Tony,
Not enough time or space for all of that.
Gerry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tjsouz@epix.net [SMTP:tjsouz@epix.net]
> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 1999 10:09 AM
> To: morgans@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Correction on Re: Specs. please?
>
> Jack McNaughton wrote:
> >
> > Don't believe everything you read in a book!
>
> Amen, John!
>
> I think Ken Hill probably wrote that the new 4/4 was "re-engined". The
> earlier 4-4, as it was then called, had the Coventry Climax and the
> Standard Special engines. The Series II 4/4 was re-engined with a Ford
> powerplant. (Many will chuckle over the idea of "power" in that term.)
>
> We could start a whole new thread of mistakes in Morgan publications.
> It could be informative as well as fun. Looking through "Morgan the
> Last Survivor" by Chris Harvey I found several pictures that were
> mislabeled, especially in the sections on early cars. For instance the
> picture at the bottom right of page 89 is a of a +4 not a Series I.
> Likewise the picture at the top right of page 91 is of the same +4, not
> a Series I 4-4. Did any +4's have seats like those on the bottom of
> page 107? These errors are particularly lamentable in a section titled
> "Contemporary Road Testers' Reports.
>
> So, what say we start a thread labelled ERRATA.
>
> Regards to all,
> Tony Souza
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