It may well be that Kevin the chap who rebuilt that which was his 8k mile barn find Morgan circa Y2Y well knew of most if not all the foibles that a Morgan might present over time, and thus took the old +8 to bits and rebuilt it to match his personal ideals by rebuilding it to make it as foible free in use as he could, all of which I became the benefactor of in 2002, and right up to this present day. As for the fit of the hood, even in the heaviest of rain, no more than an occasional drip entered the cockpit, and driving through puddles did not equate to ending up with wet carpets as Kevin had sealed up what I assume may be the usual points of water ingress around the floorboards and elsewhere during his careful reconstruction processes.

During the rather wet JockMog trip to Northumberland quite a few years back, it was noted that the hood was not as waterproof as it was previously, as it seems the stitching along the seems was the culprit, but by then the hood was quite an age and had spent most of it`s life folded on the shelf above the axle, also the smart appearance when the hood is in situ is achieved to some degree by the aftermarket leverage/tensioning system which would seem to put quite some degree of stress on the aged stitching over time, may have exacerbated the issue...?

I suspect that the original hood design (if that is what I have) with it`s sealing flaps seems likely to work rather well, on a Trad, though during the time I have owned my old Mog, I suspect I have used the hood rarely, and mostly on weekend or longer trips away from home when caught out by heavy rain..