Warning seems I am in full ramble mode...!
In times of old when Morgans were rather simple and perhaps less expensive machines relative to average incomes, perhaps being bought new by those who may have depended upon others to repair or maintain them, but in time as they aged they may have fallen into the hands of many of those who like me, could not afford to buy them new, and we perhaps taught ourselves to maintain and repair our cars, thus were perhaps a tad more engaged with these wonderful machines, but of course there were also those who were engaged in the professions and as such perhaps had status in society, and who despite their ability to pay others to repair and maintain their machines, sought more involvement with them to the extent that they too wished to get down and dirty wielding spanners and skinning knuckles, gathering grease under their fingernails, and in the process wished to assist others by sharing their new found knowledge..? I met one such when I first used my then new computers ability to connect to the www, and typed MORGAN into it in the hope of finding someone else out there with similar interests.... Eventually meeting up with a chap via the fledgling MSCC DG, who like me was keen to both learn and share whatever Morgan and basic mechanical knowledge we might have available, he having much more grey matter than I went on to take over the reigns of GoMoG, improve and continually update it, to become the wonderful Morgan resource it has been for some decades now...?
With such resources, there are others than TM and GoMoG (I believe derived from Greater Ottawa Morgan Owners Group) out there, it is possible for folk from all walks of life who are keen to be a tad more involved with their Morgans to find the encouragement and technical information to do so, which perhaps in times past was a tad more required, when it seemed to be expected by the MMC that their simple machines were not subjected to expected automotive industry standards of the era in which they were put together, thus a bit of owner participation was if not expected, at least encouraged...?
I suspect the MMC were struggling a tad in the seventies and eighties, given the average expectations of the automotive markets customer base had moved on ....other than the baby boomers of the type around whom the Classic vehicle market had been created, and to the extent it was growing exponentially matching the growth from the sixties on in disposable income...?
Fast forward to those same baby boomers perhaps gaining weight and loosing some degree of body flex, and perhaps more importantly, even a degree of enthusiasm to get down and dirty as they once possessed (I suspect I am not alone) (-: That the ICE has become ever more complex due to the evolution in regulatory requirements, I suspect many baby boomers bailed out of even trying to keep up with technology, though fortunately not all, so much so that those drawn to the individuality of Morgan ownership perhaps at an age similar to those of baby boomers in mid life, today might be more than happy to get in amongst the digits and data along with the complexities of mating a modern ICE and associated klanky bits into a somewhat lesser hand crafted machine than it was right up to the 90`s, but none the less still hand assembled and rather special, and if so inclined such special individuals may be prepared to adjust their standard automotive industry expectations to match that held by their Morgan owning baby boomer predecessors, level of forgiveness, when a Morgan foible might reveal it`s self, as can happen from time to time...?
I sure hope upon hopes that there will be those out there happy to carry the banner forward when the likes of the GoMoG webmaster might throw in the towel, and the real experts on TM may follow a similar path in time... what then, depend upon A.I. or Chat GDP and the likes...?
Well at least although my lap top corrects my miserable spelling abilities, it as yet does not correct my woeful attempts at punctuation..... Yeah sure I have seen adverts fro Grammerly or suchlike, but you can be sure any entirely wrong suggestions I type come from this ultra fallible human being...
I hope you all can long enjoy your Morganeering any way you can and for as long as you can.... Me..? I started out in the mid 90`s, and feel very fortunate to still manage to enjoy my Morgan so to this very day. Thanks initially to the MMC who managed to keep on creating such individual vehicles despite all the pitfalls, and initially to the MSCC DG, then Autox, GoMog, & eMog, who put me on to and Kevin the chap I from whom I bought what was his his fully rebuilt/ improved Morgan, and in time on to NBC, and of course eventually finding TM....All of whom either played or still play their part in creating and preserving and sharing the cumulative knowledge-base and wonderful Morgan experiences.. What`s more to want from your choice of a somewhat hard to justify to others and seemingly impractical hobby vehicle in the form of a Morgan....? (-:
As ever, just thinking in type...more than open to criticism or comment..
