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I agree, Reg.

Clearly Wildmoore Hawke started out with a kit car business & knowing that the Morgan car was a very recognisable iconic shape, aimed at a pastiche with very similar lines. It could never be a copy, for legal reasons, but aimed I would imagine, at providing people with an opportunity to build their own version of one.

Kit car manufacture has been with us since the '50s Austin Seven based specials, when owning a genuine article like nowadays, could be prohibitively expensive to youngsters wanting to tinker and thrash.

This one is just further along the line. There have been many Morgan look-a-like's over this period, none of which have hit the mark or there'd be a lot more around with legal cases, but look at how many have gone on to financial success. The Cobra replica market for example, and many of the Jaguar/Bugatti replica's too.

Whether WE as owners of the genuine thing like it or not is immaterial, the garage is putting the price on not the manufacturer. The kit car world has produced some howlers over the years, but there are many that have gone on to better things as a result of trying their hand.

Don't forget that the likes of Tony Divey with his Triking, John Ziemba with his JZR and several others have kept the interest in three wheelers so high at a time when Morgan dismissed the idea of making one. And when they DID, it was arguable whether those guys made a better job at it than the genuine manufacturer..!!

So yes, it may be ugly in most people's eyes but behind it is a story and some may feel that story is part of our motoring heritage and deserves to be kept alive.

As Reg says, each to their own..

agree... Yann wash your mouth out with soap!

+1

Your Mama know you use her computer, when she is out for her annual tea ???

Actually my mother died when I was young so if you don't mind I would prefer you to not bring her name into this conversation. However, had she still been alive she would have told you exactly what she thought of using foul language in 'public' and you would have beenlikey to have a good clout around the ears. I along with probably several other people on here agree with that sentiment.

That is totally uncalled for thank you - that word is one of the very few that we all take exception to

Please desist...

It may be used slightly differently where you are but not here thank you.

For your information I did not have a Mother either from the age of 1.5 years of age.

p.s. Steve T is being very polite.

get well soon JACK

i am also polite, and i keep my comment simply because i am not sure some low mind can understand ... as we all know in every corner of your life always have one guy witch have nothing better to do than try to bother other so he can feel he exist ... my gran-ma teach me ignore them they only deserve that ....

I think the word 'Sorry' would have been a lot easier to understand..

yeah lucky it's allowed to dream ... i rather prefer said simply what i think:

someone witch have nothing to do come out and took a post 3 week old and start some sarcasm about a word every one outside UK daily use ... and you expect what ??

if someone is not happy with that, it's none of my business wan't to ban me go ahead ...

but dream listen me saying S .... for a word the whole use keep dreaming, wana escalate go ahead ...

I rather prefer to press BLOCK USER than entertain some Grumpy old chap's i have better to do in my life