilst I'm not scared to use it I prefer to keep it in reserve as a special car. I also dislike driving with the hood up, which is inevitable if you use the car daily. Yes the trad hood looks very cool when it's up, but it's like driving with a tent on top of the car. I don't know if it's my imagination, but the car handles less well with the hood up and feels less nimble. It's also nosier - the engine, exhaust and any squeaks and rattles are amplified by the hood.
I'm envious that you're getting a Frontline. They do gorgeous work to MG's, totally transforming them.
When I lived in California and worked at the studios I used my +8 as a daily driver with a 50 mile round trip for over 6 years. The weather was mostly blistering sun sitting in the stagnate Los Angeles Freeway traffic but when it did rain it rained in torrential buckets. The +8 held up remarkably well with regular maintenance and TLC, certainly not garage queen material. I became a regular feature on the 210 Freeway and had a couple of articles written about me "the eccentric British driver in his cloth helmet and goggles" in the local newspapers. I became acquainted with Jay Leno as he used to see me pulling into the Studios, my boss Barry Meyer the CEO of Warner Bros. used to introduce me "as our one and only nutty Brit" and on quite a few occasions asked me to take some very well known people for a drive. My +8 is going strong with many more long distance rally miles added but still original.
That's a great story. Reminds me when I was a young man, shortly after university, and I lived in Clifton, Bristol for a couple of years. Every morning I was woken by a V8 rumble from the garages downstairs at the back of my flat. It was a chap driving his red Plus 8 out of the garage on the way to work. It was a great way to wake up. I loved Morgans before then but I thought this was incredibly cool and it cemented my love for the marque.
