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Drive on the Wild Side Part of the Furniture
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Like you Adrian, I love the Cyclone engine and think that it is well contained by the current chassis which is very different to the original whippy Morgan chassis' of old, e.g. much heavier gauge, roll-bars, inner wings in Supaform, etc. My Roadster Brooklands is coming up for sale to make room for the new car though, but the project car has the same running gear if not the same suspension.  The project car is manual for now, but it may be altered in the future. It is not a series production car, but a one-off and as such features the foibles and taste of one individual and thus may well divide opinion.  No apologies yet, but don't blame MMC! Brian Brian, I completely agree, I think it is one of the best well balanced powerful Morgans to date, the chassis has just enough give while being no too stiff, I suspect with 17" wheels and a little loss in comfort factor it could be pushed really hard without much trouble. I love the gearbox, just so positive. I reckon in a GT type car with a carefully chosen paddle shift auto it would be stunning. As the previous post said if a conversion housing could be machined I would think the 911 auto with paddle shift would be perfect. Although it might be worth trying a Mustang auto first as this might be just as good and Ford are pretty reliable on overall design solutions. 
Adrian
Buggered Off, to a modern none leaky car, heart's still ticking
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Adrian,
for uses a ZF autobox made under licence, but it isn't the latest 8 speed version used by BMW. But then 6 speeds should be enough in a Roadster!!
Peter,
66, 2016 Porsche Boxster S
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The one improvement I would make on the older 3 litre is not a higher gear etc. But to rid it of the painfully notchy selection.
How that could be done without changing the box is beyond my limited knowledge the the gearing above the hill start 1st gear are more than accommodating.
Not really fussed about an auto box myself I'll leave that to others I don't think it would suit the car myself especially the additional weight of an auto box.
One thing that really peaked my interest the other day was seeing the same engine with turbos in Noble guise pushing out 500 bhp but that'd be silly, well in my hands it would....
I always fancied a Roadster when I first read about them, as I now have one I should really get used to it before having naughty thoughts.
Mark - No Longer driving Archie the Old English Sheep Mog........... 2010 Roadster 3.0 V6 (S3)
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So it is not so Smart after all. Perhaps it would be better to buy her a real Roadster  No chance. Arthritis in left thumb means an auto or nothing. She wont even drive such a light sensitive and superbly engineered machine as Lottie the Lotus!! Incredible I know but true all the same.
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OK, where are the Photos?
Jays said it would break through the shed wall into the real world today...
I really want to see this "thing".....!!
Peter,
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Under lock and key, I suspect!!!!!! Patience man!!!!
Robbie
2021 Plus Four -- Helga
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"Fettlebodge"--A chief of the PaddyMogs
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Photos will be tomorrow Peter! Stay tuned...
Brian
Brian
1970 Morgan Plus 8 - Moss Box (Indigo Blue)
2014 Morgan SP1 (Rocket Red)
2015 Morgan Plus 8 (Rocket Blue)
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I see from Twitter that it was presented to the workforce today - but no photos 
Steve A11OGE Red 1989 4/4 4 seater
'A Morgan is for life, not just for Sundays'
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If the interior pic is of the SP1 it looks quite something!
Richard
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I see from Twitter that it was presented to the workforce today - but no photos DaveW was there today....maybe he saw it.
Ian
2011 Plus 4
Wild Mogs Reims 2019, Goodwood 2018, Isle of Man 2017, Carried on to Caramulo" 2016
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