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Yes that is it. Thanks. What a shame Morgan did not put this into production instead of the Plus 4+; probably it would have been too expensive.

Very tasty indeed. Don't be discouraged John. All it takes is a bit of money. I could probably get one knocked up for you locally. That is if that body builder is out of jail for building fakes

Yes I agree - I could definitely live with one of these.

The back of that Morgan is very similar to that pretty Lancia on Cars mostly from yesterday.

I have a strong suspicion that a good deal of the bodywork was "donated" from a production car. Obviously it would not be impossible to build it all from scratch however it would be much easier to take the body from say a crashed Lancia snf re-build it on a Morgan chassis. Building doors with wind-up windows would be greatly simplified by simply fitting pre-existing doors. The glass was obviously not custom made so it must have come from some production model.

Here you go John. All it needs is a few finishing touches

It looks like some Simca coupé(s) Plein ciel (1956-1962) also called "Poor man Facel Vega", an elegant design





even one with an english registration

That's a new car for me Jacques I agree there are many similarities between the two, thanks for sharing the knowledge.
That is a pretty little car.

You are welcome Richard.

In fact these cars (coupé & convertible) were not produced at the Simca factory in Poissy (now PSA factory always in service) but hand crafted at Facel factory at Colombes near Paris.

Below 2 rare pictures of the first prototype cars (pre-serie) at Facel plant in Colombes.





2 links in french for those interested :

History & pictures 1

Facel blood in the veins

Thanks for the extra links Jacques I can see the likeness to the Thunderbird too as they suggest, very interesting bit of car history.