[TR] Morgan Factory in Malvern - Advice Needed. No Triumph Content

[Robert Jones]

Bill:

I would suggest that before you go you pick up a copy and read "The First and
Last of the Real Sports Cars" by Gregory Houston Bowden.  It usually can be
obtained used on Amazon for $10.00 or so.  This is the first of many Morgan
books published in the last 40 years (1973) and gives a good picture of the
factory and the production process from the beginning to the early 70's.
Although the factory is in the same place now as it was then, much has
changed.  However, reading the book will give you a real historical
prospective to help you on your visit.  Although I have never been to Malvern,
every time I take a ride or work on my 1961 Plus 4 or read a book about Morgan
I am taken there.  I can just see my Morgan being pushed from one shed to the
next in those late months of 1960 and early months of 1961.  Production then
took as long as five months.  Only 222 Plus 4's were made in 1961 and
everyones a treasure,

Bob
On Mar 15, 2012, at 5:40 AM, John Macartney wrote:

> Bill Brewer wrote:
>
>     I am considering flying from California to UK to
> visit the Morgan factory
> in Malvern Link with a friend. I see that the
> factory gives tours & rents cars
> out by the day and we would hope to drive
> around the countryside in a new
> Morgan.
>     I have a variety of questions
> for my UK list friends.
>
> 1. We would go in the off-season, before or after the
> tourist season. Which time
> would be better, late spring or early fall?
>
> In
> this part of the country, Bill (near Malvern) we don't have an 'off'
tourist
> season. Being so close to Stratford upon Avon, tourists are a daily
feature.
> You don't notice it all that much because we're all packed together like
> canned fish anyway.
>
> 2. How does one get from London or Heathrow to Malvern
> Link? Are there trains or
> buses?
>
> The best way is a brief train ride into
> London from either Gatwick or Heathrow airports. Then go to London
Paddington
> main line station, where you can get trains direct to Malvern. Usually run
> about hourly and journey time around 2.5 hours.
>
> 3. We would like to do "guy"
> things like the Imperial War Museum. Any other
> suggestions?
>
> Plenty.
> Unfortunately you haven't stated how long you plan to stay, whether you
intend
> to be dependent on public transport or if you want to rent a car.
>
> 4. Are
> there any tours where people take a bus to the factory for a day from
> somewhere else?
>
> Not as far as I'm aware.
>
> 5. Anywhere else we should visit
> from Malvern Link? Dublin perhaps? My grandpa
> was from Burkenhead, but I
> think that it was pretty dreary.
>
> See answer to Q3. IMHO, Birkenhead is a
> dump at any time of day or year. Dublin at least has the Guinness Brewery,
> plenty of pubs and things to do.
>
> 6. I'll probably have to join the Morgan
> list and ask those guys, but thought
> that I would start on my home list
> first.
>
> We few Brits who inhabit this list like to 'rally to the call' on the
> rare occasions we're asked to do so :)
>
> Jonmac
>
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