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I am not convinced, at least from my experience and the counsel of the more astute restorers and the last true trad Morgan Development Director. Bolt looseness at the top merely makes the inevitable below happen sooner.

Though always possible from owner error, the plague of paint cracking at the top and brace shearing at the bottom began after the start of the Steve Morris era. It is also yet another example of the lack of acumen in the recent Bangers & Cash Restoration. https://www.talkmorgan.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/844493/1 When Steve Morris (a nice guy) took over production in the "hard times" he constantly looked for ways to cut man hours. This is a risky thing with any product developed over 100 years. Old lessons are forgotten and one of the sadder results was the wing brace. It was explained to me by wiser sorts, that the brace must be made precisely for each car. It must rise up to the wing and slope immediately downward allowing it to harmlessly rock at the top. Instead, during Steve's era, they tried cutting assembly time by 1. slotting the braces..thusly weakening them and 2. they forgot the way the brace is supposed to meet the wing. Individual fitting became history. In such ways are products degraded The badly fit brace cracks the paint at the wing and they shear at the bottom..transferring hassles to owners. Of course, they tried remedial measures, but nothing was as good as long previous experience has previously dictated.

My 2022 MMC recreation also cracked the paint at the top, multiple times, just like the B&C car, and the brace sheared at the bottom on both sides. This stuff is SO frustrating for owners. Happily I still had the braces from my 1984 and made them fit. No issue since. However, these braces are pathetically easy for an amateur owner to make and fit as they should be. https://www.gomog.com/allmorgan/wingstays.html I advise owners to remove the later MMC braces and make their own. It is a sure cure and eleiminates the possibuility of cracked wing paint and sheared braces. Eliminate the slots and shape the brace properly. Use a plastic sleeve at the top bolt if you have alloy wings.

Lorne