Up heah Morgans is muscle and blood.  Ruth



At 11:15 PM -0400 7/8/02, Donald B. White wrote:
>Message text written by Guaranteeing the preservation of heart and myth
>>Which remindth me, down at the Fabulouth Thummit Mall yethterday, I thaw
>(and
>I didn't jutht think I thaw) a butter-yellow 62 Morgan.  I knew it wath a
>62
>becauthe the lithenthe plate thaid tho.  Didn't athk the owner it it wath
>wood-framed, though.
>
>Thankth for reminding me to tell you.  I knew you and the retht of our
>Pinheaded friendth would be interethted.<
>
>The Mogman replies:
>
>Thank you Ralpth for reporting that sighting.
>
>I have just returned from MOG 32 (32nd annual Morgan Owners Gathering) in
>Staunton, VA. This is traditionally on the July 4th weekend. It was my 18th
>meet in 20 years (I started with 12, missed 23 and 31). There were about 80
>Morgans there ranging from 1932 to 2002. I drove there in the Great
>Pumpkin, 150 miles, drove around all weekend and back again--about 500
>miles total. This was my first Morgan road trip since 1999 and a good
>warmup for driving it to IPTW next month.
>
>I know of several that could be called butter-yellow (saw some at the meet)
>and am trying to recall if any are from NJ and have a tag identifying them
>as '62s. My previous one, the Stealth Morgan, was a 1961. Fergus Motors in
>NYC was the primary distributor then and sold a great many in the late 50s
>and early 60s (including the '57 and '61 I formerly owned). All Morgans
>have wood frames (the term refers to the body structural frame, not the
>chassis frame, which is always made of steel). We had a good number at the
>meet from NJ and PA, so the car you saw could have been there. Was the tag
>a vanity tag, or a year-of-manufacture tag (i.e. an old 1962 tag used for
>an antique registration, which most states permit)? There are only about
>3000 Morgans in North America, so it is possible I could identify it. The
>site www.Morganville.com includes a registry. Both my current cars as well
>as my former one (1961 Morgan #4875) are listed there.
>
>MOG 33 will be in Shepherdstown, WV.
>
>PS. Found out an interesting fact relative to my car's name--Charles M.
>Schulz owned a Morgan!
>
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