Morgan build in mechanical challenges, not deliberately but by design. That's the essence of hand assembled. Every model has issues,but we all tolerate the issues because the benefits are greater. A friend who worships his Mx5, had the passenger window winder fail recently in Belgium. With the folding hard-hood, apparently you can't lower it when the side windows are stuck.
Anyway he was close to a Mazda dealer and they had one in stock, fitted it in a couple of hours and the cost was very reasonable. The next day, another Mx5 on the trip had the same window fail, but the dealer didn't have another drop mechanism so they had to drive on in the heat with the hood up.
So even Mx5's have weaknesses. Apparently the steel cable corrodes, and its common. Who knew?
