Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Morgan Photo Gallery Factory Visit 28th October 2015. Mainly ARP4.Pt1.

Good news for you photo lovers. We were rained off this morning so no hill walking. So home a lot earlier than planned!

Here we go then....................

This is Part One.

I'll keep,an eye out fir you. However, all the cars in trim have the standard Mountney padded wheel sitting in them waiting to be fitted. That's the Plus 4 homologated wheel so I suspect the Momo wheel will be a post AR fit.

Thanks Dave great pictures .
They have fired me up to go to the factory on Monday and find the man who designed the wok and rub his nose in it.

Don't forget to take the Soy Sauce.

Must be aimed at the Chinese market.

Interesting to see the rear speaker and subwoofer speakers in your photos especially the metal speaker covers.

I wonder if they have lined the metal housings with something like dynamat and are they closed or ported enclosures?

As no point fitting the extra speakers etc if they hamper their performance!

I realise car audio is of no interest for a lot of you, as you seem to enjoy listening to squeaks and rattles but this onne of the selling points of this model.

No lining was visible where the front was open. There are a couple of holes in the box. Presume one for wire in.
Would be much better used as a storage box!

I whent to the factory today in all that Fog and with the help of two very obliging guides had a look at the ARP4s nearing completion.
The saga of the rear wok / dustbin lid rear panel spare wheel hole cover has been solved .
It is a very nice dome as on the Silverstone car .The ones in the pictures on the production line look to have a flat top but in fact it is a trick of the light as the centre has not been spun so is still shiny.
The lower rear panel is alloy not plastic and does have two indentations but could not get an explanation as to why .
I saw quite a few Red and Silver cars and two Black .The Red is nothing like it shows in the photos which I can't load at the moment for some reason.
I would say it is an Oxblood or Doc Martin boot colour deep Redish Brown not my cup of tea and not very sporty. The Matt red is Red-oxide primer !!!!
Black is well Black and Silver is on the Grey side quite dark.
There was also a passenger foot rest in the foot well on one of the Black cars not mentioned in any spec sheets .
The best colour by far for me and my final choice is Prosecco it just looked rich and classy at the side of the others so I will do my final spec tomorrow.
I really enjoyed the visit today and with the help of my guides put my mind at rest on one or two points .
I will try to put the pictures on later .

Very good Peter
looking forward to scrutinising the photos