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Thanks for the photos Lorne, that's the exact setup I have, less the two part vented discs and Hispec calipers.

When I spoke about the system with Simon Hall of SiFab just before he closed his doors, he told me he was responsible for fabricating all of the six Mulfab front wishbone conversions sold, I guess he should know how many exist if he built every one?

The history is, Monty first registered KX61 ECY was purchased new by a Mr Derek Ainscow from Phil Benfield of Allon White Sports Cars in May 2012, I believe the car was an Allon White demonstrator? However, I guess Derek wasn't that impressed with Morgan's sliding pillar front suspension because by 27th March the following year, and after he'd only driven Monty 3,033 miles, the car left Mulberry Fabrications Ltd (MULFAB) having received the costly front wishbone conversion.

There were other works during that visit to Mulfab, most notably the supply and fitment of the beautifully fabricated all aluminum radiator the car still has to this day, the wishbone conversion was charged at £4,950 plus 20% VAT, so Derek actually paid £5,940 for the front suspension element.

Here's the receipt:



Derek clearly loved Monty, although over the next 9 years he actually only covered a further 7,219 miles, an average yearly mileage of just 802 miles! Derek kept Monty until I became the second owner on the 18th June 2022 with the odometer reading only 10,252 miles, and when the car looked like this:



As cataloged on these pages I then set about developing the car to deliver it's true potential by upgrading the rear suspension to compliment the excellent performing front wishbone conversion that Derek kindly paid for, and then tuning Monty’s Duratec engine to what should be around 200 horsepower so I can properly enjoy the suspension upgrades.

During my 15 months of ownership I've covered a shade over 5,000 miles in Monty who is now registered L24 TOK, this has included two consecutive trips to the Le Mans Classic (2022 & 2023), during this time I've also backdated the car's cosmetics somewhat for a more authentic look while at the same time transforming Monty's handling, ride quality, and performance.

The car now looks like this:



Monty is now my perfect Morgan