Month: October 2016
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A Tale of Two Road Trips and a Fall Meet or a Clint Eastwood Spaghetti Western Movie Marathon??
The Good!! Road Trip Number One — September’s Morgan Pub Crawl through Virginia and Maryland was great! (See my previous post on the MOGSouth web site. http://www.mogsouth.com/2016/09/23/mogsouthgatormog-goes-north/ ) It was a really good week or so, driving around the scenic parts of Maryland and Virginia, with just the right amount of national history, thought provoking…
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2016 MOGSouth Fall Meet, 14 – 16 Oct, Lakeland, FL
We had a magnificent 2016 MOGSouth Fall Meet, 14 -16 Oct , in Lakeland, Florida!! The Friday evening Welcome Party was hosted by Tom and Kathy Coryn at their exceptional lake house. Everything was wonderful . . . the setting, the food and drinks, but mostly the warm and sincere hospitality of Tom and Kathy. …
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Good Fuel and Bad Fuel !!
Just back from the 2016 MOGSouth Fall Meet and GatorMOG Road Trip to Key West. Wanted to post a tip about fuel that could affect any of you. We had a unfortunate incident in Key West with bad fuel. A Morgan was empty and a local gas station was spotted. Several of the tanks were…
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Tech 101 – How to use the right gasket sealants (blog.hemmings.com)
With the varied composition of gaskets available on the market today, it is important that you use the proper sealant to ensure the gaskets seal effectively and not adversely affect the gaskets’ longevity. In many cases, using the correct sealant will actually extend the life of the gasket because it offers protection from engine heat…
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MOGSouth Fall Meet and GatorMOG Road Trip Blog
Tune in to https://2016flmog.blogspot.com/ each day starting Thursday Oct 13 for Gary Kneisley’s impressions of the trip. He will be capturing all the excitement in a day by day running blog. Gary will participate in MOGSouth’s Fall Meet and the following GatorMOG Road Trip to Key West.
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THE DELIGHTS OF A FLEXING CHASSIS
by Lorne Goldman (published in MSCCC’s Blurb, Spring 2016) At the risk of being controversial…….. Experts, engineers and students of automotive technology all herald the advantages of a stiff chassis. Logic is on their side. Without an absolutely rigid foundation, it is impossible to apply theories or componentry with a certainty of success and identical result. Without…
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Jaguar Land Rover says some EU customers are boycotting UK cars (www.theguardian.com)
Jaguar Land Rover has said some customers in Europe may be boycotting British cars following the UK’s vote to leave the European Union. [This may be something to watch. It will be interesting to see what impact this may have on Morgan’s production in the near future. Much of the MMC’s production goes outside the UK…