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I'm at the factory tomorrow, 7th October between 10.00 and 12.00, so give me a shout if you're there.
It got me thinking about the best trad era......
For me it has to be long door cars, so post '97.
Probably the best 4/4 engine was the 1.8 Duratec. It was almost as good as the 2.0 Duratec in the Plus 4.
This era didn't last very long in the early 2000's.
Put that with the end of Plus 8 production and the beginning of Roadster production, and Bingo!
The best Trad era......
DaveW
'05 Red Roadster S1
'16 Yellow (Not the only) Narrow AR GDI Plus 4
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1969 for me when Peter Morgan and Maurice Owen engineered the Plus 8 from a Plus 4 chassis and produced a supercar performance car for very little money which will forever be an Icon. The most exciting Era definitely the advent of the Aero chassis models which heralded the future and upset the old G&T brigade and of course they just happen to be V8 powered  .
2009 4/4 Sport Henrietta
1999 Indigo Blue +8
2009 4/4 Sport Green prev
1993 Con Green +8 prev
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It all went downhill when they added that extra wheel.... 
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Karl
Life is hard in the mountains
2009 silver +4, 2013 red C4P, 2014 yellow M3W gone to a new owner
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Uphill ! 
Last edited by madmax; 06/10/19 07:18 PM.
Geneva 2016 plus 8' The Green Godess' 4 side exits .
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I am a '60's +4 Morgan Man. But I must say I enjoy the Power of the +8 very Much.
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Uphill ! 
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Got to be the 60s. The last era in which you could really enjoy a performance car with little traffic, few and generally unenforced speed limits, and cars with performance that was useable on British roads
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Anyone care to define a TRAD..? I do like the look of the flat rad I also think that 4/4 has potentially perhaps the best balance relative to it`s primitive underpinnings, and while I do like the later CVH engine the old pushrod Ford unit is one I would feel very much at home with.. For long distance work the early +8, I can and do work live the auto choke (sigh) but other than that bit of unnecessary kit, it is a pretty simple bit of machinery and I do like my machines like me... SIMPLE no electronics making decisions I can make for myself... While modern digital Morgan`s have many up grade advantages by way of trim quality etc, I am strictly non-digital in my automotive preferences, the hint lies in my chosen forum I.D. 
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Has to be the late 60’s and early 70’s for me with the development of the Plus 8, the definitive muscle Morgan,retailed at a very reasonable price.
David
2020 Roadster 3.7 Dove Grey.
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