Author: Mark Braunstein
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2018 GatorMOG Fall Noggin – Safety Harbor – Event Report
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The Tampa Bay Austin Healey Club hosts an All British Car Show each year, in a quaint little suburb of Tampa called Safety Harbor, FL. This show is held right in the middle of the town and they close the roads and make a big deal out of the whole thing. It brings business to…
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Morgan Motor Company Announces ‘110 ANNIVERSARY’ Models
Morgan Motor Company introduces a range of ‘110 Anniversary’ models ahead of their 110th anniversary in 2019. Each ‘110 Anniversary’ model will carry unique celebratory badging, signifying its importance as a 110 edition vehicle 2019 marks 110 years of the Morgan Motor Company, a landmark milestone for the Malvern based company, which remains privately owned…
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GatorMOG’s 2018 Mid Atlantic Road Trip
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This posting is only my report of the trip. Talk to the others for their thoughts. I have included a few images here (some are mine, others are from Rick, Karen, Andrea or Ron) but there are lots and lots more. A photo gallery of some of the best pictures is also being posted. Great…
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2018 MOGSouth Holiday Party – Updates (as of 19 October 2018)
Folks, just a quick update to remind folks to make reservations for the MOGSouth Holiday Party, 1 December 2018. (FYI, Most folks have indicated that they will arrive on Friday, 30 November.) The 2018 Holiday Party will be held at the St Simon’s Island King & Prince Resort (www.kingandprince.com) on Sat 1 Dec 2018. Unfortunately, the reserved MOGSouth block…
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Sad News. MOGSouth Co-Founder Charlie King Passed Away 23 Sept 2018, Age 95
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[Charlie was a wonderful man and a good friend. He will be dearly missed by many in MOGSouth. He was a founding member of MOGSouth and his documented history of MOGSouth can be read on the HISTORY pages of the MOGSouth Website. As he aged, and sold his Morgans, his participation in the MOGSouth…
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Analog adrenaline: taking the Morgan Plus 4 for a drive (https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/drive – 9/27/18)
Driving aids are overrated, so we take the vintage-inspired Morgan Plus 4 for an exciting drive, free of computer control. [With all the fervor about the new ‘component’ cars being brought in by dealers it is hard not to loose sight of the other way to get a newer Morgan into the US legally, the…
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Fettling with the 2005 Roadster Air Conditioner
It’s hot in Florida and most Morgan outings are top down. But when it rains, and it does that daily, you have to put the top up. Being in a Morgan with the top up, in Florida, is hot, very hot and humid. But, I have air conditioning in the Roadster. Yeah, right! Well, the…
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New Orleans Permanent Canal Closures and Pumps (PCCP) Project & Patterson Pump facility in Toccoa GA
This message may be of interest to the club members that followed the story in the newsletter (Volume 6/14) highlighting the MOGSouth visit in June 2014 to the Patterson Pump facility in Toccoa GA where our huge New Orleans flood control pumps were manufactured. This photo, from the MOGSouth newsletter, shows our tour group standing…
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Stacey Schepens – MOGSouth Registrar and Treasurer – Address Change
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Stacey Schepens, the MOGSouth Registrar and Treasurer has changed addresses. If you have business with the MOGSouth Registrar or Treasurer use this new address for Stacey. Stacey Schepens 2426 Monta Vista Way Hoschton, GA 30548
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WHITWHAT? THE WHITWORTH SYSTEM (Moss Motors)
[It happens to me all the time. The wrench won’t fit, it’s too small, so I get the next larger one and it won’t fit either, it’s too large. Nothing in between? What now, darn, it’s probably ‘Whitworth’. If you play with old British cars, you have most likely run into this situation. An interesting…