Brian.
Many thanks for wishes with regard to health.
Just back from hospital, hardly able to do anything, a close run thing,
thankfully the emergency op went well, good surgeon.
Hoping to be back to normal !? by July 1st..
Yes, remember well the problems with Miscellany, prior to monthly, no
end of letters from overseas members who failed to get their 6 issues a
year.
Best wishes,
Cha..
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Cowell <[email protected]>
To: mogtalk2 <[email protected]>
Sent: Fri, 11 May 2012 13:41
Subject: Re: [mogtalk2] Miscellany
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.
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