RBHouston@aol.com wrote:
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> I'd love to have one, but isn't "new Morgan" an oxymoron?
I sometimes describe the Morgan as the only replicar made by the
original manufacturer and sold under the original marque.
That, of course, gets round the issue of the Caterham Seven, which is
the only replicar made by the original manufacturer but sold under a
different marque.
In case R.B. Houston isn't aware, there is currently something like a
four-year waiting list for brand-new new Morgans from Peter H.F.S.
Morgan's family factory in Malvern Link, England. And the Morgan +8 has
the singular advantage of looking like something from the 1930's and
going like a rocket. (And likewise, for those who didn't know: Caterham
was the firm that built the metal bits for Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman's
original Lotus Seven kit cars; when Lotus got out of the Seven-building
business after the Series IV cars, Caterham asked if they could pretty
please have a license to keep making and selling these cars to the
people who were lined up to buy them, and they're still making new
Caterham Sevens today.)
I've often thought that a Morgan would be a nice complement to the
Midget. Make the Midget feel all modern and cushy-soft, what with
things like roll-up windows, adjustable seats, modern dual A-arm
suspension up front, and all-steel construction.
Of course, the Morgan might then seem to pander too much to the
sensibilities of the comfort-oriented driver when compared to the
Caterham, as the Morgan actually has doors. At which point the
comparison on comfort and convenience items can easily degrade into a
reprise of the Monty Python "Two Yorkshiremen" skit.
--Scott Fisher
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