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MORGAN OWNERS GROUP NORTHWEST JULY & AUGUST 2014 / Vol. 34, No. 4

2 NW-Mogazine Volume 34, Number 4 July & August 2014

2014 MOGNW EXECUTIVE BOARD President Kit Raetsen [email protected] Treasurer Cati Waterman [email protected] Secretary Claire Hauge [email protected] Editor/Webmaster Steve Hutchens [email protected] Historian Steve Hutchens [email protected] Regalia Garth Morgan [email protected] Island Pod Rep Jane Cowan [email protected] Midlands Pod Rep Mike Amos [email protected] Northern Pod Rep Ric MacDonald [email protected] Southern Pod Rep Heinz Stromquist [email protected]

Our next Executive Board is Saturday, October 4

Cover photo credit: Win Muehling captured his Plus 8 in a fantastic setting on Rocky Mountain Rally III in June. Members: Please send your outstanding photos for cover consideration.

The Publication: NWMogazine NWMOGAZINE is the newsletter of the MORGAN OWNERS GROUP NORTHWEST, a non-profit organization serving Morgan automobile enthusiasts in the Northwestern United States and Western Canada. Copyright © 2014 by MORGAN OWNERS GROUP NORTHWEST. Permission is hereby given to reproduce portions of this newsletter (except material copyrighted by others) for non-profit, non-commercial use. Please give MOGNW credit, acknowledging the issue and author, source, or photographer if stated. Meetings and Events Events and social meetings are held in each of our four Pods: Is- land (Victoria), Midlands (Seattle), Northern (Vancouver, BC), and Southern (Portland). Times & locations are listed on the MOGNW Calendar (mognw.com/calendar.html). Please submit calendar items to the Editor. Contact your nearest Pod Rep for event information. Dues Full year: US$24/CDN$24 per calendar year if paid by 12/31 (US$30/CDN$30 after 12/31). Partial year for new members: US$2/CDN$2 per month for each month remaining in the calendar year, including the current month. Regalia Club merchandise can be purchased by emailing our Regalia officer at [email protected] or see the MOGNW roster for other contacts. Submitting Material for Publication Address: Please send content to the Editor ([email protected] or

see the MOGNW roster for an address). Deadlines: The 1st of odd numbered months. Digital Submissions: Content can be sent in or attached to email, or mailed on CD. Text files should be in .doc, .txt, or .rtf formats. Photos and illustrations should be in .tif, .jpg, .gif, or .bmp formats. Note: Please try to avoid sending .pdf files or .doc files with embedded photos as these formats require additional steps for insertion in the NWMogazine and may result in lower quality photos. Paper Submissions: Photos, typed or hand-written text, and illustrations can be mailed to the Editor. Reservations: The Editor reserves the right to edit material for style, content, relevance, collegiality, spelling, grammar, length, and appropriateness for the NWMogazine. Material that is not time sensitive may be saved for publication at a later date. Spelling: Please use Canadian, U.S., or U.K. spelling consistently and as appropriate. A reference for all three can be found at <www.luther.ca/~dave7cnv/cdnspelling/cdnspelling.html>. Advertising Limited non-commercial advertising is free to members. Commercial ad-vertising is available (see below). Payment is due in advance in US$. Please provide suitable copy. We publish six issues per year. Ad details are at mognw.com/mogazine/NWMogazineAds.pdf. Size of Ad ................... 1-3 Months..... 6 Months..........1 Year Business Card (1/8 page) ... $5...............$12.50 .............. $25 Quarter Page ......................$10 ................ $25................. $50 Half Page............................$20 ................ $50................ $100 Full Page.............................$40 ............... $100............... $200

Saturday, July 25, 2015, is the much anticipated MOGNW 40th Anniversary Celebration in conjunction with the Western Washington ABFM.

WHERE WILL THE MOGNW 40th CELEBRATION BE? If you live in the in the Seattle metro area and would be able to host the event at your home, please contact Kit Raetsen, President!


West of Northwest

Kit Raetsen, MOGNW President

Wow, what a great Morgan season so far. Van Dusen was a fabulous weekend and I was sorry to have missed it this year. The Northern Pod always makes us all feel very welcome and they do a fabulous job at Theroux's Friday eve-ning bash, lunch at the park on Saturday and a great barbeque and gathering on Saturday eve-ning at Sea Cadets Base on Annacis Island.

This was followed up by the Reddington's Rocky Mountain Rally early June. This was a fantastic run. The weather, for the most part (there was that frost on the car the morning we left Jasper for home) cooperated and we drove to Banff in glorious sunshine.

Then we had the Fathers Day weekend on the Island, where, instead of a run in our cars we took everyone for a boat ride on the Irwin’s new (to them) yacht, followed by a BBQ on Sat-urday evening.

On Sunday Jane once again did her best to turn us into a large Morgan rainbow. Well done everyone.

Coming up we have three more fantastic events.

The Western Washington ABFM will be at the new venue at St. Edward State Park in Kenmore on July 26 - on grass for the first time since 1998 (read about it in this issue).

Wayne Harris's Wine Tour is the third week-end of August. This is always a great run.

Finally, the Portland ABFM will be held over Labor Day weekend at PIR. Don’t miss it!

"When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money." Susan Heller

EDITOR’S MINUTE By Steve Hutchens Editor/Webmaster/Historian J O I N M O G N W O N Y A H O O ! G R O U P S

Update: We now have 29 members in our Ya-hoo! Group. To join, just go to mognw.com and click on the link in the middle of the home page. C L U B S E V O L V E A S W E E V O L V E

On July 15 I received an email from Peter Gow, editor of the Morgan Ear (Morgan Car Club of Aus-tralia) asking permission to reprint the article on club leadership and my editorial from the last Mogazine. This got me to thinking.

Club leadership is constantly a challenge, made only more challenging by the reality that as our lives unfold our interests and abilities broaden and evolve. Our stamina may change as we age; our interests broaden to include things that we didn’t have time for when we were younger or perhaps weren’t even an alternative earlier.

Celia and I continue to enjoy our car club friends and experiences but in November 2012 we added a Mercedes Sprinter-based RV to our fleet. We bought it after carefully considering our pre-ferred travel style and, as it has turned out, the pleasure of using it has exceeded our expecta-tions. The result is that we are planning a trip this fall that will encompass some 14,000 miles and four months as we do a leisurely loop of the U. S. while enjoying fall colour in New England and visit-ing friends and family along the way. This will ne-

cessitate missing car club events we really enjoy, of course, which we regret but I offer this as an example of the evolution of life. Next year we are planning a lengthy adventure in Alaska and north-ern Canada so there will be more tradeoffs. P L A N N I N G F O R T H E M O G N W 4 0 T H

Though I’ll be travelling this fall, I will be working with several MOGNW members on plans for our 40th Anniversary tour next summer. Please let me know any thoughts you might have. As Mr. Button pointed out recently, we need to start planning seriously NOW! It will be a grand celebration. M O G A Z I N E “ O N T H E R O A D ”

While I’m traveling this fall I’ll be doing three issues of the Mogazine "on the road" (likely from Ohio, North Carolina, and California). To help with this in a small motorhome, I’ve set up a compact computer center with a ThinkPad Yoga ultrabook and Canon Pixma iP100 printer (both small but fully capable technology, exceeding what I have at home). Internet access is almost everywhere and the reality is that the Mogazine is all accomplished digitally even when we are home.

Doing the Mogazine “on the road” will present some interesting bits that I hope readers will enjoy. Along our route we will be touching base with Mor-gan club newsletter editors in New York, Maine and Massachusetts and likely other places as well. We are taking with us a list of dates of various club meetings and events that we may be able to mesh with our travel itinerary and I’ll share those experi-

ences in future Mogazines. Meeting editors that I've corresponded with will be fun and will broaden our contacts with Morganeers nationwide. Stories from these experiences will be a bonus. F A C E B O O K P H I S H I N G

A recent email ostensibly from Facebook noti-fied me that someone had changed my Facebook password. A link was provided to reset my pass-word if I wasn’t the person who changed it. I smelled a rat as I didn’t recall resetting it. I didn’t click the link, later verifying that it was a hoax.


UPCOMING MOGNW ACTIVITIES (see mognw.com/calendar.html for the latest) Please send calendar items to the Editor to help keep our online calendar current!

Date Event Time & Location Contact

August 9

Cars & Coffee at Nuffield Imports. This event is held every month on the second Saturday and is open to ALL British car enthusiasts. Feel free to join us for conversation, breakfast pastries, coffee and OJ - all are on the house!

9:00-Noon, 1613 E. 4th Street, Vancouver, Washington (next to Pearson Airport) Margaret, 360-694-7464

August 16 Wine Tour XIII More information on p. 5 of this Mogazine! Heinz Stromquist - [email protected]

August 30 Portland ABFM The Portland ABFM is at PIR as always and falls earlier this year.

The post-ABFM pot luck will be at the home of Davy and Trish Crockett. Crocketts will provide the main

course; participants may bring side dishes and deserts. A map will be available at the ABFM.

Heinz Stromquist - [email protected]

October 4 MOGNW Executive Board Meeting 10:00 at Griot’s Garage (conference room) in Tacoma. Lunch afterward.

