Good news for Traditional Morgan owners! Gomog was created to help preserve the knowledge necessary to keep our traditional cars on the road. But without the proper parts at proper prices this knowledge is only a partial solution. Half the private inquiries I receive daily now concern where to find some component that is no longer easily available or unknown. I have become appalled at the predatory pricing that is common in the vintage car world now and the lack of knowledge of what suits what car or model or time period or country.
The old knowledge and the legendary stalwarts are still around, albeit quiet and/or quiet. We correspond constantly. We trade old yarns and new trad ideas for fun. I have also been gathering new suppliers of old parts for years. I have had many ideas but I find I myself too old now for projects that grand. The following shows the most promise and is, at this juncture, the best solution.
To whit:An exchange I had with the new Morgan executive some months ago found kindred spirits on Pickersleigh along with an old and trusted friend. The last MMC regime had largely ended the wonderful retail supply of non-current parts in the 2000s. But the present initiative is to revive that and make it a pillar, a beacon, for British heritage cars in a way I hope gomog would be decades ago.
We have progressed to the point where I have been asked to announce the birth of
HERITAGE PARTS, (their chosen name, not mine) a new and separate division of the Morgan Motor Company. It shall be under the direct supervision of Mark Evans, MMC Parts Manager. He will be fed sources for the trad parts we need. I have also have the legendary designers who can improve upon those parts and offer them again. Quiet retirement does not mean brain dead. laugh2 We are at the humble beginnings stage, but there is a ton of good will and hopes. It will be an avenue for us oldies, newbies and the marque to pass on what we know and where to find it. Everyone can help out..with parts they know of, preferably original sources but substitutes can be acceptable if reasonably priced originals are no longer available or are found wanting.
Fingers crossed.
Lorne
P.S. There will be much more on gomog after I return home in two weeks.
