Your comments reflect my opinion: modern Morgan owners are treating the car as a trinket and have minimal interaction with it. A travelogue with food, wine and sat-nav slip ups is about as involved as it gets.
These days I am a white collar worker and my Morgan and Land Rover allow me to re-experience a distant youth as an apprentice car mechanic! I might be wiser, but I am definitely fatter! Anyone fancy meeting in a pub now that better weather (?) is here? I would suggest Grants Free House in Borough on the Hill, LE14 2JQ. As I don't have a working Morgan, can I come in the land Rover? On 9 May 2012, at 20:46, Elton Wright wrote: > When I bought my first Morgan (1935 F2) in 1983, there were Morgan owners who > were mechanics, plumbers, plant managers and those who were very wealthy, all > of which worked on or even restored their car. We all got on well together > and had a great time enjoying our Morgans. Any +8 was seen as a strange > machine with lots of horsepower and a show off owner. Times have indeed > changed. The only reason I still own Morgans is because I have pretty much > owned them continuously since then and only sold to upgrade or change as my > needs changed. The last time I sold a Plus 4 (1967 4 seater) the only ones > to even look at the car were folks with substantial resources and no > knowledge of the cars, their history, or what Morgan ownership was all about. > Luckily the ones who purchased the car had a good local English car mechanic > who has done them well. My point is that many recent Morgan owners bought > them for the same reason most people buy a Range Rover-because it makes them > look good and they can afford to look good. I know I am probably starting a > firestorm, but I have owned Morgans (and Land Rovers) because they are fun, > easy to work on, and maybe they make me look good too! But I feel a > connection with the history. Like some of you, I too am interested in > technical articles on how to repair this, or overhaul this, or restore > something else along with an occasional travelogue piece that tells me how > the writer repaired his exhaust with wire in the middle of the French > countryside. I am afraid though that the average owner sees the Morgan as a > really cool car with lots of character. But a lot is expected just like for > their Jaguar or Hyundai. How many new Morgan owners would stand a chance > making a roadside repair to their car? Maybe a travelogue is the best thing > for the new owner?????..... > > Elton -- Jeremy Edwards 1972 Morgan 4/4 2 str Melton Mowbray, England ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
