The works in fact have been making 4/4 four seaters since 1936 (Conventry
Climax and Standard Special engines). They certainly produced a four seater
on all Kent engined and CVH engined 4/4s up to the 1980's.
Steve Moore
>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). ;-)
Please Note new Phone and Fax numbers
Dr. Stephen Moore
Livestock Improvement Program
CSIRO Tropical Agriculture
Molecular Animal Genetics Centre
Level 3, Gehrmann Laboratories
University of Queensland
St. Lucia, 4072
Australia
ph 61 7 3214 2476
fax 61 7 3214 2480
email Steve.Moore@tag.csiro.au
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