On Apr 17, 2005, at 2:43 PM, Keith Whaley wrote:
Morgans use wood framing for the body panels, not the chassis.
The last I heard, which admittedly was SOME time ago, was that they used oak for the ladder frame members, or at least the interior of them, because it gave the stiffness they needed, with a suitable amount of springiness...without yield.
That's the myth, not the reality. It was never true.
I worked on a lot of Morgans of all ages when I worked as a mechanic for a British car specialist in the early 1970s. None of the chassis were ever made of wood, or ever had wood incorporated into them. It was the body framing and some of the body support structure that had wood framing.
Everybody admits the ol' Morgan has a STIFF chassis!
Stiff suspension, yes. The old ladder type frames are, um, springy. ;-)
Godfrey