Kit Raetson [email protected]

2015 CALENDAR EVENTS Saturday, March 14,

2015 MOGNW Biennial Winter Banquet

Alderbrook Resort, Union, Washington alderbrookresort.com

(rooms $129; other details in fall 2014) Michael Amos [email protected]

June 26 & 27 2015 Morgans at Devils Punch Bowl XX Details TBA … but it isn’t too early to make your

reservations and assure your space at Moolack! Heinz Stromquist - [email protected]

3rd Tuesday Southern Pod Meeting Location TBA Heinz Stromquist - [email protected]

3rd Saturday Midlands Pod Meeting 11:30 AM at the Three Lions Pub, 8115 161st Ave NE, Redmond

Michael Amos [email protected]

ALWAYS CHECK THE CALENDAR PAGE AT MOGNW.COM FOR THE LATEST EVENT INFORMATION!

RECURRING EVENTS


Greetings everyone! The Wine Tour is just one month away, the route isn’t completely firm yet, but there will be three wonderful win-eries to visit.

We will meet at Elmer’s Res-taurant in Tigard for breakfast at 9:30 on Saturday the 16th. The drive will begin at 10:30 and we’ll visit PENNER ASHE as the first winery.

The second Winery will be STOLLER where we will have some light snacks along with the wine tasting.

Our third winery is R. STUART. They are in McMinn-ville just blocks from our home.

Following our wine tasting, we’ll return to our home and backyard to relax and then have a Pot Luck dinner together.

For those who arrive in McMinnville on Friday, we will all get together for burgers and beer at the local brew pub.

If you stay over Saturday night, we’ll all meet for breakfast on Sun-day at the Hotel Oregon. The Air Museum and more wineries are available for your pleasure.

Please contact me soon if you will join the tour. The wineries need to know how many guests to expect and we need to know in order to have adequate food and drink available.

Linda and I are looking forward to a spec-tacular tour. Motels: America’s Best Value Inn 383 NE Hwy 99W McMinnville 503-472-5187 Best Western Vineyard Inn 2035 S Hwy 99W McMinnville 503-472-4900 Comfort Inn and Suites 2520 SE Stratus Ave McMinnville 503-472-1700 McMenamins Hotel Oregon 310 NE Evan St McMinnville 503-472-8427 Motel Six 2065 SW Hwy 99W McMinnville 503-472-9493 Red Lion Inn and Suites 2535 NE Cumulus Ave McMinnville 503-472-1500

For more information contact Wayne Harris at 503-472-1911 or [email protected].

MOGNW Wine Tour XIII August 15-17 Wayne Harris

Part 4

I am looking for the GB Sterne folders with all docu-ments of all the cars imported by GB into the Burnaby dealer-ship. Ted loaned them to me several years back. I have what I could glean out of them on the computer here.

Last year I missed going to the ABFM In Vancouver so I took them to the All Brits in Beacon Hill Park. Ted did not come over for that one so I gave them to someone in the

club to return to Vancouver and return to Ted.

Ted never got them as we discovered this year at the ABFM. Now for the life of me I can not remember who I gave them to. Perhaps a small note in the next Mogazine might jog a few memories and get them back to Ted.

It would be nice to have them found. Please email me if you have information.

[email protected]

G B STERNE DOCUMENTS MISSING MARV COULTHARD

Northern News By Ric MacDonald, Northern Pod Rep

Hello all Morganeers! For many years Lucas was, and actually still is, the brunt of many jokes. It seems whenever anything stops one of our cars, Lucas gets the blame. In many cases this is deserved, but I think some would go so far to blame a flat tire on the 'Prince of Darkness', such is the distrust of Lucas. How-ever we now face a new and even greater challenge, the now dreaded Mexican, Chinese or Indian 'knock-off' parts. First of all, why anyone would do a 'knock-off' of Lucas electrics is quite beyond me, however these parts are now starting to appear from many suppliers, and from my own experience, they make anything built by Lucas something I would trust my life with, i.e.. a heart pacemaker!

This started last September, although in this case not Lucas. I needed a new water pump as mine had a slight leak, enough that I was not about to start out on the "Morgans 2 Montana" tour with it. I have learned, the hard way of course, that leaks do not fix themselves and usually get worse, so a new pump was pur-chased from a local, well known parts store chain and installed. This new pump leaked worse than the old and take a guess where it was made? no prizes here for the obvious! The old pump was later re-built at a cost greater than the new but has proven to be leak-free, once the gasket seated properly. I do carry a new spare but dread ever having to use it, having already experienced a 'new' one.

During the 'renovation' of the Morgan several old electrical parts were re-placed with new, even though they were working, as the old would look out of place with everything around shiny. I never gave a second thought to a new regulator, (actually not necessary as the car now has an alternator with built-in regulator), and new toggle switches. First off, after a day the car battery was dead, although nothing was left on. After a call to Rob Maynard, who had done the work on the car, he came up to Whistler to sort out the problem. He immedi-ately surmised the new regulator as being at fault. It seems one of the inner coils had stuck open, killing the battery. It can also be noted that when opening up the regulator, by simply removing the top, the electrical connections were soldered very poorly, much worse than the original Lucas. I know, hard to believe anyone could do a worse job on connections than Lucas!, but there they were. Putting the Lucas back in brought the car back to life. So now, to preserve the new look, the new regulator is back in, but with the internals removed so it does nothing but 'look pretty'!

New toggle switches were also installed, one of which simply fell apart inter-nally after 2 days, so moving the switch did nothing. An old switch was polished and re-installed. Wonder how many spare switches I should carry? So what is the solution? Maybe order direct from England or the usual North American sup-plier, specifying that only Lucas parts be sent. Who would have thought?!

Upcoming Events August 3 or 17: We will enjoy a drive from Vancouver to Squamish for a very

good Sunday Roast at the Shady Tree Pub on either August 3 or the 17 (both Sundays). Malcolm Sparrow will coordinate the Vancouver end of this. Watch for further information by a special emailing later this month.

August 16 & 17: Win Muehling reminded me that August 16 & 17 are the dates for the vintage races at Mission Raceway. He is thinking of a drive out to the races, so anyone interested can contact him at [email protected] or 604-535-7393. Watch for an update in the August Northern News.

September 19-21: Sun Peaks Run to the Sun, Kamloops. September 20: A Sea to Sky All British Rally (Vancouver - Whistler Run) will

be hosted by Silk Cat Motors. December: Ken Miles has confirmed that he and Pat will once again host our

Northern Christmas Party, though they have yet to select a date. We hope to avoid conflicts with any of the other Pod celebrations.

The Volunteer Front Although all is quiet on the volunteer front, we are looking for a Pod Rep to

replace me (that shouldn't be a hard one!) and a Club President. It isn’t a given that the next President will come from the Northern Pod, but we have the inside track if we find a good volunteer. If you wish to volunteer or have someone in mind, please let me know. Win Muehling has volunteered for the Pod position, and he would make a good Rep as he has already held this position, but we would like to give someone else a chance.

It is so easy for us, myself included, to find reasons why we cannot volunteer for a club position, rather than find reasons why we can do something for the Club. Food for thought.


Southern Exposure (Notes from the Southern Pod) By Claire J. Hauge

A sunny Saturday before Mothers’ Day, three wineries, two tin-tops, four Morgans, including a 1939 F-Type 3-wheeler, and 11 good friends makes for a great tour in Southwest Washington! That’s exactly what the Southern Pod ventured out to do on May 10, 2014.

Despite the threat of rain, we gathered in Vancouver for a short drive to the Rusty Grape Vineyard in the hills just above Battleground. The winery offers a full range of wines from chardonnay to syrah and every-thing in between. They even offer an orange muscat and strawberry and blackberry dessert wines. The wine-makers are branching out brewing beer and Rusty Hop Brewing Co. will be pouring an IPA soon. Something for everyone.

After tasting all the wines and enjoying the scenery, we skirted the busy streets of Battleground, making our way to Gougér Cellars, in Ridgefield for

more wine and a light lunch. Gary Gougér, winemaker, has converted an old fire station into his cellar and a tasting room. The menu may be small, but it is certainly eclectic including pizza, humus plates, sausages, wraps, salads and cheese plates. The seating on warm days is outside on a rooftop deck that provides a great view of the alpacas next door.

After lunch a short drive took us to nearby Three Brothers Vineyard & Winery, our final stop. It is family-owned and operated, named after three sons of the owners. We were able to view the vineyard just after bud-break (NO not “Bud” break)!!

Our total trip was just under 30 miles, but the drive was a perfect time to get the Morgans out of hibernation and ready for the trip to VanDusen and the start of a great summer driving season. Thanks to David and San Crandall, Fred Bowman & Kay Mannion, Heinz Stromquist & Carla Dietz, Wayne Harris and John & Irene Ulver for joining our adventure.

Life is Good With Wine & Friends Tour


The first multi-night Morgan event that Christine and I ever attended after becoming Morgan own-ers was the second Rocky Mountain Rally organ-ized by Treacy and Lloyd Reddington in Septem-ber, 2004. It turned out to be a very wet affair with only an occasional glimpse of the Rockies! But what a great experience. We had a wonderful time and came away with many new friendships and a lot of respect for the Morgan automobile. Pity that we had missed the First Rocky Mountain Rally 10 years earlier.

