Month: January 2022
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CANCELLED – Cars and Caffeine at Amelia, 4 – 6 March 2022
The annual Noggin MOGSouth Noggin, previously scheduled for Friday 4 March 2022 (this would have been our 9th year), has been cancelled. With the sale of the Amelia Island Concours to Hagerty the Amelia Island Cars and Coffee event on Saturday 5 March 2022 has been in some way changed and it would appear that…
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GatorMOG – Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Morgan’s 1962 Le Mans Win – Naples Overnight
Concept – GatorMOG Summer Outing – Long weekend. The Morgan Class Victory at Le Mans in 1962 occurred on June 24th. This year June 24th is a Friday and in Florida, it is getting hot in June. So, for us, that means a meandering drive to Naples on the back roads. For the Central Florida…
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2022 GatorMOG Spring Noggin – St Augustine, FL – 6-8 May
Per the Internet – The best time to visit St. Augustine is between March and May. During this time, you’ll find fewer people, comfortable temperatures and low hotel and airfare rates. Crowds are typically at their largest from June to August, while temperatures can drop into the 40s between December and February. [So, we are going…
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THE ALL-NEW THREE-WHEELED MORGAN
WILL BE UNVEILED ON 24 FEBRUARY 2022 Following the end of production for the Morgan 3 Wheeler, the Morgan Motor Company is delighted to confirm that an all-new three-wheeled model is undergoing testing ahead of its launch on the 24 February 22. Morgan have published images of a heavily disguised engineering prototype, a montage of…
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Progress Report: Morgan 4/4 vs Morgan Plus 4 (https://www.topgear.com/ 24 Jan 2022)
Five decades separate a pair of British sports cars with a very similar vibe.. Time to see what else splits them. I’m not sure I can spot the difference. Very funny. But I’ll concede that getting these two Morgans together is a very visual demonstration of both the company’s design language and its evolutionary philosophy.…
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2022 Morgan Plus Four First Drive (https://www.motortrend.com/) (27 Dec 2021)
[An interesting write up but rumor has it the CX Plus 6 will come to the US before the CX Plus 4. Mark] 2022 Morgan Plus Four First Drive: A Sports Car Like They Used to Be – Not retro, but old-school—proper Morgan stuff here. It’s been almost 34 years since I first drove a…
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2022 Amelia Island Cars and Caffeine – Application is Out. Apply Now!!
The application for the Cars and Caffeine event, 5 March 2022, at Amelia Island has now been posted to the Amelia Island Concours Web Site. Go to this link Cars and Caffeine Application (Link no longer active) to fill out the application. It appears that the application is an ‘online application’, and they will contact…
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2022 MOGSouth Noggin (4 Mar 2022) and Cars and Coffee at Amelia Island (5 Mar 2022)
The Amelia Island Concours is now owned by Hagerty. While a few things have changed, most things have remained the same. ‘The Amelia’ as they now call it will continue to have the Cars and Coffee event on the Saturday (Mar 5, 2022) prior to the Concours, however it is now called ‘Cars & Caffeine’. …