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You can buy one like mine here and now Craig

Lovely Ewan 👌

That is without question my favourite colour combination for the 80th.........

As previous ... mine too!! 🙂

You can't sell it Ewan ... that'd be your street-cred out the window ... you wouldn't want to be known as "yon flash bugger wi the Ferrari" * 😂

K

* and that would just be me! ... god knows what the Bluetooners would call you! 😆

Every Morgan owner will no doubt tell you that their car is the sweet spot in a 100 and odd years of Morgan ‘development’….😆
A particular engine and gearbox combination, a certain tyre, body width or suspension modification……. is beyond question the best thing ever to come out of Malvern.
And…… who….. can argue with them, they’re all perfectly imperfect….. equally good and bad……. frustrating and amazing….😖🤪

Personally I’m a 4/4 kind of bloke…. I’ve had 9…🤣🤣, I have had 3 +4’s as well just to balance things up, but having driven an example of pretty well everything that has come out of the factory since the 80’s I know what I like……!🤷🏼‍♂️
There is without doubt a Morgan for everyone (daft enough to want a Morgan), they’re all a bit different and usually have been personalised to perfection buy a succession of enthusiastic owners…..
I was fortunate to be reunited with my car, a car I had built in 07…. it’s not perfect…. but it’s bloody close…….🤣🤣

Craig………. buy another one…….!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻😁

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No, no, I don’t mean he can buy mine, he can buy the OP’s car!
I personally think it looks best like this today, studded roof on and no side screens, heated seats on full blast.
As for Ferraris, they’re undoubtedly flashy but the thrill is addictive, I love them all😁

Phew! ... relieved to hear it! 🙂

Nothing wrong at all with a a Ferrari ... one of those cars that has 'The Noise' when you put the stick to it.

Pal of mine who bought one of the big Tesla SUV things (and loves it) has just got himself a V8 Maserati because he missed the sound. Proper cars are deep in our blood! 🙂

K

Fixed that for you

You may well be right Hamwich ... but then, he did own a TVR so he's resilient at least! 🙂

K

Nowt wrong with the 4/4, I now just find them a little too cramped for comfort, fine solo but tight with passenger, when you are constantly rubbing shoulder with your passenger everytime you change gear, it can be annoying for them after a while as they have to twist their body more towards the door, not ideal. That extra bit of shoulder space and a little more grunt in the Plus Four makes all the difference in back country lane scratching, for big b#ggers like me.

My actual favourite all time trad Morgan (therefore not counting the CX) was my '85 4/4, amazingly light controls compared to later Morgans, excellent ground clearance, only 95 bhp but with the 5 speed box was a hoot to drive and so simple mechanicals and electrics..........nearly reacquired it about 5 years ago, but the short door, seemed to have shrunk even further in the intervening years........(or I'd grown wider, which I think might be the case) shame as it was the Sunday TImes Competition prize car which was amazingly well spec'd for it's time. Must admit the early 4/4's be they Kent or CVH were great cars, did some miles in them, much simpler cars for much simpler times..in just 20 odd years the 4/4 put on about 150 kgs by 2007 compared to my '85.......