The years just flew by and Lloyd and Treacy, at everyone’s urging over the years, set out to organ-ize Rocky Mountain Rally III for 2014. September didn’t fit into their busy schedule and hence June was chosen. It turned out to be a good choice since the weather would turn out to be excellent. Our rallying point in Banff National Park was to be the Rocky Mountain Hotel in Banff and after two nights we would move on to the Becker Chalets for two nights in Jasper National Park

Small groups of Morgans made their way inde-pendently to Banff and arrived late Monday after-noon at the Hotel. Our group (Kit Raetsen & Joanne Cockshutt, Pat & Ken Miles) departed from Vancouver on Sunday morning and had a fine run over the Coquihalla Highway, a lunch stop in Kelowna and a night in The Ninth Hole B&B in Salmon Arm. Here we met up with Hal & Garnett Irwin who had booked into the same B&B. Our hosts loved our cars and insisted that we place our cars in their garages overnight. Breakfast was great but our departure was somewhat delayed by a lengthy photo shoot of our cars by the various family members of our hosts.

Monday was another great driving day with ever changing vistas. Many lakes and mountain

passes including the famous Rogers Pass. Arriv-ing at our hotel in Banff, unfortunately only Lloyd Reddington was able to greet us. Treacy had to bow out at the last minute due to family commit-ments. We were welcomed by Lloyd with drinks, appies and burgers on the barbeque.

Our group of Morganeers now consisted of Lloyd Reddington, Win Muehling & Christine Lim-mer, Ken & Pat Miles, Ron & Yvonne Theroux, Bob & Judy McDiarmid, Hal & Garnett Irwin, Bob & Joyce Algar, Bob & Barb Stinson, Graham & Val Bailey , Hal & Garnett Irwin, Jane Cowan & Doug, Ken & Marion Butler, Malcom Sparrow, Terry Sadler & Val Smith, Bill Button & Loretta Nelson, as well as Dave Gard & Maria Patterson from Calgary, who joined us for the one night only. We were to be joined by two more Albertans – Clayton Sache and Dave Walker along the way. All had found their way safely to Banff without incident, except for Jane Cowan & Doug who were sans generator (but a second battery kept the juice flowing) and Bill Button with a broken alternator bracket on his Plus 8.

On Tuesday morning, Lloyd led us along the beautiful Bow Valley Parkway to Lake Louise. The weather couldn’t be better and there was still plenty of snow on the Mountains. The driving was a pleasure since the hordes of summer tourists had not yet arrived. With a bit of bribery and arm twisting, we managed to line up our cars in the driveway of the Chateau Lake Louise rather than the distant visitor parking lots. What a sight – the lovely Chateau Lake Louise on one side and the vista of Lake Louise (still ice bound) on the other. It didn’t take very long before the tourist cameras were focused on our cars instead of the magnifi-cent scenery!

Most of us opted for lunch at a restaurant in the old train station in Lake Louise. A rather interesting set-up as all sorts of trains were passing by out-side our (sound-proved) window while we enjoyed lunch. After a little shopping for sun hats and sun-tan lotion we retraced our path along the Bow Valley Parkway. Plenty of wildlife (black bear, mountain sheep, and elk) were spotted along the road, as well as numerous signs for road and trail

Rocky Mountain Rally III By Win Muehling (photos by Win Muehling and Kit Raetson)

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closures due to the presence of grizzly bears. Dinner on Tuesday evening was at the famous

Banff Centre, globally respected arts, cultural, and educational institution and conference facility dat-ing back to 1933. The view overlooking Banff was magnificent and the buffet had something for eve-ryone’s palate. A shuttle service from our Hotel was provided for those so inclined. Bob Algar was instrumental in organizing this evening.

On Wednesday we set out towards Jasper on the spectacular Ice Field Parkway, surely one of the most scenic drives in Canada. We stopped at the Num Ti Jah Lodge to admire the still partially frozen Lake and surrounding glaciers and to enjoy some hot coffee and snacks. Alas, due to a late spring the Lodge was not yet open. We passed the Columbia Ice Fields with its grand glacier, which at one time stretched all the way down to the road but has now gradually receded and one needs to board an all-terrain vehicle to get to it. Not long after noon we arrived at a picnic site were Lloyd and his helpers had prepared a fabulous spread of cold meats, cheese, bread and drinks. The perfect picnic – great food, great scenery and great com-pany!

We carried on for another couple of hours over at times bumpy road. Winters are long and harsh in this Rocky Mountain valley and the roads bear the scars and it was still early in the season. The scenery again was amazing and it was hard to keep one’s eyes on the road. Unfortunately the weather deteriorated somewhat as we approached Jasper and by the time we arrived at our destina-tion, all tops were up for the first time.

Late afternoon we arrived at the Becker Cha-lets located just outside the town of Jasper in Jas-per National Park. We had stayed here 10 years earlier and the setting along the banks of the Atha-basca River was still as marvelous. We were soon settled in but most of us then decided to take the short drive to town, stock up on some of the es-sential things (driving does make one thirsty!) or

just explore the town of Jasper. Like Banff, Jasper is full of tourists, but on a much smaller scale. No organized dinner this night, but everyone opted to dine at the restaurant at the Becker Chalets, and it turned out to be an excellent choice – great food and only a short walk home.

Thursday was a “free day” but just about every-one chose to drive to Miette Hot Springs, about an hour’s drive from Jasper. This was highly recom-mended by Dave Walker who lives in nearby Hin-ton. Nothing like “local knowledge” as it turned out to be an excellent suggestion. The ”local knowl-edge” was also invaluable in getting Bill Button’s alternator bracket repaired with Dave taking the bracket to one of his local contacts.

Miette Hot Springs was about an hour’s drive from Jasper with the first half on the main highway to Edmonton and the remainder on a twisty road that gradually gained elevation. Many reported black bears munching on the grass on the side of the road. By the time we arrived at the Hot Springs there were traces of fresh snow in the parking lot from the previous night. The hot water felt really good after a rather cool ride. The facilities were excellent and everyone had a most enjoyable time. Lunch at the restaurant by all reports was also excellent. On the way home, more wildlife was spotted, including a herd of Mountain Sheep lick-ing the salt in the middle of the highway, totally oblivious to trucks and cars passing by on either side. Elk, of course were also plentiful.

Thursday evening we gathered for a farewell barbeque outside of Lloyd’s chalet. Salmon, ham-burgers, sausages, cold meats and cheeses and all the condiments. After everyone had settled back, the rally participants presented a framed group photograph and gift certificate to Lloyd in recognition of the great Morgan event he and Treacy had put together. They had done a marvel-ous job and there were numerous calls for a re-peat – not in 10 years, but rather in 5 years, thus giving some of us another crack at it before our

cars and/or bodies are worn out. (Getting a group photo was a bit of challenge in itself since it always appears difficult to corral 15 Morgan owners plus navigators in one spot. That accomplished, the additional challenge was to get a large print in a small tourist town.) Unfortunately, there were no fire pits available and the party ceased when it got too chilly and broke into smaller groups at a couple of cabins. Most said their farewells that night since Friday morning brought an early start for some.

After shaking the ice off our car cover and don-ning our cold weather gear Christine and I opted to return to Vancouver via the Yellowstone Highway, possibly taking two days. As it happened the road was excellent with minimal traffic and we made good time so decided to drive through in one day. Again, the scenery was superb and the road after leaving Jasper National Park and was full of wild-life. We saw grizzly bears on two occasions at the side of the road – a most impressive sight, espe-cially seated in a Morgan! By the way, only a cou-ple of days earlier, a car was attacked by a grizzly when the car drove between two bears crossing the road!

Gradually as we left the park behind us, we started shedding our warm clothes and by lunch time we were down to shirt sleeves and sunhats. By the time we left Kamloops we were looking forward to getting up over the Coquihalla Pass and some cooler temperatures. The Theroux’s Plus 4 flew past us as we pulled into the rest stop near Merritt, but that was the last we saw of them. We had passed them several times during the course of the day, but Ron must have had his foot down since our Plus 8 couldn’t catch up with him!

Earlier in the day we had also passed Kit & Joanne and Hal & Garnett where they had stopped for lunch. Later we learned that after returning to his Plus 4, Hal ruptured a brake hose as soon as he put his foot to the brake upon seating himself! Hal and Garnett, not being faint of heart, coolly drove to Salmon Arm, using only the emergency brake and engine braking. They carried on to their Hotel in Nicola Lake after managing to order a replacement brake hose for pick up the next morning in Kamloops.

Rocky Mountain Rally III was a big hit with everyone and proves that there is still life in the old cars and bodies! It was a great opportunity to see some of the most spectacular scenery in BC and Alberta as well as an abundance of wildlife. The roads were excellent with lots of variety, and what a wonderful group of people.

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Tour to Father’s Day Ric MadDonald

June saw a number of us from the Northern Pod journey across the sea to Vancouver Island to join the Island Pod for their Sat-urday night 'Pig Roast' prior to the Father's Day All-British picnic in Beacon Hill Park.

Ken and Pat Miles traditionally lead us, usually with a trip up the Sunshine Coast then on the ferry to Vancouver Island and down to Sydney. This year they chose a different route for a nice change. We left Tsawwassen on the ferry for a night stop-over on Salt Spring Island before con-tinuing on the next day.

Despite some misgivings about a boat ride on Friday the 13th, (and who among us that drive old English cars isn't at least a little superstitious?), all worked out well. After a short drive, (it is, after all, a small island!), we found the motel. Walking across the street to Moby's Pub we enjoyed a a good dinner with good friends.

