Are the front wings of a Plus 8 the same as the 4/4 and other models?
And where is the best place to get one in the UK?
There really isn't a good place. But here is the situation.
https://www.gomog.com/allmorgan/wings.html and it has become ...er... less good.
Classic Plus 8s used 9 (from memory) types of wings. When Charles Morgan was refused the discount he wanted from Vintage Wings & Radiator,
https://www.vintagewingsandrads.co.uk/pages/home.html he drove directly to Superform in Cheltenham and began buying from Superform wings. However, creating Superform molds is very costly as is the process of switching from one to another. So the multiple variants in Morgan front wings ended
. I had to pull many strings to get some when I restored my UK Plus 8s wings in 2004. The situation is surely worse now that they have stopped producing trads, Aeros etc altogether.
Superforms had a LONG history of problems with the paint bubbling, which is cured but still afflicting the first 10 years of Superform Morgans. It was never made public, but I was told how they cured it. It is harder to repair properly. Alloy wings from VW&R are also a no-no. The way they made/make them guarantees the edges will rot out. They are aware of this, but won't change. VW&R supplied Morgan for many decades. It was taken over by an employee.
VW&R That is your first stop. If you are VERY lucky, the wings you
may still have and you want to replace are steel. Steel is infinitely repairable and will cost you very little time and much less money.
In any event, tell us how it turns out. The lovely (flamboyantly art deco) Morgan wings are a problem for all of us. You could be one of the lucky ones. Do you have your old wings and are they in steel?
gmg
P.S. I needed new wings for my restoration as my original ones made in alloy by VW&R. Their method rolls the wing edge around a steel cable and the galvanic interaction between the metals creates a sad result.