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1. luggage rack, without side screen storage, from Morgan, just fine.

2. battery conditioner, CTEK MXS 5.0, dealer fitted with a magnetic connection, works very well

3. outdoor stormcover, I have one from John Taylor, custom made for my 4/4-4 seater and a Morgan stormcover for my PlusFour, purchased at MorganPark Hamburg. John Taylors excellent quality, MCC just as good, and so much easier to install than the 4/4-4 one. My Morgan is garage parked, but we use the stormcover very often as a replacement of the tonneau cover which we don't have on the PlusFour. So, if we park the car and do't want to put the hood up, e.g. if we want to sit on a terrace, we use it quite often and it is so simple to use. One minute work! Also on holidays when you do have to park the Morgan outside, we also have the stormcover over the hood. It is protective, also for bird poo. I should recommend it, the factory one is fine.

4. luggage rack straps: I once bought leather straps, but not from Morgan so, a lot cheaper, and the work for many years now, on the 4/4 and now the PlusFour.

Very helpful thank you.

Do you have a picture or source for the magnetic connection? I saw a post somewhere that had this in the passenger footwell which seemed like a great idea, better than having to lift the bonnet when parking. Is that what your dealer did? Or maybe hidden down the rear somewhere? Was it something like this one perhaps?

That post was from me:
https://www.talkmorgan.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/797776/re-battery-conditioner#Post797776

It is quite simple, you get a magnetic adapter connected to the CTEK, and in the footwell on the passenger side the counterpart is mounted, which has a direct lead to the battery. My Morgan dealer (Louwman) in the Netherlands did this for me, and this is the way they offer it since, A friend of me has had it installed too! Supersimple and effective!

I guess the passenger footwell works well if in a garage because the door/window/hood can be open to pass the cable through. Mine will be parked outside so I wonder whether we could find somewhere on the back of the exterior to hide the little socket?

I may be wrong here, however, I don't think the factory rack with side screen storage is available for a PlusFour, only a standard single deck storage rack. I didn't buy this as it's mighty expensive. Conversely, the Librands Rack is only now available with side screen storage, also cheaper.

Battery conditioner: Any good battery conditioner will be; the only thing the factory model offers is to remover unnecessary cash from your bank account. I use an Oxford motorcycle trickle charger, cheap and it works very well.


I have the storm cover from morganhoods.com, as advertised in Miscellany. Excellent quality and great price.


Luggage rack straps: provided your not a Morgan fashion victim, insisting on chunky leather straps, use Rok Straps. Primarily advertised for the motorcycle market but I use them on my Morgan. Robust, water proof, huge range of adjustment and different widths. Very reasonably priced too.

I have a John Taylor outdoor cover and take it when away for overnight parking. Bought when I had trads and works on the Plus Four. A good cover that does the bonnet and cockpit and just goes over the top of the spare wheel. I also have an old-ish Librands short cockpit cover. It's lost it's waterproof layer but still handy to pop over instead of putting the hood up. I intend re-proofing it .
My Librands luggage rack with sidescreen storage for a car with spare wheel was fitted when buying the car new a year ago.
I've just bought leather luggage straps from a Miscellany ad. Using them in a couple of weeks. Until now I've use ratchet straps, mini versions not the big ones. Also a large waterproof bag to put over a case on the rack. Bought from ebay. Used earlier this year and gives good waterproofing.
I have the Cobra's head high brake light and have made an LED plug in extra one for when the suitcase is on as it obscures the brake light. Quick and easy swop using Superseal connector plugs.