Overnight we had the only real rain of the weekend, though we did have a sprinkle at the picnic. Saturday dawned cloudy but with no more rain.

Once over on Vancouver Island we had a surprise event which turned out to be a most en-joyable boat (ship? yacht?) cruise hosted by Hal & Garnet Irwin on their new acquisition.

What a beautiful boat (ship? yacht?)! Thanks much to Hal & Garnet and to son Drew who cap-tained the three hour cruise.

I also want to give a hearty thanks to the Ken and Pat Miles, Kit Raetsen and Joanne Cockshutt, and Lady Jane Cowan for a GREAT weekend from the Northern Pod.

Father’s Day Weekend on the Island Jane Cowan, Island Pod Rep

The Island Pod’s Father’s Day Weekend was another great success. Although the weather was not perfect, and it rarely is, it didn't dampen any-one's spirit. Ken Miles organized a run to the party destination that included time on Salt Spring Is-land while others from near and far made their own way to Kit and Joanne’s where an afternoon surprise was in store.

We certainly had lots of people guessing as to what the event would be, everything from "paintball" to "zip lining." Instead we opted for something much gentler. Hal & Garnet Irwin had generously offered to take a party of up to 40 on their newly acquired 78 foot yacht and many were unaware of what was in store.

What a boat ride that was! The clouds parted and the sun shone. We motored around for two hours in luxurious comfort; nibbling on sushi and cookies; drinking coffee and taking in the magnifi-cent scenery of the BC coast. A terrific start to the afternoon!

From there we headed back to Kit & Joanne’s wonderful home and garden. After the cars were parked on the upper lawn, all 50 of us settled in to a marvelous evening of great food, drink and conversation. The illustrious and ever helpful Jim

PARTICIPANTS

Ken & Pat Miles Malcolm Sparrow

Bob & Judy McDiarmid Ric MacDonald

… and meeting us on Salt Spring Island:

Win Muehling & Christine Limmer Bob & Barb Stinson

Bill Button & Loretta Nelson


Walters actually spent quite some time working on my generator which had failed on the recent Rocky Mountain Rally. He drove in from Cobble Hill in his Rolls with a trunk full of tools and spare parts. Never a dull moment as far as Morgan cars go!

Things wound up around 9:00pm and people headed off to wherever they were staying to be ready for an early start the next morning. It was “suggested,” some would say “ordered,” that eve-ryone be at Beacon Hill Park no later than 9:30am for the 30th Annual Father’s Day British Car and Motorcycle Picnic organized by Jim Walters and Bruce Cornfield.

Doug and I were there early to stake our terri-tory and organize the Morgan Rainbow. Keeping so many cars the required distance away from the drip lines of the trees was a bit of a challenge but we looked pretty good in a wavy line of 26 Mor-gans. There was no heavy rain, but some occa-sional showers kept us all on our toes.

Treacy Reddington put on her usual fantastic picnic which we consumed eagerly. In the early afternoon people began to say their goodbyes and head home, sorry to part from friends but eager to carry on with a summer of motoring.

Thanks to all the Island Pod members who contributed to Saturday’s dinner, to Kit and Joanne for their home, to Hal & Garnet for their boat, to Treacy and Lloyd for the picnic, and to Jim for his British Car Picnic. We couldn't do it without all of you.

Thanks to John & Cynthia Svensson, Bill But-ton and Loretta Nelson, Bob & Barbara Stinson, and Dave & Thea Wellington for coming such a long way to join us from the Midlands and South-ern Pods. This year Win & Christine Muehling, Graham and Val Bailey, Terry Sadler & Val Smith, Yvonne & Ron Theroux. Bob and Judy McDiarmid, Ken and Pat Miles, Malcolm Sparrow, Ric Mac-donald, and Ken Kutner made the trip from the Northern Pod. It's always a treat to have so many members from other Pods join us.

We hope to see you all next year and any oth-ers who now realize this is an event that they shouldn't miss!


Morgans at Devil’s Punchbowl XIX is history, but, oh, what a run it was! Overnight showers and a drizzly morning didn’t dampen spirits for the

Morganeers who assembled at the Wilsonville Best Western on Friday, June 20th. The sun soon broke through the clouds to herald a glorious driving day which lasted throughout the weekend.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a Morgan outing without its share of monkey wrenches thrown into the works. Fifteen minutes into the run, an ominous “Road Closed” sign loomed ahead (on Morgan Road no less) and elicited a collective gasp from ten Morgan drivers. Two fallen trees and downed power lines blocked the way. After much head scratching and thumbing through a Thomas Guide, an alternative route was devised. The drive then continued up toward Bald Peak lookout and rewarded the group with su-perb views over the valley below. The landscape constantly changed from densely wooded to open fields to orchards and farms.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Trappist Abbey offered a welcome change of pace from the ever-winding roads. This oasis of peace and tranquility was established in 1955 and boasts of a unique church built entirely of timber harvested from the monastery’s property. Twenty-nine monks from this contemplative order carry on a tradition of bookbinding, forestry, wine storage and baking. Their monk-made fruitcake is a special treat.

Lunch followed at the beautiful Anne Amie Winery, formerly Chateau Benoit. Their wines are fabulous and the tasting room affords breathtaking views of the gardens and vineyards. Anne Amie is truly a destination

place. Two hours, a delicious box lunch and one shattered wine glass

later, the group headed for the coast. Participants were: Bob and Claire Hauge, David and San Crandall, Dick and Ann Tilden, Bill “blue eyes” Button, Cati Waterman, Dee Buffum, Brian Fawcett, Rodger and Linda Huntley, Dwight Smith and Susan, Heinz Stromquist and Carla. Long dis-tance honors go to Ken Kutner (Powell River, BC) and Richard and Mau-reen Routt (southern Oregon). Fred Bowman and Kay Mannion joined in on Saturday.

The endlessly curvy and one-track state forest roads presented a chal-lenge worthy of Morgans. Fortunately, no one was lost (at least not for long). A minor separation resulted in a missed gas stop, with the leaders becoming followers for a short time. Eventually everything was sorted out.

The Tildens (driving a bright yellow 4/4 graciously loaned by David Crandall for the event) made an emergency stop to investigate a suspi-cious thunk that sounded like a part falling to the roadway. However, the lost was found and, thanks to Dick’s ingenuity and a little bit of duct tape, the part was successfully reunited with the car in true Morgan fashion. The repair was hardly noticeable!

Tired but exhilarated, all rolled into Moolack Shores in the late after-noon. This was the second year at Moolack, and everyone enjoyed check-ing out the theme-decorated rooms. Vespers was held in the Tilden’s “Nostalgia” room, then on to Mo’s at Devil’s Punchbowl for their famous clam chowder. A toast was in order to help celebrate David and San’s 50th

MORGANS AT DEVIL’S PUNCHBOWL XIX By Carla Dietz

Photos by Carla Dietz and Maureen Routt


wedding anniversary. Congratulations to you both! Saturday-morning sticky buns and coffee, courtesy of Bob and Claire, is

another Punchbowl tradition. Once again the Hauges didn’t disappoint despite a cantankerous oven. Everyone then dispersed for a favorite activ-ity. Some opted to stay and wash their cars. Popular destinations included the lighthouse at Yaquina Head, the aquarium, Newport shops, or a drive along the beautiful Oregon coast.

Evening festivities began with a pot luck dinner, a truly kudo-worthy affair, with lots of wine and conversation, renewing old friendships and making new. When everyone was sated and the leftovers neatly packed away, the party reconvened in the Hauge’s “Cowboy” room. Morganeers know how to have a great time! Too soon the energetic drive and the long-est day of the year took their toll. The party adjourned. Another Punchbowl laid to rest.

Sunday morning was reserved for breakfast of leftovers, final farewells, and a last look under bonnets.

June 26th and 27th of 2015 are the dates for the 20th Morgans at Devil’s Punchbowl. Four couples have already reserved their rooms at Moolack. It’s never too early to mark your calendar for this event. Details will appear in future Mogazines.


Powley’s Prowel By Ric MacDonald (photos by Win Muehling)

Saturday July 12 was a day Mike Powley would

have enjoyed, clear blue skies and a drive in his Morgan on mostly back roads with friends in their Morgans, MGs, Jaguars and Triumphs.

I did not get an accurate count of the partici-pants, too busy talking with new and old friends, a definite high-light of this easy-going day. From the Morgan Group we had Les & June Burkholder (DHC), Win Muehling (Plus 8) - with Christine dropping by later in her Porsche Boxster, Ron & Yvonne Theroux (Plus 4), James Theroux (4/4), Bob & Judy McDiarmid (Plus 8 - new for them and enjoying it!), John Rennie (Lotus Cortina Mk. 2), and a very pleasant surprise was Dave Collis in his 4/4. For those who don’t know Dave, he is a long-time member we haven’t seen in a while. He

actually twisted wrenches for G.B. Sterne at Sterne Motors! Welcome back Dave. Larry & Tina Sharp were along in their classic Volvo 444. July is traditionally Larry’s month to organize a drive so he helped organize this one. Rob Maynard, who did the excellent work on my Mog, was along with girl-friend Jaclyn (MGB). Meeting us for lunch were Chris Allen & Pam Mahoney (Jag XJS) and former members Ted & Maureen Laturnus. Ted now in a Triumph TR 6 but he mentions a Morgan maybe again one day. Of course there was me in the old/new 4/4. Also along were a gaggle of MGs, a few Jaguars and several Triumphs, totaling 30 cars, give or take.

