Will:
The works did build 4 seater 4/4's starting with the 1600 cross-flow engine
in '68 or '69. We have two here in Houston owned by Bob Chamberlin and
Monte Stoutes. They look like a Plus 4 with the higher body. Both are RHD
and have the remote shifter, not Scarlet's push/pull.
I have driven Bob's car with a passanger and two adults in the rear seat.
Performance is comparible to Scarlet with one passenger.
A picture of Monte's car can be seen at www.mogmog.org/gallery.htm . The
header is wrong because one of our apprentice web wizards couldn't tell a
Morgan from an MG and I have not corrected it.
I am looking for a 4/4 four seater for our second Morgan, actually my wife
wants the four seater.
Steve Bauserman
67 Morgan 4/4
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-morgans@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-morgans@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of William Zehring
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 1998 7:25 AM
To: morgans@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: halogens, relays, etc.
Dear all:
I thought I should add my $0.02 worth of commentary to the discussion on
the use of extra fuses/circuit breakers, halogens, etc... but not from the
perspective of current (sorry) owners, but of future buyers. I'm in the
midst of a restoration on a 1971 TVR 2500 (the theme of Eccurie Zehring
seems to be cottage industry chassis + proprietary engines; the TVR and the
Morgan are rather similar in that regard and completely different in every
other one). Anyway, the PO had done some of his own rewiring on this car.
As with many (most?) lbcs, the manufacturer seemed rather hesitant to use
fuses. The TVR has a grand total of two. I don't mean to argue the merits
of adding fuses/circuit breakers. All I mean to say is (plead, really)
DOCUMENT THE CHANGES YOU MAKE IN THE WIRING SYSTEM, and pass them on to
whomever you sell/will your car to. In the unanticipated eventuality that
some other morganophile will own your car in the distant future, it would
sure be nice for that guy to know what you did, in full and accurate
detail. As it is with the TVR, I was dumbfounded by some of what the PO
had done (fuses in parallel, wires held together with spit and
bubblegum???). I think he learned his wiring skills in boy scouts (when
the rest of the troop was learning knots). I'm taking it back to factory
set up (tough enough, in that an official 'factory' wiring diagram is also
as rare as hen's teeth, with TVRs. Sometimes I think the prevailing
attitude at the factory was "Well boys, what shall we do today?"), and then
moving from there with added safety measures. Anyway, that's my 'umble
addition to the discussion.
as ever,
Will Zehring
p.s. Regarding the 4-seater debate (I have a strong preference, but I have
no kids) are there any 4 seater 4/4s? I am not sure that they ever did
that. When ever I've seen a 4 seater for sale, it seems like its always
been a +4. Doubtless the logic is the extra power of that stump-pulling
tractor engine. The subtle irony of it is that any really sporty guy would
only want a 2 seater AND the Ford engine (a sporty guy like me,
ferrinstance, who has neither kids nor stumps that need pulling). ;-)
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