Originally Posted by JohnHarris
Originally Posted by Image
In its time the Trad has been a very cheap sportscar ... here's a list of new car prices in the mid '70s (left hand figure, with approx modern adjusted value in the right column) .... at £2300 the 4/4 slots in where the yellow dots are ... seeing the company it keeps at that price point as a proper handmade sports car it looks pretty good value to me 🙂


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But prices started to really move upwards by mid 80's the basic list price for a 4/4 started at £10k and the specification of my 1985 4/4 Sunday Time competition car which was highly spec'd was about £14k new.


Indeed John ... I chose the mid '70s as that's when my car was built ... it's got basic vinyl trim that does everything you need and with the simple and sturdy crossow even now has no need to fear modern traffic (ok, some dozy modern drivers loosely involved in the progress of massive SUVs can be scary 🙂) ... and for the price of a boring family saloon. There seems to have been a time when Morgans switched from being a 'working bloke's sports car' to a bespoke prestige vehicle with hand-stitched leather et al and a price to match ... with the rise of the hot-hatch it may be that the change of buyer demographic was the way to go (they are still here which is almost unique amongst their contemporaries) ... as above, for me personally it's the engagement and wonderful imperfection that makes every run out a little event ... a rapidly vanishing thing in a world where user input is being minimised in as many areas as possible.

K