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I purchased a M3W in grey with red strip, red leather trim and no bright pack in May and have completed in excess of 4000 miles. We have enjoyed several holiday trips within the UK with my wife touring, Wales, Lake District, Devon & Cornwall plus local days out.

I am a motorcyclist so we have all the wet weather gear and have opted to wear Premier Vintage Helmets with built in visors this provides some added safety, weather & eye protection.

I have done a few modifications as follows:

Flap fitted tho help protect the seat belt mechanism from the wet & dirt, without this you finish up with very dirty clothing.

Fitted screw inserts so rear load cover can be secured with metal thread screws. To clean the car properly you do need to remove the load cover. The wood screws do not work after being used once or twice.

I have a tubular motorcycle tax disc holder fitted to the front suspension with a plastic cable securing clip, which I think makes for a neat solution.

Simmonds steering wheel fitted.

Waterproof bag used to store tonneau cover and secure it to a Morgan rear rack.

Leather toolbox made to my design colour matched to the interior colour, this makes excellent use of the space under the bonnet. If anyone is interested I can supply details of the lady who made it.

Morgan tool kit secured under dash board with velcro straps.

Drivers front foot mat secured with velcro to avoid it interfering with pedals.

Dzus fasteners on bonnet modified by removing securing ring & washer. Sticking self adhesive foam on the inside of the bonnet, pierce the foam to allow Dzus fastener to pass through. The foam still secures the pin but it makes it much easier to remove and refit the bonnet.

On our last trip I did have front wheel puncture which turned out to be bit of a saga so if you our doing any longer distance trips I strongly recommend you carry a spare inner tube. These are supplied to Morgan to their spec by Blockley Tyres http://www.blockleytyre.com/page2.htm cost £22 + vat having one would have saved a lot of hassle.

I have an on going electric problem a 7.5 amp fuse blow in the lake district which killed all the dash board so the car would not start. Once replaced I realised the flasher unit was not working so the indicators did not flash I managed to replace this. However, it has now started blowing a 5 amp fuse which kills the rev counter, fuel gauge & indicators. As yet I have not found the fault.

My dealer Williams have submitted a number of queries to MMC including noisy drive train and I await their response.

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John, I assume this is an early car, I'm on similar mileage to you and interestingly have done some of the same bits as you.

Couple of question for you.

How are you finding the simmonds steering wheel?

I have two spare front tubes, one has a centre value and the other an offset value, do you know what one is correct?

The under bonnet box looks interesting maybe you could post up the details for us all and some pictures of the car as well.

Oh and lastly welcome to TM

Lovely color combination; and thanks for your review thus far! Also, welcome to Talk Morgan!!

I always thought the tube should match the rim. All old three wheelers, including mine, I've seen have central valves.

Tube wise on my 1930 car, I'm using current Michelin Enduro tubes which seems like they are twice as thick as a cheap/normal 19" bike tube.

John - I had the same problem with the mat & pedals on my previous car (Caterham 7) and employed the same remedy. However, over time heat from the engine - and sun when parked - did a very effective job in melting the velcro adhesive. I was surprised how far it had run and what a really nasty, sticky mess it made. It took me a good hour, lots of white spirit and three pairs of disposable gloves to get it cleaned up.

A very interesting post, thank you - and good photos!

Hi John welcome to the forum, thanks for the photos and the write up.

Hello John, my 2 week old car has 'drive-train noises' too. A squeaky chirruping sound from what sounds like near the gearbox, and a rattling zizzing vibration from what seems like behind the dashboard. Not serious problems but seriously annoying!

There are also belt noises and some bevel box noise, although this is a good deal less than some early cars I sampled.

Suspension is quiet apart from when the steering arm hits the exhaust pipe (which is a bigger problem on my car on the nearside).

I've got the new steering rack which provides loads of feedback with less kickback (at least mine is acceptable) but the steering gets very nervous at about 60 mph and I can't see how toe in / out can be adjusted!

Having said all that I love the little thing, and look forward to getting these issues sorted out.

Good luck with yours - the leather box looks great!

Lovely report, thanks for taking the time to write it up. You've made very useful additions, the tool box looks great and very in keeping, I like the idea of the foam under the dzeus fastners too, and I'd not considered a spare inner tube, though I will be getting one now, so thanks for that one.

I'm also unhappy with my steering kickback and general nervousness at speed, what do you feel you car is like?

It's always good that another owners joins us and shares their experiences, I hope we will be hearing lots more from you John?

John,

Thanks for the write up and photos! Some really good advice/suggestions from you, please keep em coming!

Mike

I've used "lift-a-dot" fasteners, as used on the hood and tonneau to secure the floor mats on my 4/4....very effective and no nasty velcro.