Re: the twink

[Steve Moore <steve.moore@cnetns.tcp.csiro.au>]

We had a guy here with a letter from Peter Morgan saying the factory ran
twin cam cars in competition. This allowed the guy to enter his twin cam
Morgan as a factory standard car in race events.

When does a car become non-standard anyway? It's the old how long is a
piece of string problem. We have a plus 4 with a 6 cylinder Vanguard engine
running in Historic classes. The mod was done about 1960 and the car has an
extensive racing history. Similarly there is a V8 Daimler engined car again
with a racing history going back nearly 40 years. They are both Morgans as
far as I'm concerned.

Morgans are still a living Marque and are still used extensively in motor
sport. It is the nature of this sport to try and get the best out of the
cars. In fact in Morgan's case a lot of this activity feeds back to the
factory and modifications are incorporated into production cars. Peter
Morgan himself has acknowledged the importance of this. I believe Morgans
may in fact be looking at a V6 configuration for future models.



Steve Moore

>It ain't a Morgan anymore with that engine installed. it is a hybrid hotrod!
>The fastest Morgan must be 100% Morgan.
>Stu Ross (63 +4)
>-----Original Message-----
>From: David E. Terry <nitro@busprod.com>
>To: FPS3@aol.com <FPS3@aol.com>
>Cc: mail list <morgans@Autox.Team.Net>
>Date: Thursday, September 03, 1998 2:18 PM
>Subject: Re: the twink
>
>
>
>I will cover all bets as to the fastest Morgan in the Country.  My  money is
>on my father's (Malcolm Terry) 1959 +4 (6).  It is equiped with a 274 c.i.
>Chevrolet V-6 which makes 327 h.p. at 6000 rpm.  Fast is an
>understatement......
>
>David Terry
>
>The Car can be seen at www.twinrocker.com/mogterry.htm
>
>I would love to hear your comments...
>----------
>> The fastest old Morgan here in the SE..  (I would bet in the country..) is
>a
>> 4/4 with a twin-cam.  Belongs to "Super Dave" Bondon. It is a real Porsche
>> Killer. Dave used to race the Morgan SLR- sold it & bought a hot 4/4 from
>Dave
>> Chiles (Highpoint NC) and continued refining the car. Last year he
>installed
>> the twin-cam & it is FAST! He ran at the Glen last month & kicked butt
>there
>> too, as I understand.Fred Sisson
>>


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Dr. Stephen Moore
Group Leader - Livestock Improvement Program

CSIRO Tropical Agriculture
Molecular Animal Genetics Centre
Level 3, Gehrmann Laboratories
University of Queensland
St. Lucia, 4072
Australia

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