Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Morgan Aero 8, 2012< Plus 8, SuperSports, Coupe & Aeromax AeroMax No.1 up for sale - cheap?

Yes I was aware of that, I seem to recall that Brian felt strongly that the AR08 Max reg number should always stay with his car, so I was just curious as to how this Max got it.

I think you might find that Brian's car was AR08MMC

You are quite correct. My Deja was not very Vu!

Hi All,
I am tempted to go for it but a few years ago none were available (at a sensible price) so I bought the SS for £83k (private seller) and have this running really well. My feeling is if it gets to say £110k then its a good price. The issue - as mentioned previously- is the lack of specific spares with little support from Morgan which will eventually impact the value of the car. I believe it also had problems with the rear windows "falling out " which I assume has been fixed by Morgan?
Please try and talk me out of it !
T

Well Taffy, if you don't do it "now", you probably never will. The longer you contemplate the negatives, the less likely you are to jump in.

As I recall, the rear window glass was a glue issue, and Asbo, Brian & co will know more about what followed. I assume there was a recall, and I don't think production was complete at that time so the later Maxes should have been corrected anyway. I might be remembering wrong but didn't the rear glass get through bolts on the hinges?

You aint helping Dave

The glue on the rear windows could weaken, causing the windows to come lose from the brackets that held them in place. Whilst the original design was more streamlined, it had the drawback that the 'butterfly' windows were constantly under pressure and thus when the adhesive gave way, the windows would fly off.

Mine did this when the car was parked and thankfully, the window landed back in the aperture, without damaging the bodywork (a bit of luck). Other owners were not as lucky and they gave way whilst the car was in use... flying glass projectile! or did as my Max did, throwing the glass into the air, only for it to land edge down damaging the bodywork.

I had mine fitted with the new glass (which has holes in the glass to affix it to the the brackets) but I know some owners decided to risk it, preferring the lack of the four bolt covers on the butterfly glass; during Brian's ownership, he decided against having the change made to ARO8 MMC.

I believe most, if not all, the cars were built when the issue became known, so most would have be a post-production fix, if the owner opted for it.

Many thanks for the response - I suppose its worth asking the owner how he tackled the "window" programme! I assume you didnt mean AR08MAX but AR08MMC ?
t

No bolts are visible on the auction Max, but they ARE visible on the green one further down this thread.

Doooooooo iiiiit!