Originally Posted by +8Rich
Beautiful shots George, there is just nothing better than an empty road where you can hustle along your Plus 8 playing tunes on the exhaust on overrun and full acceleration, I did identical the night before last when football was on.

It has to be very early or late evenings now with the tourists down here in their Chelsea tractors and SUV's with no reverse but those timings suit me perfectly.

The 4/4 Sport is a great hustle too but a frantic edge to it with the high revs needed to deliver the power and the crackling from the sport exhaust on overrun rewarding too and for pure Morgan stripped out fun it is tops at 750Kgs.
Our Son will come and collect it for his summer fun in Kernow anytime soon, we just have more space here for his car over winter.

A sunrise or set on Dartmoor is very special with all the sheep asleep on the warm tarmac caution is needed as you share their patch.

They do identical on the Isle of Lewis as well so the early run for the CalMal from the Butt had to be completed with caution.

With such a wonderful machine parked in a backdrops such as those available to me, i suspect it would be difficult to grab a really poor snap shot, though not everything is perfect hereabouts, as the weather overall can create pot holes a plenty on the backroads, which can severely test the old Mogs lack of suspension travel... best not to hold the steering tight and let it find it`s own way when the going gets rough... (-:

The Trossachs gets it`s fair share of tourists or more importantly tour buses which can be found taking up more than their fair share of the narrow road just round the next blind bend, of which there are many., as evidenced by the many troughs dug out by bus tyres right at the edge of the Tarmac, just waiting to grab the steering out of your hand and take directional control, which has potential to be very dangerous in tree or dry stane dyke lined roads at the side of a loch, and of course tourist drivers paying more attention to the scenery than the road... All part of the fun, thus for both a Morganeer and comedian, timing is everything....and for a backroad drive hereabouts at or soon after evening mealtime in the Summer months seems to work out well.. Also any big event on TV works wonders, other than that I have been known to go for a drive at the other end of the clock, by way of driving at dawn in summer months but do that mostly in the tin top..I grab occasional pics then too... (-:

My good lady and I spent a few days in your neck of the woods Richard, Dartington sticks in the mind, of course we visited Lands End for the obligatory pic... (-: I remember seeing some damaged yachts tied up in various harbours on our journey along the South coast, the crews having found shelter from the disastrous storm that took so many out of the Fastnet race, jeez was that really 1979...!!!

As for choosing a Morgan, I well remember asking the question "Which Morgan" on the MSCC DG circa the mid 90`s, a time when large engined vintage sports car`s were attracting my interests, along with those of high performance and fewer CC`s required to top the ton....ALL of which were well above my pay grade.. I suspect having grown up modifying my m/cycles and cars, the idea of a 4/4 with a Twink seemed a very worthwhile target, as the Lotus/Ford engine ever impressed, but it was Lorne (AKA gomog) of this Parish wo went out of his way to find me the old +8 that I have owned since 2002....That typed, to this day, I still very much like the idea of a 4/4 with a Twink, but have grown very fond of rumbling around the roads hereabouts and even far beyond in the old +8...

As ever, each to their own..(-: