The War of the Roses car is a 1960 +4 roadster #4484. It is in CT.
As I understand it, the widow of the owner drove it around Lime Rock with
her husband's ashes beside her.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jane McDaid <Murphys@ziplink.net>
To: morgans@autox.team.net <morgans@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, February 15, 1999 8:48 PM
Subject: War of the Roses Car lives on
>Robert Couch of Morgan Spares rebuilt the War of the Roses car into a
>vintage racer for a client member of the 3/4 Morgan Group, who alas died
>before getting to race the car. I can't remember the owner's name, because
>I've only been to one NY area Mog event and that was in 1992!
>
>Couch told me he leased the car to the studio, knowing they'd squish it. He
>already had a new frame & body on order for when it returned to NY.
>
>How do you rebuild a Morgan? Well, if you start with a VIN, then everything
>else is readily available.
>
>Jerry Murphy
>'67 +4
>
>At 07:25 AM 2/15/99 -0800, Gerry Willburn wrote:
>>The front end was raised using a hydlauic jack under the car. Many years
>>later the same jack was used under the MORGAN in War of the Roses in the
>>scene where the SUV runs over it. The jack allowed them to lower the car
>>making it appear as though the SUV was crushing it even further.
>>
>>Gerry
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Vandergraaf, Chuck [SMTP:vandergraaft@aecl.ca]
>>> Sent: Monday, February 15, 1999 6:32 AM
>>> To: 'L.D. McLaughlin, Jr.'
>>> Cc: Morgan Mailing List
>>> Subject: RE: movie
>>>
>>> Tony,
>>>
>>> I remember that one. Somewhere along the line the driver pick up this
>>> overly pregnant woman and the car becomes tail heavy and roars off with
>>> its
>>> front wheels in the air. I often wondered how they did that.
>>>
>>> Chuck Vandergraaf
>>> '52 +4
>>>
>>> > ----------
>>> > From: L.D. McLaughlin, Jr.[SMTP:ldmcjr@zebra.net]
>>> > Reply To: L.D. McLaughlin, Jr.
>>> > Sent: February 14, 1999 11:03 PM
>>> > To: Morgan Mailing List
>>> > Subject: movie
>>> >
>>> > I ran across a movie the other night that has a hilarious chase scene
>>> with
>>> > a
>>> > Plus 4 4-seater for about 5 minutes. It's "Silent Movie" with Mel
>>> Brooks,
>>> > and was apparently filmed in the early-mid-seventies. The car is
bright
>>> > yellow, and is chased by a Lincoln limo and various police cars. It's
>>> sort
>>> > of a slapstick, typical of Mel... Watch it! You'll get a kick out of
it!
>>> >
>>> > Tony
>>> > --
>>> > http://www.zebra.net/~ldmcjr
>>> >
>>> > ldmcjr@zebra.net
>>> >
>>
>>
>
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