Talk Morgan Forums Community Vehicle Talk (non-Morgan) If it is not a Morgan what would it be?

Yeah I've grounded out on THAT bridge trying hard...Bilge keel is the road ahead it'll keep him grounded

I was wondering what to say to reply to the question. Lucky enough in my old age to be able to afford most cars I might fancy, I cant think of one that really interests me. The Ferrari has gone without a back ward glance - lovely machine though it was, there is no way that it can be used in the way that it was designed to be used in the UK. Even in Wales where there are some attractive roads, you just get stuck behind white van man following say a bread van. You can only "make progress" as the police manual puts it on a motorcycle and that I have also given that up for safety's sake. Speed is the fun and speed is no longer possible because of road quality and congestion even if it were legally allowed.

Without doubt the best days were in the 60s with no maximum speed limit, no cameras , and plod in the Morris Minor that you could outrun in anything half decent. Roads were empty and you could average point to point the same or higher speeds that you can nowadays and that was with maybe 100 bhp on A roads cross country compared with x00 bhp nowadays on the motorway

Time to move on. At least in my boat there are no police, rules are replaced by common sense, no potholes, no cameras, and even on bank holidays no congestion. Freedom!

Try bringing the Tupperware to Dartmouth then if you think your last paragraph to be true 😎

Probably due to BRNC training future Hornblower's a considerable number of whom are from overseas and normally part of their nations royal family together with our own historically he said moving swiftly on..

We get our share of entitled hoorays with UK origins as well.

They often introduce any new toys to the Middies to trial so quite a soft but positive security level maintained at all times with pointy bits furnished by Royal Marines never far away.

Start beyond Callander Howard. Go well beyond Inverness, and see hundreds of miles of empty roads. Watch on You Tube when Harry's Garage went up last March in his Fezza. He gets it. Watch Highland Cops on i Player. OK they get some horrendous accidents occasionally, but the roads are empty apart from peak season. Keep away June-August. It's hard to get there, even from Yorkshire, and hard to get to, means quiet.

The SouthWest is now too easy to get to so is congested. When we go, we travel early hours both ways to miss the traffic, and don't drive around when we get there.

Well as an ex of BRNC Dartmouth, I can sympathise with you +8Rich. However, getting back to the question of what it would be, I have always found myself pushing back against authority if I could see no good reason for it. (Hence a short career driving ships for Her Majesty). So for me a Jaguar Mk2 3.8, Metallic Grey, Red Leather, and wire wheels, and a suitable bank job for me to drive the getaway car.

Dartmouth has long been a sailing destination to avoid, not least because of aggressive charging for not a lot. There are much pleasanter places to park and many places to anchor.

Yes we are getting the rot of over congestion but its not yet anything like as bad as the roads and doesnt involve all the rules and regs of private flying. Where else can you spend what you have worked all your life for?

Plus a lifetime supply of rust remover and Plastic Padding. ;-)

Good to hear you are familiar with our beautiful area Chris and if you like live music The Music Festival really is a great event all around the town and in the pubs and Guildhall, Flavel, Bayards Fort, Castle Marina Hotel, you get the drift with over 150 acts from serious classical requiems to punk with live dancing invited. We haven't missed a year.

Back to the future and a hole in Howards ageing knowledge base Premier at Noss is top quality berthing lift outs and maintenance etc. South Devon College run full time courses here as they have picked up on the vacuum of lack of qualified techs.

Friends of ours moved their Halberg Rassy down from Galmpton to Kingswear and have been very pleased with the service provided, they were both Grey Funnel line Peter a shipwright and Anne mathematician of some sort in London mostly.

They also live in Stoke so far more convenient, it's great they use the boat a lot for rally's etc.[color:#CC0000][/color]


Yes please my favourite Jag in BRG metallic with steel wheeks,

The strange thing (which for me is great) is that I have only ever wanted a Morgan . I visited the factory in the mid late 1960s and bought my first in my early 20s from the Stapleton Afghan coated brothers before buying my others from Alf Miles in Woodbury. Devon. I never saw any being built for me as I used to jump the queue (sorry but he was good to me and we got on) .

I think driving experiences influence you but ownership is another matter……..not wanted to own any exotica .Drove a Lotus Elan, Cateram 7, TVR and a TR5 all owned by friends . A friend who stiffed me for a good sum let me drive his Porsche GT2 which was a stripped down, uncomfortable drive . You could run over a penny and know if it was heads or tails. He went bust but he did ‘lease’ us insurance replacement cars for 12 weeks at a time. Lots of choice, Shoguns, MX5s , BMW, Scenics etc. Nice having new cars every 12 weeks but a pain cleaning and sending them back…….

I did go out with a Rag Queen(Prom?) whose dad was a farmer and he lent me his XK 140 to take her out, rather than in my shared 100E Ford Fablon van ! When you gave her some stick in the country lanes, she would make a great sound, howl even.
But I will stick with a Morgan.

West Coker Chris, sorry I did not see your Morgan in the local hostelry car parks but I recently left the area . Strangely we are visiting this weekend and will go through West Coker. There was a guy at the Crewkerne end of the village who had a 4/4 in a dark blue but not seen that about. for a couple of years .
+8 Rich, I know little about boats, having only sailed a few times and owned a speedboat for water skiing. If I get to the coast the cheapest Plymouth Pilot or even cheaper plastic tub would be on the wish list. My old company did sponsor the Brixham Trawler race in the 70s and I have fond memories of Cherston Court , 7 days of festivities and lots of Woods 100% proof Navy rum. Glory Days.
Best to all MM
PS Looking forward to Davos speeches tomorrow and we should have a sweepstake on the length of Trumps meandering monologue . Probably late to start and double his allotted time ?

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