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in chronological order -
4/4 Zetec Lowline
Roadster series 1
Roadster series 2
4/4 Sport Competition with full Aero Racing conversion
Roadster Sport
Roadster 3.7
Brooklands 3.7
4/4/4 seater 1600 Crossflow (again highly modified)
4/4 Sigma
Since the Sigma has only just arrived I will exclude it but the 4/4 Sport Competition was the most fun although the noise while exciting on short runs was very wearing on long hauls. It was the run from Scotland to the Classic Le Mans that
convinced us to go back to a Roadster!
The worst car was the Roadster 3.7 which spent 3 of the 14 months we had it from new, off the road with build quality and electronic issues. It is now located in Germany.

That is an amazing list of Mogs !

Brian
The seats in Rudolph didn't do ANYTHING apart from causing serious discomfort!

And I was putting discomfort down to hold age

What a list beats my 3 Mogs.
We now have the bucket seats on the 2006 roadster. Fabulously comfy & no fiddly recliner handle.

No Brian, they were a literal P.I.T.A.!

Have to totally agree on both points. Nothing more to say on the subject.

I have to say that the leather upholstered reclining sports seats in our 2012 Plus 4 are extremely comfortable. The last couple of years has had some problems with lumbar support and we carry a special cushion for her lower back. I suggested making a more permanent mod to the seat or fitting one of those pump up lumbar cushions behind the seat swab but she insisted that she is happy with he cushion.

Peter - The comfort isn't the problem. We have found the seats very comfortable for a long trip and have driven Portsmouth to Ayrshire in a day several times without any aches and pains. I tend to vary the backrest angle depending on how many layers I am wearing and find the spring loading of the recline lever needlessly excessive which, coupled with the location of the lever, makes backrest adjustment a real pain literally. When scores of manufacturers can provide a simple, easy to operate reclining mechanism I just can't understand why after 110 years Morgan can't do the same. Surely it would only require a change in the specification for the strength of the return spring, but then Morgan probably have enough springs in stock to last the next 110 years!

Agree with all you say Max. Simple answer is “Morgan don’t care!”
A friend of mine made up an angled extension handle with some bits of timber and aluminium which will slide over the handle. It works but why should we have to do things like that on an expensive car?