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Welcome Doug,
Enjoy the whole Morgan experience - it will change your wife - sorry misprint - LIFE.

A big welcome from me too Doug

I grew up in Malvern but had moved away by 1973 . Whereabouts in Malvern did you live that was close to the factory? Many the employees walked to owrk from the surrounding area in the early days.

My last connections with Malvern were in Madrasfield Road/Eversely Close area.

Welcome Doug from down-under. Great part of the UK to own a Morgan.

Welcome from windy S Wales. Taff mogs retiring sec lives near Brecon.

The eyelashes could be what TM has been looking for as means of recognising each other.

What a kind welcome from all over the world. Thank you. You’re a great crowd. TM is another advantage of owning a Morgan. I look forward to joining in. I’ll answer your questions, please excuse me for not mentioning you by name.

We lived off the Guarlford Road and the children went to school in Pickersleigh Road. You are right about most workers walking to work, although the woman I knew lived in a lovely remote cottage and used a moped. Cycling is hard work in Malvern.

I’ll post a picture when I have learnt how to do it.

Ref. changing life (wife). She’s canny, the car’s in her name!

I’m not sure what to make of girls who wear false eyelashes. Are they reliable?

I’d not thought of the headlight rim being over sized, but I think it is the answer, when I tighten the fixing screw the rim pops off the plastic mounting ring. The idea of a neoprene strip is the answer, as is the idea of marking where the screw fits before you put the rim back on! The car is a 2013/14 model Plus 4. It’s coming up to the end of warranty so I will take it up with the dealer, but it may be easier to sort it myself. All part of the fun!

I’m not against using the car in the wet, but as members in Wales will know, it has not stopped raining here for weeks and the mix of mud and sheep and cow dung on the roads here makes the best adhesive paste I know of. It’s very difficult to get off when dry and leaves a yellow stain. Maybe someone has a special technique for removing **it?

I will tell you of our experience coming back to Calais for the Channel Tunnel earlier this year. We came down onto the dual carriageway leading to the port straight into a traffic jam of mostly lorries. We were immediately surrounded by dozens of migrants, one of which jumped on our luggage rack. Fortunately the traffic moved and he came off as I pulled sharply away. They tell you to keep your doors locked and windows up, but this does not help much in a Morgan. We had the hood down and felt very vulnerable. Fortunately no damage was done, the rack and mountings are quite sturdy. Would immigration have missed someone sitting on the luggage rack I wonder?

Thank you all again for your welcome.

An interesting post Doug and welcome to TM. Your experience on the Channel Tunnel is rather worrying, we usually go through on the French side with the hood down, but maybe it now makes sense to stop before the Chunnel and put the hood up!

Not that a Mog is very secure even with the hood up, but at least ours does not have door handles!

Must be a poverty model

Denny,

first, welcome to this place, it is all rather fun!

As to the headlight trims the fit tends to be a bit "floppy". I fitted an inner lining of neoprene, much as DW suggested. Not only do the trims fit better, but it hides the "Morgan Whistle", which seems to be caused by air going between the headlamp unit and trim.

As to Calais: I've had other stories about the audacity of those who want to come to the UK: climbing into pickup trucks and in once case getting onto the roof of an estate car and holding on to the roof rack. He had overlooked the panoramic roof, which made it all rather obvious.
Until this is all over I'll stick to the Portsmouth/Le Harvre fast ferry, I think. From Salisbury it is very easy, if expensive-ish.