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I haven't seen it, what a sad story.
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Is it a genuine Morgan? Looks a bit like a copy to me, strange angle of bonnet side louvres, sidescreen shape, dash (very angular at top), bonnet catches, rear reflectors. A pretty good copy though (if there is such a thing).
Sad that it was stolen nonetheless.
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Is it a genuine Morgan? Looks a bit like a copy to me, strange angle of bonnet side louvres, sidescreen shape, dash (very angular at top), bonnet catches, rear reflectors. A pretty good copy though (if there is such a thing).
Sad that it was stolen nonetheless. Well spotted Yes I don’t think it is a genuine Morgan Still very sad though of course
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A sad story will keep my eyes open on sales sites, it has some unique non Morgan features.
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That is a copy take a look at the bonnet line to straight edged the mog is arched over . Oddly a stolen mog pops up now and again but it is seldom a real mog. Makes me wonder at times .
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It looks like a Wildmoor Hawke.
The louvres are on slant.
Panoroma Bay has a white one for sale.
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It is posted on Hawke Owners Website.stolen section
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Yes it is a Hawke, formerly made by GCS cars. Here is a brief description off Wikipedia for those that are interested. As it is LHD it is unlikely to surface in GB I fancy.
"GCS (Gary Colin Specialist) Cars traded initially from Orpington in Kent, UK and produced the Hawke. Although similar to the Burlington SS in some respects, the GCS Hawke was developed completely independently by the partners in GCS Cars with considerably different dimensions overall. The Dorian/Burlington was designed to fit on a Triumph chassis, although Dorian later developed a chassis that it is believed was using Escort parts. The GCS Hawke was designed to fit on a ladder-frame chassis to accept Cortina/Sierra parts. This led to the bodyshell and wings being considerably wider than the original Dorian/Burlington car. It is an open two seater modelled fairly closely, but differently enough, on the Morgan. Whereas the Burlington body tub was constructed of glass-fibre, wood and aluminium, the Hawke has a one-piece GRP bodyshell with integral floor. It can take a variety of engines from Ford and the V8 Rover. The company was founded by Garry Hutton and Collin Puttock.
The company was eventually sold to Tiger Racing but then sold to LCD (LC Developments Ltd founded in 2003 by Richard John Laking and Paul John Chapman) who currently both manufacture the car and supply the car as a kit."
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Yes it is a Hawke, formerly made by GCS cars. Here is a brief description off Wikipedia for those that are interested. As it is LHD it is unlikely to surface in GB I fancy.
"GCS (Gary Colin Specialist) Cars traded initially from Orpington in Kent, UK and produced the Hawke. Although similar to the Burlington SS in some respects, the GCS Hawke was developed completely independently by the partners in GCS Cars with considerably different dimensions overall. The Dorian/Burlington was designed to fit on a Triumph chassis, although Dorian later developed a chassis that it is believed was using Escort parts. The GCS Hawke was designed to fit on a ladder-frame chassis to accept Cortina/Sierra parts. This led to the bodyshell and wings being considerably wider than the original Dorian/Burlington car. It is an open two seater modelled fairly closely, but differently enough, on the Morgan. Whereas the Burlington body tub was constructed of glass-fibre, wood and aluminium, the Hawke has a one-piece GRP bodyshell with integral floor. It can take a variety of engines from Ford and the V8 Rover. The company was founded by Garry Hutton and Collin Puttock.
The company was eventually sold to Tiger Racing but then sold to LCD (LC Developments Ltd founded in 2003 by Richard John Laking and Paul John Chapman) who currently both manufacture the car and supply the car as a kit." Well i didn't expect this, thanks for the info. Still a shame they have lost theirs!
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