We did enjoy Miscellany in the days that you were Editor of it Chas,
and I really enjoyed working with you on it. Hope your recovery goes
well , my friend. Those were the days .
Salute
to you, John H. Sheally II
On May 24, 2012, at 3:10 PM, Chas. wrote:
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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