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Good news for Traditional Morgan owners!

Gomog was created to help preserve the knowledge necessary to keep our traditional cars on the road. But without the proper parts at proper prices this knowledge is only a partial solution. Half the private inquiries I receive daily now concern where to find some component that is no longer easily available or unknown. I have become appalled at the predatory pricing that is common in the vintage car world now and the lack of knowledge of what suits what car or model or time period or country.

The old knowledge and the legendary stalwarts are still around, albeit quiet and/or quiet. We correspond constantly. We trade old yarns and new trad ideas for fun. I have also been gathering new suppliers of old parts for years. I have had many ideas but I find I myself too old now for projects that grand. The following shows the most promise and is, at this juncture, the best solution.

To whit:

An exchange I had with the new Morgan executive some months ago found kindred spirits on Pickersleigh along with an old and trusted friend. The last MMC regime had largely ended the wonderful retail supply of non-current parts in the 2000s. But the present initiative is to revive that and make it a pillar, a beacon, for British heritage cars in a way I hope gomog would be decades ago.

We have progressed to the point where I have been asked to announce the birth of HERITAGE PARTS, (their chosen name, not mine) a new and separate division of the Morgan Motor Company. It shall be under the direct supervision of Mark Evans, MMC Parts Manager. He will be fed sources for the trad parts we need. I have also have the legendary designers who can improve upon those parts and offer them again. Quiet retirement does not mean brain dead. laugh2 We are at the humble beginnings stage, but there is a ton of good will and hopes. It will be an avenue for us oldies, newbies and the marque to pass on what we know and where to find it. Everyone can help out..with parts they know of, preferably original sources but substitutes can be acceptable if reasonably priced originals are no longer available or are found wanting.

Fingers crossed.

Lorne

P.S. There will be much more on gomog after I return home in two weeks.

Sounds very promising and well done!

I have high hopes for us. I am very pleased with the Works.

If anyone finds source of a replacement part, we will find a way to collect them and give them to the MMC so we can all benefit.

gmg

The link to request access to the Parts Books does not work...sigh...very MMC

CONFUSION. (my apologies) Jon, the site, today, is very much a new initiative. There is nothing much up yet. They are
starting by structuring the system using the diagrams from the old MMC parts book to help buyers. The parts will be gathered
with the help of the Company, retired gurus (aka legends) who have signed on, cherry-picked current and old designers, new
suppliers or old parts, the daily finds of the gomog help line, and when possible, all of US, aka the Community.

The MMC will fund, run, sell and deliver. This is something that has never been done aside from some clubs. If it works
we will no longer be in the spot so many other collector car marque owners are finding themselves in today! Trads will have
knowledge and parts supply indefinitely. We help them and they help us!

I have begun feeding them sources. Others as well.

L.

That’s a brilliant idea but key will be fair and reasonable pricing. Current issue if that the factory markup on part is so excessive we have to track them down elsewhere, a good example is wheel cylinders or brake pads

Respectfully, Mercedes-Benz has been doing this for quite some time. It might be worth looking at their website as a comparison and/or inspiration. They have since expanded it to events catering to the classic side of the business and customer base.

Mercedes-Benz Classic

Looking forward to when the MMC site is up and running.

In regards to the request to suggest sources etc, will parts be marketed as true Genuine OEM Replacement when it is the same brand/part used by the factory and other parts which are just replacement being called out as such?

It might suit some but why do we need a middle man with a reputation for high mark ups . Surely if the source of many spares for trads is already known why spoon feed this valued info to MMC when we have the opportunity to buy direct ourselves.

Exactly this Richard as a forum we have this information already in-house .

Had this arrangement covered the Aero chassis cars it really would have fulfilled a huge need as the factory is really lacking in that department.