After meeting at the Colossus Cinema Complex in Langley, all seemed to enjoy the drive through Fort Langley and along the Fraser River before heading south and then west to Campbell River Park for the picnic lunch. No one overheated or broke down in the warm temperatures and shade

was found for lunch. The only negative comment heard was that if Mike was leading, we would not have passed by the wineries! Once lunch was over the Morgan Owner’s Group Northwest made a presentation to the Jaguar/MG they would most like to drive home. This was a completely subjec-tive judging by Larry and myself. We awarded a plaque to the MGB of Tony Cohen, Jag/MG Club, for a very nicely done car and one we could take home and NOT HAVE TO DO ANYTHING TO IT! Well done Tony.

All in all it was a great way to celebrate Mike’s love of driving and people while enjoy our cars on BC’s Classic Car Appreciation Day. As everyone from the clubs involved seemed to enjoy the day, we will make this an annual event on our calendar. We have discussed alternating the organization between us and the Jag/MG Club, so next year it is their turn to organize this drive.

Tony Cohen receiving his award


W Washington ABFM July 26, St. Edward State Park Kenmore, WA (NE Seattle) By Steve Hutchens, Editor Photos by Claire Hauge and Steve Hutchens

I hadn’t been to the WW ABFM since our Cen-tenary Celebration in 2009 but Steve Hanegan’s article in the Jan/Feb Mogazine motivated me to attend the 2014 Western Washington ABFM at St Edward State Park in Kenmore - the first time on grass since Marymoor Park in 1998 (my first WW ABFM).

I met Ric MacDonald at Nugent’s Corner east of Bellingham for a delightful drive down scenic State Route 9. We stopped for lunch at the Big Lake Bar & Grill, one of Ric’s favorites, and arrived at our motels about 3:30.

Friday evening was the traditional party (my first) and it was quite a “do.” Parking was a chal-lenge if one arrived after we did but there was lots of food - chicken wings, meat balls, sandwiches, pasta salads, chips and drinks. Lots of people and lots of conversation, too.

The ABFM started at 8:00 Saturday morning but I arrive just after 10:00 to find two parking slots left in the MO-01 row. MO-02 had two slots left as well.

Sean Amos, Michael’s son, was ably supervis-ing parking to be sure we were all aligned properly.

Shade was at a premium but the MOGNW tent provided shelter for five or six. A row of picnic

tables nearby were in shade all day and were never fully occupied and were convenient for lunch. Food vendors provided an adequate selection and were also conveniently located.

The day passed quickly as most of us dutifully completed our ballots for awards and chatted with

friends, both MOGNW and with other marques. A few of my friends from OECC came down from BC.

Shortly after 3:00 the MC found an extension cord to connect the sound system and the awards ceremony progressed efficiently. MOGNW winners are identified in the pictures. We couldn’t depart without at least one Morgan needing attention and this year it was Kay Jones who got assistance from Bob Hauge and the repair crew including Heinz Stromquist.

The post-ABFM BBQ was at Bill Button’s home in West Seattle, beautifully situated right on Puget Sound. Michael Amos did chef duties and there was no shortage of prime BBQ favorites.

It was a great ABFM. Thanks to all who made it possible. Morgan turnout more than doubled last year’s and all had positive comments about the new venue.

Part of our 40th Anniversary Celebration next year will be built around the WW ABFM and likely the tour will either end at the ABFM or start from there. We hope to see twice as many again in 2015 … that will be something … let’s have

over 40 Morgans for our 40th Anniversary!

ABFM Class MO-01

Note: There were two Morgan classes, MO-01 (1971 and older) and MO-02 (1972 and newer). There were three 3 Wheelers,

a 1936 and two 2014s. These were dis-played separately but none of the 3 Wheel-

ers had numbers displayed for voting.

Amos the chef

Jones repair crew

Party at Button’s

Friday Party

Friday Party

Arriving at the ABFM

Morgan Row

Fawcett ‘36 MX2 Super Sports

Kretschmer ‘52 Plus 4

Jones ‘53 Plus 4

Johnson ‘57 Plus 4


Hutchens ‘62 Plus 4

2nd - Moran ‘67 Plus 4

Dietz ‘69 Plus 4

3rd - Morgan ‘60 4/4

Hauge ‘61 4/4

1st - MacDonald ‘65 4/4

Green ‘60 Plus 4

Amos ‘65 4/4

Fawcett ‘68 DHC (only at the party)

1st -Fawcett ‘91 Plus 8

3rd - Wellington ‘82 4/4

Stromquist ‘87 Plus 8

Reutlinger ‘95 Plus 8

2rd - Clipsham Plus 8

Seligman ‘05 Roadster

Stinson ‘05 Roadster

Brown ‘14 3 Wheeler

ABFM Class MO-02

Bell ‘79 4/4


Classic Car Law: HB 2359 By John Tidwell

For those of you with a Morgan that is less than twenty five years old and who live in the Washington counties that require smog testing, this experience is all too familiar.

You pull into the testing station next to numerous less “precious” cars and when it’s your turn you pull forward and are immediately “ordered” to exit your vehicle and stand “over there”. Then the fun begins. A conversation ensues about how this is going to go down. Usually some drama follows and then it’s finally all over. As you drive away thoughts are already flooding your mind about having to repeat this enjoyable process again in two years. NO MORE.

A few years ago I read an article in one of my many car related publications about a recently passed Arizona law that exempted classic cars from smog testing. The law was simple and effective. If your car was too new to obtain what we call “Collector Car” status (25 years or older), then if you had collector car insurance and met a few other requirements you would be exempt from the testing. I obtained a copy of the law and passed it on to my legislator for her consideration. With some modifications she presented the bill to the legis-lature last session. I testified at the House Environmental Committee hearing and then it went to the Senate Transportation Committee. Both committees passed the bill onto the floor where it was unanimously approved by both houses. The bill, HB 2359, was signed by Governor Inslee and will become effective June 12, 2014. I’m not sure how the DOL is going to “deal” with this new law. Once it is effective, I will be contacting the DOL to explore the matter with them in the hope that they don’t make a rather simple matter overly com-plex.

I know that Trevor, my 2003, Anniversary 35, Plus 8, roadster (one of one) and I will not miss this anxiety filled experience. So happy motoring to you all. MOG ON.

CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 2359 63rd Legislature

2014 Regular Session Passed by the House February 14, 2014 Yeas 96 Nays 0 Speaker of the House of Representatives __________ Passed by the Senate March 7, 2014 Yeas 48 Nays 0 President of the Senate __________

CERTIFICATE I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2359 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. __________ Chief Clerk

Approved FILED Governor of the State of Washington Secretary of State State of Washington

HOUSE BILL 2359 Passed Legislature - 2014 Regular Session

State of Washington 63rd Legislature 2014 Regular Session By Representatives Kochmar, Fagan, Vick, Hurst, Kirby,

Morrell, Orwall, Dahlquist, Tarleton, and Freeman Read first time 01/16/14. Referred to Committee on Environment.

1 AN ACT Relating to exempting collectible vehicles from emission 2 test requirements; amending RCW 46.16A.060; and adding a new section to 3 chapter 46.04 RCW. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: 5 Sec. 1. RCW 46.16A.060 and 2011 c 114 s 6 are each amended to read 6 as follows: 7 (1) The department, county auditor or other agent, or subagent 8 appointed by the director may not issue or renew a motor vehicle 9 registration or change the registered owner of a registered vehicle for

10 any motor vehicle required to be inspected under chapter 70.120 RCW, 11 unless the application for issuance or renewal is: (a) Accompanied by 12 a valid certificate of compliance or a valid certificate of acceptance 13 issued as required under chapter 70.120 RCW; or (b) exempt, as 14 described in subsection (2) of this section. The certificates must 15 have a date of validation that is within twelve months of the assigned 16 registration renewal date. Certificates for fleet or owner tested 17 diesel vehicles may have a date of validation that is within twelve 18 months of the assigned registration renewal date. (2) The following motor vehicles are exempt from emission test requirements: (a) Motor vehicles that are less than five years old or more than twenty-five years

old; (b) Motor vehicles that are a 2009 model year or newer; (c) Motor vehicles powered exclusively by electricity, propane, compressed

natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas; (d) Motorcycles as defined in RCW 46.04.330 and motor-driven cycles as de-

fined in RCW 46.04.332; (e) Farm vehicles as defined in RCW 46.04.181; (f) Street rod vehicles as defined in RCW 46.04.572 and custom vehicles as

defined in RCW 46.04.161; (g) Used vehicles that are offered for sale by a motor vehicle dealer licensed

under chapter 46.70 RCW; (h) Classes of motor vehicles exempted by the director of the department of

ecology; ((&4)) (i) Hybrid motor vehicles that obtain a rating by the environmental protection

agency of at least fifty miles per gallon of gas during city driving. For pur-poses of this section, a hybrid motor vehicle is one that uses propulsion units powered by both electricity and gas; and

