Perhaps the only current owner of a "running" Morgan but definately not the only
owner of a Morgan    .    .    .

Nancy
Proud co-owner of a 1953 +4 roadster awaiting restoration!



"Donald B. White" wrote:

> As the only current owner of a Morgan (to my knowledge) on BP, I appreciate
> the enthusiasm shown for these funny little cars by so many of you. If
> anyone else on BP has one, I would like to know.
>
> We Morgan owners also appreciate fellow-travelers with vehicles of a
> similar spirit, or non-owners who want to hang with us. One of our recent
> club presidents has been a member for 10 years, has served 4 years as
> president, but has never owned a Morgan. This gives him a lot more time to
> devote to club business, and he was one of our more dedicated officers.
> Personally, being a non-owning club member for 10 years would have been
> intolerable to me--I am always interested in participating rather than
> observing, which is also an aspect of my current preservation-related
> occupation that I don't like either.
>
> A few years ago there was a guy who owned an Allard K2 and a Lotus 6 who
> liked to attend our activities because we were at least able to relate to
> his vehicles somewhat, and he thought we were crazy enough to be worth his
> time. He was a lobbyist for the American Naturist Society, saying that
> having spent many years lobbying for groups who were not fun, he now only
> liked lobbying for fun groups, and being a lobbyist for naked people was
> fun.
>
> People often ask me if the Morgan is a kit car, and I reply that it's what
> the kit cars wish they could be. Certainly it is, as the last survivor of
> its kind, in some respect their inspiration, although none of them copy it
> directly (one who tried found out that the Morgan design is copyrighted and
> they have very good lawyers). Some of the replicars and kits cars are quite
> good, although for the price of the better ones you can have a real Morgan,
> which is one of the great values in the collector-car market. In any case,
> I appreciate all interesting cars, and the attitude which prefers something
> really different to all the mass-produced tinware that you can't even tell
> apart. They may be good appliances, but they're boring cars.
>
> A few years ago our DC Morgan club was visited by some Morgan guys from BC.
> They had recently completed an annual coast-to-coast vintage car rally in
> Canada. They said there's a small Morgan population in BC and they
> sometimes meet up with the Morgan people from Washington State. One of the
> most highly regarded Morgan people from the East Coast, Bob Couch, moved to
> WA a couple of years ago.
>
> I should really take the time to post some Morgan pics on PigHabit. Or I
> will send them direct to interested parties. Including the famous Topless
> Morgan photo taken on Preservation Sourcebook Road Trip 98.
>
> Don White
> Associate Publisher
> Preservation Sourcebook