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Talk Morgan Enthusiast
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Imagine the boot space! 
Andy
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Joined: May 2014
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Just Getting Started
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Just Getting Started
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Basically, I can buy a chassis in from Triking and offer up my own mouldings, I'd have to bend up rear rounded top and bottom chassis rails (we do this anyway for my standard cars), then a rather nice hybrid Morganesque Triking would be possible.
A further alternative is to incorporate the Triking-Morgan GRP body components into my own chassis design, thus, an Aero-Triking-Morgan, or maybe I call it simply an Aero-Morgan!
I can do whatever anyone wants. I also have a Triking front end which could be grafted to the front end of one of my chassis as well.
Well, that certainly expands the options. I hope to visit the UK next summer to peek in at Malvern and Triking among other things - guess I'll have to visit Arthur as well.
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Just Getting Started
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Just Getting Started
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Another of my "daft" ideas, is a 3 wheeled Austin 7 Ulster. I've long admired the Ulster, and nearby, Rod Yates produces superb aluminium bodies. I've discussed with him this idea, and it could be done both vintage style using an A7 chassis tapered suitably to the rear to accommodate a suitable swing arm system, with effectively one of his bodies "plonked" on top, or a more spaceframe front end with unequal length wishbones up front, an underslung ladder frame, tapered to take a swing arm and bevel box. It would look superbly vintage and like a 30s French 3 wheeler called a D'Yrsan. The 4 wheeled idea could use a Salisbury rear axle on semi elliptic rear springs. The rear of the chassis would of course impinge into the rear beetleback shape, so unfortunately, there wouldn't bee too much space in the boot/trunk, but slightly more than there is currently.
Unfortunately, Moto Guzzi have now dropped the 1100cc engine and have now gone over to a 1400CC engine, however, the alternator now sits high up within the V, though I suspect it could be moved. Guzzi engines are superbly smooth being 90 degrees.
Another project on my bench is a 1340cc Harley Evo engine to be mounted on to a Guzzi gearbox...not easy, but compact and far lighter than the basic 35kg of the MX5 gearbox. We all know that in effect Harley derived engines are not designed to take the heavy rotating mass of a flywheel and clutch pack, hence the compensator ideas, however, I'm convinced that a lightened flywheel will work, and there are some very light after market Guzzi flywheels about.
Oh well, life would be boring without thinking about this kind of stuff!!
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Talk Morgan Regular
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Talk Morgan Regular
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Merlin, aren't enough guys like you about--without a little passion what's the point?
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