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When I visited MOG2008 in Newquay I remember a conversion company offering a Dicky seat type conversion to new or old cars, this is what got me thinking about the possibility and maybe an opening for some enterprising outfit.
The conversion was beautifully done.
After all there are a handful of original Plu8 4 seaters around.
Steve Simmonds used to convert a 4 seater to a two seater with dickie seat but I'm not aware of any conversions from 2 seater to 4 seater.
Steve L.
1996 Plus 8
N22 MOG
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Now, put a solid, lockable, lifting cover, over the rear and there's my ideal tourer. Hardly ever use the hood anyway, but somewhere secure (as much as any car can be secure) for camera kit etc. works for me 
Graham (G4FUJ)
Sold L44FOR 4/4 Giallo Fly
'11 MINI Countryman Cooper D All4
'90 LR 90 SW
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I think Harpers did the first +8 conversion to a 4 seater.
.+8 Now gone for a 1800 4/4. Duratec in bright yellow.
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The dicky seat conversions where build on genuine four seaters,the +8 conversions were build from 2 seaters. Anybody got any photos ? Never seen one myself There will be one on the MSCC stand at the NEC show in November - a DonMog member's car that is much travelled.
Paul
Costock, UK
Plus Four 75th - Furka Rouge - Pip
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Teddy - 17h1 Irish Draught cross
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formerly known as Hugh Jorgan Has a lot to Say!
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Steve Simmonds used to do a hood conversion to turn a 4 seater in to 2 seater with a pick up/dicky seat sort of thing at the back.
He was at Newquay in 08 with it I seem to remember.
Weren't the Maguires polish people doing a black 4 seater +8 at the Mog this year. They left one half dirty and polished up the other.
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formerly known as Hugh Jorgan Has a lot to Say!
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I think it may be Stewart.
I was talking to a Morgan 'sales person' at the Chateau Impney Hill Climb.
He told me an even worse look into the near future for all trads.
I dare not repeat what he said. I think an Aero 4 is the way forward. Porsche are doing it with the Boxster/Cayman. A 2L turbo would be great. As much as I love the trad it's time to move on if Morgan want to be making cars in another hundred years.
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So this thread should be renamed "The Ultimate Demise of the Trad?" 
Peter ![[Linked Image]](http://bradley.it/public_images/drive.jpg)
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