Talk Morgan Forums Community Welcome Forum Hello from Jersey

Just a quick introduction, (well re-introduction really as I used to be a member)

I have an '02 +8 owned since new - grief 17 years,

I have largely owned Brit cars all my life, ranging from Midgets and Lotus' - Elan s2 and Elan +2 130/5 in my 20's and 30's then a Caterham 7 and TVRs in my 40's and early 50s.

In my youth I never really "got" Morgans, I used to see them at Station Garage Taplow where I went frequently, in normally vain attempts to keep the Lotus on the road. Seeing the Morgans tucked up with all those shiny Elans and Europas I used to think "why on earth would anyone want one of those"

But fast forward to 2001, with the launch of the Aero I cancelled my order for a TVR Tuscan - provisionally specced as Lamborghini Orange with Chrome Purple seats piped Orange, I always had taste :-) - and placed an order for the Aero. I recall I was about 540 on the list. Come 2002, I was told that I could have build 67 I think it was. By this time I had joined a number of Morgan Forums, an extremely pleasant chap called Keith Ahlers had given me a ride in his S1, his track day +8 (and his Porsche RS) and the price of the Aero had gone up 10%. All these issues combined to influence me to swap the Aero order for the aforementioned +8 which I still have

Brian

Jersey / Spain

OK will do my best.

Lets see if I have RTFMd the photo instructions...

I wonder if Tvr people will cancel or have done already their order for the new Griffith which has again been delayed and bought a Morgan ?

Thank you for the complements on the colour. My choice, but not my "design"

When I ordered my Cerbera, I chose, the colour from a 2" square sample, the result was a rather uninspiring "Nail Varnish" Maroon.

Therefore when I was specifying the +8 I had already made the decision to go two-tone, but was not going to risk choosing a colour from a small paint sample again. So I asked on another forum for examples of two-tone cars. The response was pretty impressive and I ended up with a library of over 80 colour photos of two-tone cars. The end choice was between this combo and Black and Silver, obviously I went for the Blue.

I then contacted the owner of the original scheme who was pleased that I had chosen his scheme and very kindly provided me with paint colours. Very sadly his car was destroyed in a crash and fire that nearly took his and his wifes life about 2 months after mine was delivered. He did however manage to persuade the MMC to build him a new body shell in the original colours.

That car is now very well known in Mog circles. It is the Phoenix owned by Lorne Goldman of GoMog fame.

My +8 Bitsa has many parts, including the front wings, from Lorne's damaged +8. He had the undamaged parts preserved and shipped them to Me. How I got the other parts for this +8 is a story in itself.