(1) Collectible vehicles as defined in section 2 of this act. (3) The department of ecology shall provide information to motor vehicle owners: (a) Regarding the boundaries of emission contributing areas and restrictions estab-lished under this section that apply to vehicles registered in such areas; and (b) On the relationship between motor vehicles and air pollution and steps motor vehicle owners should take to reduce motor vehicle related air pollution. (4) The department of licensing shall: (a) Notify all registered motor vehicle owners affected by the emission testing

program that they must have an emission test to renew their registration; (b) Adopt rules implementing and enforcing this section, except for subsection

(2) (e) of this section, as specified in chapter 34.05 RCW. (5) A motor vehicle may not be registered, leased, rented, or sold for use in the

state, starting with the model year as provided in ROW 70.120A.010, unless the vehicle:

1 (a) Has seven thousand five hundred miles or more; or 2 (b) (i) Is consistent with the vehicle emission standards and carbon 3 dioxide equivalent emission standards adopted by the department of 4 ecology; and 5 (ii) Has a California certification label for all emission 6 standards, and carbon dioxide equivalent emission standards necessary 7 to meet fleet average requirements. 8 (6) The department of licensing, in consultation with the 9 department of ecology, may adopt rules necessary to implement this 10 section and may provide for reasonable exemptions to these 11 requirements. The department of ecology may exempt public safety 12 vehicles from meeting the standards where the department finds that 13 vehicles necessary to meet the needs of public safety agencies are not 14 otherwise reasonably available. 15 NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 46.04 RCW 16 to read as follows: 17 "Collectible vehicle" means a vehicle that complies with the 18 following: 19 (1) Is of unique or rare design, of limited production, and an 20 object of curiosity; 21 (2) Is maintained primarily for use in car club activities, 22 exhibitions, parades, or other functions of public interest or for a 23 private collection, and is used only infrequently for other purposes; 24 and 25 (3) Has collectible vehicle or classic automobile insurance 26 coverage that restricts the collectible vehicle mileage or use, or 27 both, and requires the owner to have another vehicle for personal use.

END


Mille Miglia and Side Trips By David Hammond

I was privileged to attend the Mille Miglia this year. It began when my friend, Andrew Baldwin, an Eng-lishman, whom I first met on the trip to New Zealand several years ago, put together the trip and invited me to stay with him and his wife, Maureen. I arrived in England about a week before the tour started. I rented a tin top from Hertz rather than ship a car.

I was invited to spend several days in Edinburgh at Andrew’s daughter’s house. On the way up there, I found myself learning to drive on the other side of the road (wrong way at a roundabout, pulling out into the wrong lane, etc). Sarah Baldwin, and her partner (a fellow civil Engineer) Brian Ives pointed me to a car park where I could catch the train into Edinburgh.

Once there I bought a ticket on the hop on, hop off tour bus and proceeded to see the sights. The old castle on the hill was most impressive! The old town

with its narrow streets and quaint character and many shops was most interesting. We were joined at dinner by one of Andrew’s other daughters, Ann and her two children. They were some of the best behaved chil-dren! A great dinner was had by all.

The next morning saw me on my way to the Falkirk Wheel, a mechanical device that lifts barges from the Union Canal to the Fourth and Clyde Canal, a height of 79 feet. Most impres-sive! I had arrived before they opened, so I walked around a bit. Took some pho-tos and left.

On the way back, I drove a route that paralleled Hadrian’s Wall. This was an amazing piece of construction! In AD 122, the Roman Emperor Hadrian ordered the construction of a wall from coast to coast to keep the

savage Scots at bay. It was 73 miles long, took 6 years to build, and included watch towers, camps for the Roman soldiers, an approach ditch and was maintained until the Romans left England in AD 410. I visited a museum (there are several) and saw many folks walking the length of the wall.

I returned to Andrew’s house. The following day, Gary and Milly Sator from the LA area came to stay with Andrew. I knew them from the California/Oregon tour I put on two years ago. They had joined a previ-ous tour to Scotland and had left their Morgan at Andrew’s house. We all went to a local pub that eve-ning and had a pint or two. Great fun! A nice dinner at Andrew’s house followed and was attended by his daughter, Jules and his granddaughter, Jessica.

On 8 May, our tour began with a overnight Chan-nel crossing from Hull, England (about mid-England on the channel side) to Zeebrugge, Belgium. There were seven Morgans including a 3-wheeler with me in the lone tin top. The tour was mostly on back country roads with overnight stops at Dinant in Belgium, Saarlouis in Germany, Mulhouse in France, and Airolo in Switzerland. My friends Peter and Martine Gantenbein from Switzerland and Ken and Marion Butler from Canada (I met both couples on a New Zealand tour and they came on my California/Oregon tour) joined us at the hotel and stayed the night. The Gantenbeins would have continued on the tour but Peter broke his leg in a motorcycle accident in Monaco and was on crutches. Then we went to De-senzano in Italy (five nights), Furno in Italy, Sevrier, Beaune, Troyes and Laon in France, and a return to England on the overnight P&O Ferry.

Some of the highlights of the trip were the Mille Miglia museum where we got to see 1929 and 1930 Bentleys accompanied by the drivers and mechanics from England. My request for a brief spin was politely declined. I got to see these cars entered in the tour and many others running the Mille Miglia. We even got to follow a portion of the route while the tour was in progress. Many people lined the route cheering the participants on.

In the town square of Arlon, French, there is a WW2 American tank on display with a plaque that reads in part: “liberated by the Americans on Sep-

tember 10, 1944.” It made me remember the sacrifices of many nations in that war. I also saw sev-eral machine gun pillboxes and other evidence of the war.

We saw a barge lift at Ronquieres in Belgium that raised barges 222 feet to the next level on the Brus-sels to Charleroi canal, which replaced 14 locks. It was an apparatus constructed from railroad wheels, rail and cables. The whole lock was transported.

The Schlumph car museum in Mulhouse, France, was on our itinerary. The Schlumph brothers were primarly interested in Bugattis but the collection in-cludes hundreds of cars and boggles the mind. I understand that the brothers got into trouble over taxes and the government of France now owns the facility. It is well worth a look as there must be many millions of dollars worth of cars.

I travelled to Pompeii by train; only got off at the wrong stop twice and lost my ticket (stolen I think), bought another and continued on. The town of Pom-peii was what you would expect of a rural Italian tourist town. Old buildings, narrow streets, but you can walk to your hotel from the train station and to the ruins as well. The route to the ruins was lined with vendors selling guide books, tours, souvenirs, etc. I was in awe once I began exploring. This was a thriv-ing town 2,000 years ago with all the things neces-sary for life, theaters, markets, homes, municipal

Edinburgh Castle

Barge Lift

Pompei victims

Hadrian’s Wall

Falkirk Wheel

American tank

Andrew and Maureen waiting out the rain in Arlon

Andrew and Maureen ready to hit the road

Here I am enjoying a coffee break with UK friends John & Irene Anderson

and Tony and Sue Franklin somewhere in France


buildings, etc. It all came to an abrupt end when the volcano erupted. They were killed by the poisonous gasses and covered by the ash. There were several casts of people as they found them in the excavation. They died in agony, even a dog.

This was a place where life was as ours, different amenities, but they had lives similar to ours. It really gave me pause and made me understand that we need to enjoy our life, we don’t control when or how it will end.

I took the bullet train back to Lake Gardia, boy the power poles wiz by at around 250 km/hr.

After our return to England, I took a day trip south and toured the Morgan factory. Most impressive old world workmanship. The new 3-wheeler was well received and they were busy. We got to see all facets of their factory.

I was also able to visit the walled City of York, England. This was founded in AD 71 by the Ro-mans and is every-thing you think an old English city should be: narrow streets, OLD buildings, quaint shops, churches, museums. You could spend days and not see it all, but it is all well worth a look.

This was a bucket trip for me and I thank Andrew and Maureen for their work and gracious hospitality. It seems that wherever I go, I find Morgan people who are salt of the earth! I also want to thank the English couples on the tour who took me under their wing and let me tag along; John and Irene Anderson, Tony and Sue Franklin (leaders of the blue team), Laurie and Cecil Povey, Mike and Barbara Pixton, and Ken and Margaret Hardy.

Thanks friends!

We watched the tour near Brescia

At the Mille Miglia

John and Irene Anderson’s Morgan Cars in the Mille Miglia tour

Medieval entrance to York

Roman theater in Pompei

McDonald’s in Pompei (they are everywhere!)

A BIT ABOUT THE MILLE MIGLEA: After a bad crash in 1957, the 1,000 mile race became a vintage tour. Registration cost is about $9,525 ($11,500 w/VAT) plus all expenses of participation. ELIGIBLE CARS: The car models that can enter for the Mille Miglia are those of which at least one specimen took part in one of the speed editions (1927-1957), or completed the registration formalities for one of these editions.

We watched near Brescia

OUR EUROPEAN TOUR ROUTE: We took the overnight P&O Ferry to Zeebrugge in Belgium. Overnight stops were: • Dinant in Belgium • Saarlouis in Germany • Mulhouse in France • Airolo in Switzerland • Desenzano in Italy (five nights) • Furno in Italy • Sevrier, Beaune, Troyes & Laon in France • Zeebrugge in Belgium for the overnight

P&O Ferry back to England

THE MILLE MEGLIA TOUR ROUTE:


6 July 2014

Top Mog: the improbably triumph of the Morgan 3 Wheeler By Ronald Ahrens, BBC Autos Submitted by Mary Leong

What explains the resurgence of a car as quirky as the Morgan 3 Wheeler? Out of production for decades, it returned wholly remade in 2011 and be-

came the fastest-selling model in the Morgan Motor Company’s 105-year his-tory.

