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27/02/2021 10:19 am
The Morgan Motor Company is an English manufacturer founded in 1910 by Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan. It was one family owned for most of its existence but is now owned by the Italian investment group InvestIndustrial as of March 2019.
Morgan is based in Worcestershire,England and employs approximately 220 people. Morgan has stated that they produce 850 cars per year, all assembled by hand. The waiting list for a car is approximately six months, and has sometimes been as long as ten years.
Morgan cars are unusual in that wood has been used in their construction for a century.
The Morgan Plus 8 is a sports car built by British car maker Morgan from 1968 to 2004 and again in revised form between 2012 and 2018. Its instant and enduring popularity has been credited with saving the company and keeping the company famous during the 36 years of its manufacture.
Faced with the decreasing availability of large four-cylinder engines for use in their +4 models, Morgan began to install the recently available Rover V8 (x-Buick engine) in their cars in 1968, giving these cars the model designation "+8".
27/02/2021 10:58 am
Wonderful presentation David!
One of my very favorite "How It's Made" TV shows, features the making of the traditional Morgan. It showcases the wood work and metal work genius behind the build. These are fantastic cars! Thank you!
27/02/2021 11:14 am
I have a 50-69 Morgan Plus 4 (Universal Hobbies)
Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
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27/02/2021 1:25 pm
@perrone1 One of my favorites too; I found it riveting!
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28/02/2021 9:57 am
A Morgan trike by Spark.
28/02/2021 10:31 am
And an oldie from Brumm
Topic starter
28/02/2021 10:43 am
This takes me back to my childhood Harv and Paul. I spent many a Sunday afternoon riding in the passenger seat of one of these in the Yorkshire moors. Our neighbour had one and liked my company on drives.
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01/03/2021 8:30 pm
Paul Rouffa's Morgan is what I know as a "barrel back", here is another Brumm I call a "beetle back". Along with that is a just acquired NEO 1966 Morgan Plus 4 Plus which used a TR4 engine. I did not know how rare the 1:1 version was. The model's color is really bright red, my camera distorts reds.
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
Topic starter
03/03/2021 2:38 pm
David, your figure in the Morgan 3 wheeler made me realize why my neighbour liked me along for the ride so often when I was a child. Lots more room for him to spread out. Two adults would have been a tight fit. I sure loved the experience.
05/03/2021 3:20 pm
These three wheeler Morgans are classic LBC's!
I need to find one for my collection as well...
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