Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Morgan Plus Four, Supersport & Plus Six (CX & CXV Generation Vehicles) Water ingress

I guess soft tops will ever be at risk of letting in water, some more than others expectedly so..? I guess with a new out of the box vehicle much is down to modern expectations as the result of many years of robotically assembled vehicles and the very tight tolerances they can achieve...I guess the cost of a new Morgan may also play part of trying to balance against all else on the market, but then I guess one has to adopt a different mental attitude and set of priorities when buying a hand built sports car such as a Morgan...?

When I typed that my old Trad seems to have been reasonably water tight over the 20 or so years I have owned it, I expect the reason behind that was it was taken apart by a garage business owner and well experienced Morgan enthusiast, at a time when it had circa 8 k miles on the clock, it was then subjected to full strip down and nut and bolt rebuild to his standards and requirements. Fortunately for me he decided to part with it in time...

For sure "Classics" from the past can be restored in a restomod fashion to better withstand the effects of our climate, but it takes a certain amount of knowledge and skill to repair/rebuild a classic to survive in our climate, I suspect many do so in varying degrees by becoming garage queens and rarely if ever taken out if there is any risk of rain.... My C4S and Morgan exist mostly as garage queens or garage art forms, though I have had both out in snow ice and rain at times over the years, and in the case of the old Mog some very heavy rain... (-:

Hope clearing the holes helps reduce if not halt the water ingress.