Charles,
Thanks for the info. Perhaps your car did come to the lone star state
via the great white north! It's interesting how these cars get around.
My own Series 5 was shipped to Switzerland & somehow ended up later in
Quebec, I suspect via the US. This may explain its relatively good
condition! The climate & other realities are not the most conducive for
Morganeering in Canada, but it still goes on. I imagine that it's even a
tougher reality though, to make a living selling Morgans in this
country. (The numbers are small & the last few years no new models have
been sold due to "crash test" laws). It's nice to know about the early
Canadian dealers (like Curly, Chris Charles, or Sterne Motors on the
West Coast), although gone, their legacy remains!
Cheers!
Fred Kuzyk
Charles A Harris wrote:
>
> Fred and Les
> Concerning Curley Ellis, as I have just started restoring this series 3
> 4/4, I opened up the old yellow covered workshop manual, with the
> memeographed looking pages, and sure enough it has Curleys card in it.
> It has the address of Metro Motors as 2504 Howard Ave., Windsor , Ont.
> and a phone no. Windsor 969-9070 and Detroit 965-7656. Also has a price
> of $3.95 on the cover. I have a letter from Morgan's that has the car,
> A594, being delivered to Basil Roy's in London 30 oct. '60. I wonder if
> she got to Texas via Canada? That could certainly explain this curious
> condition which I understand is called rust.
> Chuck Harris
> On Sat, 11 Oct 1997 09:45:42 -0700 Fred Kuzyk <msccc@sympatico.ca>
> writes:
> >Les Burkholder wrote:
> >
> >> Fred
> >> You are right Curly did have a Morgan / Motorcyle dealership in
> >Windsor,
> >> Ontario. Spent many an evening at the dealership with other sports
> >car
> >> types, just hanging out. Curly was a great person and very
> >helpfull.
> >> Sadly, he died three years ago. I am not sure if the garage is
> >still
> >> there or not. I was there in 53 - 57 and returned to buy a 62 Morgan
> >DH
> >> from Curly. Dave Elcombe (long time friend, still keep in contact)
> >will
> >> know for sure as he was a close friend of Curly's.Dave was looking
> >after
> >> him the last few years. Dave's Address is 111 Queen Street,
> >> Kingsville Ont. N9Y 2A1 Canada.
> >> I think it was you who said somthing about Rattlesnake Hill. I
> >attended
> >> some of the hill climbs there, way back when.
> >> Just another Old Tart who still drives a Morgan. Now it is a 69 4/4
> >four
> >> seater. Wish I still had the DH, but sold it in Los Angeles in 65.
> >Does
> >> anyone know of a Black DH with Red Leather interior, sold in the LA
> >> area????
> >> Hope this is some help to Peter.
> >> Les from Gibsons BC
> >> >
> >
> >Les,
> >Nice to hear from you! Please say "Hi" to Dave. We met him on our
> >Pelee
> >Island trip we staged a couple of years ago. Heard via this list that
> >he
> >was racing the trike at Pittsburgh this year. Saw his trike race at
> >the
> >Christie Sprints outside Hamilton, in 1995. Sadly, Christie is no
> >more.
> >Nice weekend event & 3 trikes raced that year!
> >
> >Rattlesnake Point is a neat spot! We drive up it quite often & it has
> >been a part (downbound) of our British Car Toy Run event for charity.
> >We
> >drove past it, rather than down, this last Sept 28, as we had about
> >140
> >cars in convoy with police escort! The Rolls do have a problem with
> >those turns! Alas, hill climbs are relagated to the past around here,
> >these days!
> >
> >Great weather of late here. We're doing a cruise tomorrow & maybe will
> >assault Rattlesnake one more time! Hope things are sunny in BC & that
> >you find some info on the DH! You might try J. Dale Barry's (of the
> >Plus
> >4 Club) North American Morgan Register database. He might have some
> >records on the serial #? Call: (310) 649-2796, or try their club's
> >webpage.
> >
> >Good Hunting!
> >-Fred
> >
> >
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