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East African Safari Rally begins on 9th and Finishes on 18th December in Kenya.
This year two new Morgan V8’s (traditional ) have been built with full roll cages and uprated suspension by a rally / offroad specialist with full
assistance of MMC
The engines are Rover V8 3.5’s on carbs with a strong rally type gearbox and Ford Escort rear axles.
Rear suspension is coil overs and up front they have managed to get 75mm of travel.
Fuel tank size has been increased to 75ltrs, front wings have been modified so they can be quickly unbolted to allow access for servicing.
Both cars have hardtops that are modified from new CX model.
The cars are flying out this week, the MAN 4x4 Ex Dakar service truck left at end of September via Ship.
Hopefully John will post some pictures I have sent him detailing the entrants who are very keen on Morgans.
Lets hope they have some luck and get to the finish line !!!
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Thanks John, that got me very interested so I dug around and found this site with pictures of the pair inbuild - pretty high tech stuff in there.
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When it comes to really tough missions, you need a real Morgan as rally car basis instead of a CX ;-)
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Thanks John, that got me very interested so I dug around and found this site with pictures of the pair inbuild - pretty high tech stuff in there. Richard Thank you a lot! One of your best finds - besides some photos in the soap Box section  So many famos tecnical details.!
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Thanks also for link Richard. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.beady.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/20230802_183950-scaled.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://www.beady.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/20230829_130524-scaled.jpg) Cunning turned upwards top cross tube ends and longer chunkier kingpins to give the extra travel  Rose jointed reaction arm, lower stay and diagonal brace look extra meaty too. Shocks remind me of those air assisted Marzocchi's fitted upside down to many Italian bikes in the 80's 
Richard
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Thanks Richard, I was wondering exactly what was going on up front ...
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Thanks John, that got me very interested so I dug around and found this site with pictures of the pair inbuild - pretty high tech stuff in there. Very interesting, thanks for posting the build shots Richard, I'm surprised they are using original track rods as they are a bit dainty in diameter for hitting rocks on a rally at full chat
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Thanks John, that got me very interested so I dug around and found this site with pictures of the pair inbuild - pretty high tech stuff in there. Very interesting, thanks for posting the build shots Richard, I'm surprised they are using original track rods as they are a bit dainty in diameter for hitting rocks on a rally at full chat Yes I thought that too..
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I wonder what forms the rebound stop and what roll control there is
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