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I'm halfway through reading Peter Dron's superb new book. I was interested in the 6 prototype cars listed in the book and thought I would see if I could find any videos on YouTube showing any of the early prototype cars mentioned. I have linked in 5 below. I would imagine they have all been posted before. The last video at the launch in Geneva you can see the rear disc brake on prototype number 1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUU0ZjBB_1I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7duzKV9VS8w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ow0jajETJE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i_-INnFmrM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1K1ALSwkLI




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Sorry ignore the first video - early car but not a prototype.

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That's a good find - especially the fifth one with the Steve Morris interview.

It is particularly interesting to look at the front end at 6:30, especially the angle of the steering arms...

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Disk brake and Toyo Proxes T1R in the back.

Hmmm, whatīs the tyre size in the back again? 175/55/15?
I canīt find the T1Rīs in that size, only 185/55/15.
Has it changed as the car was developed?

Will 185/55/15 fit, or will it touch the belt?

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Originally Posted By P Dron
That's a good find - especially the fifth one with the Steve Morris interview.

It is particularly interesting to look at the front end at 6:30, especially the angle of the steering arms...


+1 - very enjoyable.


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Thanks for posting

I think I had seen them before but worth watching again.

After the 4th video, YouTube automatically cued up the video when Jay Leno drove the prototype into the grass in Malvern which was fun

Hadn't seen that before


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Originally Posted By DocNik
Disk brake and Toyo Proxes T1R in the back.

Hmmm, whatīs the tyre size in the back again? 175/55/15?
I canīt find the T1Rīs in that size, only 185/55/15.
Has it changed as the car was developed?

Will 185/55/15 fit, or will it touch the belt?


I'd put money on that car with the Toyo and disc brake was a 16" alloy, not the production 15" Minilite-alike we have today.

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Big difference between Charles Morgan's press conference, which seemed passionate and from the heart, and Steve Morris introducing the new Aero 8 this year, who was reading word for word from an iPad which he was rehearsing in front of everyone in the last minutes before the start.. Just saying...

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No doubt Charles Morgan was the one for the job regards promoting Morgan cars. Steve Morris comes across as genuine to me,just totally different people. A shame we don't have Charles though!
Regards the 3 wheeler with reference to Peter Dron's book, Charles Morgan initially took some convincing to bring back the car. A drive in the Liberty ACE it seems did the trick!

Back to the prototype 6.30 in the video a big difference in the mudguards they seem to come further forward to me. The aero screens seem smaller? I prefer the look of the bullet mirrors but would think they are not much use?

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