For 2014, the 3 Wheeler is known to stand 39.3 inches tall and stretch 126 inches in length, yet the specification sheet divulges no detail about a boomer-ang. And available technical drawings cleverly disguise where and how this essential component of recoil would be located inside the chassis.

Nevertheless, the most important thing to a small but discerning clique of driving enthusiasts is that this exemplar of British eccentricity is readily avail-able from the European Union to Australia.

“Thank God there’s still Morgan building zany products like this,” Dennis Glavis says. As managing director of Morgan West, a small store in Santa Monica, California, Glavis operates one of 13 dealerships in the United States. He describes the driving experience, saying, “You feel like you’re a kid again, like riding your first bicycle. You’re on top of the world.”

The 3 Wheeler’s resurgence may be more readily attributed to the original concept’s fundamental merit. Developed as a prototype in 1909 by Harry Mor-gan, the Runabout, as it was known, enduringly – and endearingly – estab-lished the “cyclecar” category in the automotive realm.

Even in those dawning days of motoring, the Runabout had its predeces-sors. Leading the way, the 1885 Benz Patent Motorwagen, regarded as the first automobile, had one wheel in front and two in the rear. But the Runabout followed a two-plus-one layout and easily outperformed other eventual tri-car challengers such as the Scott Sociable, a curiosity that had a four-point layout but lacked the left-front wheel. (At the time, Britain’s road fund license did not apply to three-wheelers.)

With simplicity and low cost as its hallmarks, the Runabout and its succes-sors were produced by Morgan until 1953. In the next few years, various vehi-cles of the Reliant Motor Company, including the notoriously tippy Robin, as well as German microcars such as the BMW Isetta and Messerschmitt KR200,

pushed the concept ahead. Motorised rickshaws in Asia and various one-plus-two Cushman utility vehicles in the US have continued in service.

But the “Mogs” were always the performance thoroughbreds among cycle-cars. British pilot Albert Ball called his Runabout “the nearest thing to flying without leaving the ground.” After Morgan’s centennial in 2009, the car slinging a powerful motorcycle engine over its sternum and carrying a chip on its shoul-der began to make sense again. Indeed, it still held many hillclimb and endur-ance records.

Returning in this decade of hipsters and hypercars, it took inspiration from the Liberty Ace, an independent interpretation of the 3 Wheeler created by Pete Larsen, whose Liberty Motors dealership is in Seattle, Washington. “It’s been a remarkable experience for me,” Larsen says, explaining how a review of the Ace in London’s Daily Telegraph brought his project to Morgan’s atten-tion. “It was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to sell Morgan a three-wheeler,” he recalls. “The money meant little to me. The opportunity meant everything.”

Mark Ledington, Morgan’s marketing director, calls the Ace “a sort of bench-mark vehicle”. As the company pursued its investigations, it perceived that a market in fact existed. The result, Ledington says, is “absolutely a 21st Century version of an old cyclecar. We completely reinvented it.”

The powertrain matches a mighty yet efficient V-twin motorcycle engine, produced on S&S Cycle’s six-person assembly line in Viola, Wisconsin, with a five-speed manual transmission supplied by Mazda. The driving force from 82 horsepower and 103 pound-feet of torque is relayed by a quietly operating belt, and the fat, sticky rear tire puts it down on the road. The 3 Wheeler scoots from zero to 62mph in a manufacturer-estimated six seconds. Disc brakes quickly bring things to a halt.

Larsen had used a Harley-Davidson engine for his Ace, but Morgan chose the S&S X Wedge 2-litre twin, which had been developed for the custom mo-torcycle market just before the 2008 financial crisis. “Here’s this wonderful engine, all dressed up for a party and nowhere to go,” Larsen says. “By the time Morgan knocked on the door, they got the goods.”

Even though the car’s open cockpit offers no protection in nasty climes, more than 1,100 units have been produced so far at the Pickersleigh Road factory in Malvern, England.

Jason Hill, designer of the lamentably stillborn Aptera Typ-1, the new millen-nium's sleekest three-wheeler, credits the Maker Movement among the factors at play in the Morgan’s comeback. The movement combines technological

1934 Morgan Super Sport (David M. Jones)

Harry Morgan and wife Ruth. (Morgan Motor)

The modern Morgan 3 Wheeler(Morgan Motor)

How did this offbeat British sports car become the fastest-selling model in its maker's 105-year history?


processes with a do-it-yourself, or DIY, ethic. “There’s an appreciation for things that are handmade,” says Hill, who presides over his own studio, Eleven, in Long Beach, California, and teaches at Art Center College of De-sign, in nearby Pasadena. “There’s a swing to the analogue side.”

As Glavis contends, Morgan is the last company of its kind, owned by the family for 105 years. “People appreciate that,” he says, “the craftsmanship, the individuality a vehicle like this provides. It’s not just another rubber-stamp car, another red Ferrari, another silver Porsche. After years, it becomes identified with the owner. Your history passes along with the car.”

And this time around, the US market has proven significant in the 3 Wheeler’s success. Never sold there as a new vehicle before 2011, the crab-like conveyance, which registers with state vehicle departments as a motorcycle, ap-peals to some people who once rode motorcycles until unenthusiastic spouses or bad hips unsaddled them, according to Glavis.

Call the 3 Wheeler the arthropod car for orthopedic drivers. And the tri-car idea is catching on more broadly, both as a low-price trans-

portation alternative and a sporty choice. US-based Elio Motors claims more than 20,000 reservations for its hardtop, with production starting next year. And riding another vehicle with the two-plus-one layout, the Can-Am Spyder – which resembles a snowmobile with wheels and has been sold since 2007 – produces a byproduct well-known to drivers of Morgan 3 Wheelers: attention.

“I get waves and thumbs-up and ‘Cool car!’ from elementary-age kids to people my age and older,” says Jim Nichol, 67, who lives in Hyde Park, New York. He owned a 1928 Morgan for about 15 years until selling it in 2013 and buying a new 3 Wheeler for “around $50,000”. He has exceeded 70mph in it, but even though top speed is listed at 115mph, he says, “I don’t foresee going any faster.”

Having driven Morgans for 40 years, Nichol is accustomed to onlookers balking at the vehicle’s lack of amenities. He has cultivated a ready rejoinder: “Some of us are a little bit warped and don’t mind driving anachronisms.” Source: www.bbc.com/autos/story/20140706-top-mog-the-3-wheeler-triumphant

RIC MACDONALD ON NEW 3 WHEELER PRICING

Speaking of 3 Wheelers, here's a shocker for you. The base price of the

new Series 3 is US$52,263. A fully optioned model, as tested by Car and Driver magazine in their July 2014 issue, is a, hold on … a staggering US$73,396. There is no mention on how one can add $21,133 to the base price of a vehicle which even in fully optioned form is still pretty basic.

By comparison, the base model 2014 Corvette Stingray convertible has a MSRP of US$58,000 and a very optioned model, also tested by Car and Driver, listed at US$76,725. For that you get six more cylinders, an additional wheel and a top. The base Stingray has 460 HP and does 0-60 in 3.8 seconds. Even with that performance, it is rated at 29 MPG highway.

Of note here is that both companies are selling more of these vehicles in 2014 than they can produce. Morgan has a waiting list and most Corvette deal-ers are sold out of the Stingray. Makes one wonder, doesn't it?

1935 Morgan Super Sport (Carnundrum / Alamy)

The modern Morgan Three Wheeler (Goddard Automotive / Alamy)

A Mog 3 Wheeler Called “Red” By Ric MacDonald

On the way back from my winter sojourn in Southern California I stopped at Buttonwillow Raceway located about 40 miles northwest of Bakersfield, Califor-nia, to enjoy a weekend of vintage sports car racing. There was a good field of about 100 cars but of special interest was this 1930 3 Wheeler called “Red.”

When I met the owner/driver, a Mr. Larry Ayers of Vallejo, California, he asked how I was. I could only reply, "not as brave as you," as he had driven the car at great speed.

Having had a ride with Brian Pollock in a 3-wheeler, I have total admiration for anyone driving one 'flat out'! I can't imagine anyone driving around the old Brooklands track at better than 100 MPH. Note the 'streamlined' front bodywork.

The +4 Flat Rad is a 1951, owned by Malcolm Kirby of West Lothian, Scot-land, also driven as it should be, FAST!

A sign by the 3 Wheeler said that on 10 October, 1936, “Red won the coveted Brooklands Gold Star for lapping the outer circuit at more than 100 MPH during the BMCRC Hutchinson 100, a 37-lap race. Only four Brooklands Gold Stars have been awarded to Morgans. The Star remains with the car.”

Record Holder at Brooklands , England 22 October 1935: Set the World’s Record for the Standing Start Mile and Kilometer, SS Kilo - 72.568 MPH SS Mile - 81.568 MPH

Web photo

Web photo

More on “Red:” www.csrgracing.org/profiles/ayerslarry.html

1930 Morgan JAP Super Aero 3 Wheeler


Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Dave Doroghy

If necessity is the Mother of Invention, then I guess that makes me the Frank Zappa of Morgan Parking Brake Safety. Now that has to be just about the dumbest opening line that I have ever written for one of my Dorg’s Morg columns over the past 7 years. They say have a good opening hook for your articles, but that was just an old bent rusty nail. But I’ll stop digressing with tired clichéd titles and goofy opening lines and get into the meat of the article now.

