When I was 10 or 11 my dad fetched home the 1969 motor show pull out from the daily mail. We went thought it together looking at all the cars and I decided there and then that a Morgan plus 8 was my favourite car ever! Dad died when I was 21 and long before I had enough cash spare to afford a hobby car. When I was in my 30s I started enjoying fiddling with classic car, MGBs, Minis, Morris Minors etc. Adding value to each, sometimes substantial rebuilds sometimes a fortunate tidy up. Most I kept for between 6 months and a year and eventually my hobby car became two cars, one to run one to work. Almost 30 years and about 25 classic cars later I had 3 decent hobby cars - 2 classics and a modernish sports car as well.
It was time to sell two and buy the Morgan Plus 8 of my dreams with wifeys encouragement. The noise, power and exhilaration were intoxicating but the ride, comfort and realities of our roads tarnished the dream. I tried to improve the comfort with some limited success but the seats didn't recline and I had back and neck ache after driving for more than an hour. deteriorating roads surfaces and increasing speed traps and decreasing speed limits curtailed the thrill of making good progress.
Purely by chance I met a chap, now a friend, with a newer plus 4 with reclining seats - they were so comfy but at £4000 a pair were way out of my budget. A passing call into a dealer had a much newer plus 4 which the comfy seats which I felt could be achievable but I wasn't overly impressed with the maroon/black colour scheme. the dealer called me back a few weeks later with details of a car just about to come in which eventually I went to see and had an extensive test drive.
The Plus 4 was perfect, perfect colour scheme, perfect ride, perfect condition, perfect provenance. He even offered my back every penny of the purchase price of the plus 8 I'd bought 4 years previously. The deal was done and I couldn't be happier. My Morgan found me!
Gary
Last edited by Grumpy2; 09/11/25 03:41 PM.
