Chas et al Chas, I hope that you are reasonably well.
As you say, monthly Miscellany started in April 1976. It was in A5 Format, 148mm x 210mm, continuing until the end of 1995. John Sheally's photos are still appreciated. Thank you John. I preferred the typical content then rather than the typical content in the later A4 Format. Previously it appeared two to six times a year (the width varied but was greater than the 148mm of A5). Do the more wealthy owners who understand nothing about cars, grease the IFS of HFS every 1000 miles? Is that why the new Plus Eight does not replicate Morgan IFS but has the modified Chris Lawrence front suspension? Brian Of SpotMog On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Chas. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Miscellany started off as a duplicated A4 sheet sent out every month, > progressing to a quarterly duplicated magazine, which went to all members, > home members receiving the monthly duplicated newsletter as well. Just been > going through some I edited in the 60s, much more competition then. When I > took over as secretary we had just over 220 members of which some 95% used > their cars on a daily basis and some 75% used them for some form of > competition. > In those days the Morgan was a cheap sports car not as it is today, in > 1965 the basic Morgan 4/4 cost more than the basic Mini but cheaper than > the top of the range Mini. > *The Club introduced the monthly Miscellany in April 1976*, as I had > edited the newsletter I took over this publication, hard at times to get > enough articles but it all came together. Remember a bit of flack when I > introduced the pin up *photos on the rear cover, most members appreciated > John's (John H Sheally11)* photots, indeed many members and centres > submitted similar. > As time went on, the membership increased, when I retired as secretary in > 1984, becoming the Clubs first Vice President,it stood at over 1700 members. > In recent times the profile of the Morgan Owner has changed, no longer > just the enthusiast but because of the cost of the cars,* a far more > wealthy person,a lot of which understand nothing about cars.* To > illustrate this one Sunday a few years ago a member rang me up to identify > a pool of liquid under his Morgan, its usual weekend usage to go and get > the papers, didn't know if it was oil or water based. > As the owners profile changes the magazine must also change to reflect the > interests of the majority of owners. Of course on the technical front there > is much less you can do at home with modern electronics than you could with > points and tappets. > I can still "play" with my classic,a Mk.IV Spitfire, sadly cannot afford a > Morgan these days. > > Chas. Smith. ------------------------------------------- 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
