Category: Miscellaneous News
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Bill Fink, celebrated importer of Morgan sports cars, dies in Bodega house fire (SFGATE – Feb 10, 2020)
As many of you will remember, Bill Fink was our honored guest at the MOGSouth 40th Anniversary Meet in Aiken SC. My first Morgan was a Bill Fink propane car as is my current Plus 8. ISIS Imports has been a wonderful supporter of MOGSouth for many, many years. To me he was a good…
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The 2020 Morgan Plus 4 Feels Like it’s From an Alternate Reality (https://www.msn.com/)
Much has been made of the 3.7 Roadsters coming into the US but little of the other options, like the Plus 4. Here is a good review, thanks to John Wade in Huntsville. Enjoy. The lack of airbags didn’t worry me. Nor did the conspicuous absence of rollover protection, ABS, traction control, stability control, and…
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Morgan ending 70-year Plus 4 era with limited-edition roadster (autoblog.com)
The roadster was revived in 1985 Morgan will send off the current Plus 4, a heritage-drenched two-seater roadster introduced in 1950, by building a batch of commemorative models designed to celebrate. The 70th Anniversary Edition gains a more powerful engine in addition to a long list of specific visual tweaks inside and out. The Plus 4…
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Morgan: ‘In the wood shed a team of master craftsmen hand form English ash while getting high on glue fumes’ (Mark Walton https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/)
I visited the Morgan factory in Malvern the other day – me and 30,000 other people. Thankfully not everyone came at the same time, but that, believe it or not, is the number of people who visit Morgan’s red brick sheds every year. This is automotive industry turned into tourism. Welcome to the future. Not…
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Morgan Three Wheeler set for epic charity drive
(https://uk.news.yahoo.com/) Alan Braithwaite will take his Three Wheeler on a a 3,500-mile, 33-day journey. The Morgan Three Wheeler isn’t the first car you think of for a huge, cross-country drive, but that’s exactly what 73-year-old entrepreneur and philanthropist Alan Braithwaite and his wife Pat are planning on doing. The pair will embark on the Trans-India Challenge, a 3,500-mile, 33-day…
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2020 Morgan Plus 4 Is the Same as It Ever Was (https://www.caranddriver.com/)
The ancient British roadster is a brand-new barn find. [I removed a few photos from the article. Nothing new or nothing you haven’t seen before. Mark]\ The Morgan Plus 4’s doors are cut so low you can hang your left arm out while sitting behind the wheel and drum your fingers on the left front…
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Morgan Top of the Hill 2019 (youtube.com)
Morgan Top of the Hill (TOTH) 2019 [If this doesn’t get your blood circulating a bit faster, I don’t what will!! Some new, some old. Both three and four. Something for everyone!! Mark]
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Morgan Plus Six vs. Jaguar F-Type P380 (pistonheads.com)
Two brand-new six-cylinder British sports cars done differently. But which is more fun? [Now that the press have been able to get their hands on the car, they are doing their best to report. And, I want to be sure you see what the world is saying about this new ‘Morgan.’ I still have no…
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MORGAN MOTOR COMPANY DELIVER FIRST PRODUCTION CARS TO UK DEALERSHIP NETWORK (www.businessleader.co.uk – Aug 2019)
The Morgan Motor Company has delivered the first Plus Six production cars to its UK Dealership network at an official handover ceremony during the annual Morgan ‘Thrill On The Hill’ event at Prescott Speed Hill Climb in Gloucestershire. The official handover, which took place on the hill itself during the lunchtime break, represented the first…
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Morgan Plus Six (2019) review: the most well-rounded Mog yet (https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/ Jul 2019)
► It’s an all-new Morgan! ► Uses 335bhp BMW straight-six ► Prices start from £77,995 This doesn’t happen too often: a brand-new Morgan sports car. And despite appearances, this really is a brand-new car beneath the familiarly-styled coachwork, on a fresh platform that will underpin further future Morgan models. Yep, a straight-six does the donkey…