Every year I park at the exact same spot at the All British Field Meet. I like the quaint peaceful spot I am always assigned, which is tucked under a tree with all the rest of the Morgans. Where my car is positioned, it makes me probably one of the first vintage vehicles people see after they pay their ad-mission and enter VanDusen Gardens. What’s not to like about that? And just like the colorful perennials that pop up every spring year after year in the gar-den, my 1966 Plus Four Morgan emerges in the same location on that grassy knoll, sprouting every Victoria Day long weekend. It is fitting that my car is British Racing GREEN.

I like everything about the parking spot except for one thing; it is on a bit of a hill. The problem is that my parking-brake doesn’t work properly. It never really has. When I bought the car the previous owner tried to instruct me on exactly how to jiggle the brake to make it stick. His instructions were some-where between an art form and a science demonstration and he admitted that putting the car into park, was a bit of an acquired skill. A skill that I never quite got the hang of. Did he suggest a slight circular wiggle of the hand while I push down the chrome lever to engage the brake, or a subtle lifting of the handle as I rock it ever so gently to the left and simultaneously depress the top button with my thumb? I can’t remember.

At any rate not having a proper parking-brake has never held me back from being a safe and conscientious motorist for three important reasons. First off as everyone knows, a parking-brake is a bit redundant, because you can al-ways just leave your car in gear and that acts like a brake. Secondly, 95 per-cent of the time when I am parking my car, it is on flat ground anyways so according to Newton the car will not just roll away on its own. And finally, for those unusual times when I am parking on a hill I can always just turn my wheels into the direction of the concrete curb and use that as a back-stop. Problem solved. Who needs a parking-brake? “Parking-brake … Schmarking-brake” I always say.

Before I go any further, I must point out that so far in this column I have called this useless safety feature the parking-brake. It also goes by the name emergency-brake, and hand-brake. I think parking-brake is the best name for it though. Since it is kind of hidden away under the dash in an awkward to reach and hard to locate place in front of my right knee, I’d hate to have to quickly find it in an emergency. I suppose that hand-brake isn’t a bad name for it. With some cars however it is operated with your foot I’ve noticed. So maybe a more all-encompassing accurate name for it would be a limb-brake? For reader ease and clarity I will continue to call it the parking-brake for the rest of this article.

Every year when I park at VanDusen Gardens on that hill, it definitely falls into the rare 5 per-cent of the time I mentioned when I am not parked level. And to exasperate the situation there is of course no curb on the hill for me to point my front wheels into. It is no big deal though, I have always just put my Morgan into gear and every year it has worked adequately and the car has not

rolled away. But for some strange reason this year after I parked the car, put it into first-

gear, and began to walk away down the small hill, it kind of bugged me. I am sure you know those nagging horrible worries that nibble away at your ability to have a carefree day? Well one of those worry-worms burrowed its neurotic slimy body into my brain further and further as I descended the sloped grass bank to go use the garden’s washroom. I thought to myself what are the chances of the car simply popping out of gear on its own, and then rolling away? Practically impossible - right? But I was at a car show where thousands of fidgeting British car fans would be leaning over and looking into my Morgan. What if while I was gone one of them reached in to feel my leather seats, check the reading on my odometer, or touch my wooden dash, and I don’t know, while they were doing that accidently brushed the loosely engaged gear-shift with their elbow? Could it be enough of a small jolt to pop the car out of gear and send it rolling down the hill? Here’s where thoughts of automo-tive carnage emerged and the worry-worm stepped up its game. I thought what would happen then, if my car somehow popped out of gear at the car show?

What if it slowly rolled away and smashed into another nearby Morgan. No doubt I would be immediately thrown out of our Morgan Club. Banned for life with a dishonorable discharge. I could just imagine upon my return from the washroom seeing 30 pristine Morgans in a row and then spotting mine half-way down the hill with a bashed-in front fender and some poor fellow club-mates car with a crumpled rear end. Headlight glass would be strewn all over the pristine lawn while Ric angrily yelled at me at the top of his lungs as he tore my club membership card up right in front of me.

The worry-worm dug deeper. What if I wasn’t lucky enough to hit another Morgan to stop me on the hill, and my Morgan began rolling, picked up speed and continued barreling down the incline toward the food concession stand? What then? The thought of my car recklessly careening into a giant urn of fresh coffee, the urn exploding with molten hot java flying all over the place and scolding all the poor thirsty VanDusen Park guests entered my worry-stricken brain.

But then the anxiety grew deeper and it got worse and worse. What if a new mother who had just had triplets had come to the show and was inno-cently rolling her baby buggy along that narrow entrance pathway at just the wrong time? Stop! Stop! The worry-worm was destroying me; I had to do something.

What I needed was a big rock to stop the car from rolling away. Hey - I was in a giant civic garden, and gardens have rocks. Perfect. I was sure that the Grounds-keeper at VanDusen wouldn’t mind if I removed just one rock to save the lives of a young family of four. And besides I planned to put the rock back exactly where I found it after the show was over.


So I began my quest for a rock-brake. Unlike a hand-brake, parking-brake, or emergency-brake; the rock-brake is an external safety device. It had to be a certain shape and size. It had to be a specific weight too. Ideally not too heavy to carry back on the long 500-meter journey to my car, and back up the small hill. But it had to be heavy enough to stand its ground, dig in, and prevent a run-away Morgan incident.

I searched in the begonia bed, I scoured the rose garden, I even tip-toed through the tulips looking for the elusive rock-brake. I saw dozens of rocks that were too small. I came across the occasional boulder that was too big. I gin-gerly went deep into patches of petunias and rows of rhododendrons on my hunt; always mindful that I was out of bounds; and clearly breaking the park rules. A safety rebel in search of rock-brake! At anytime I may get caught and be kicked out of gardens for my bad conduct. But I was on a passionate mis-sion to find the ideal rock and I had my own motto “Safety First.”

Then after five minutes of searching there it was. The perfect sized rock. You can see it in the pictures. Just the right size to prevent a 1,500 pound car from becoming a weapon of mass destruction. The rock sat there in the gar-den beneath a Dahlia like a thing of beauty. As I bent over to investigate the find, the light from the sun suddenly broke through the clouds and shone down illuminating the granite guardian angel - my pass to a worry-free day.

I quickly scooped it up with both hands, brushed the dirt off of it and care-fully carried it back to my car. Something funny happened as I passed and caught the attention of some one who obviously knew a lot about British Cars. He looked at the rock and yelled out to me “is your parking-brake not work-ing?” I am not kidding that really happened. I chuckled to myself and thought

this is great material for another Dorg’s Morg article. Only at a British Car show would a guy carrying a rock illicit that response.

As I got within eye-sight of the small hill I was relieved to see my car had not moved while I was gone, killing innocent bystanders in its wake. I breathed a huge sigh of relief. Then I placed the rock under the front driver’s side tire and it worked like a charm. For the next three hours as I wandered around the All British Field Meet, my 1966 Plus Four Morgan didn’t even budge. The worry-worm was gone, and I could enjoy every minute of the show.

After the show was over my original plan was to return the rock, back to exactly where I got it from; but instead I carefully hid it in a row of hydrangeas near where we park our Morgan’s. Knowing myself as well as I do, I know that I will not have my parking-brake fixed in time for next years show. My rock-brake will be there though, faithfully waiting to ensure a safe, secure and harmless car show experience for me in May of 2015.

Rock on!

All of my past Morgan articles can be viewed on my personal website www.dorg.ca

1952 Morgan Dellow Roadster

According to extensive records and correspondence accompanying this very special, flat-radiator Morgan, Graeme Anton went to Peter Morgan in early 1952 to purchase a Plus 4 Roadster. His plan was to take delivery prior to leaving for Uni-versity of Cambridge, but he was disappointed to learn that the steel that had been allotted to the Morgan factory for the remainder of the year had been allocated to cars already sold and scheduled for delivery.

In order to meet the deadline, Mr. Morgan offered to sell Mr. Anton a rolling chassis prepared for receiving outside coachwork. For the coachwork, Mr. Anton approached Lionel Evans of Radpanels in Kidderminster, England. Radpanels had gained notoriety for having built the bodies for the successful Dellow trials cars (earning the car its lifelong nickname), and the two men struck a deal that would allow the car to be completed in time for Mr. Anton?s departure for school.

Construction techniques at Radpanels were markedly different from that of the Morgan factory, with the coachwork of this car being built over a steel tube frame rather than the ash wood used in the Morgan-bodied cars. Also, as Mr. Anton had been wounded while serving in the British Army, the doors were hinged at the rear to allow him easier access to the cockpit.

The car was registered LAB 274 and delivered to its proud owner on September 30, 1952. Once at university, Mr. Anton joined and competed in the events of the Cambridge University Auto Club, taking part and placing in numerous rallies and hill climbs. In later years, the Plus 4′s second owner, Quentin English of the British Morgan Club, acquired the car and competed in various club trials and sprints, winning a President’s Cup in the Club Trophy with the car.

Registration certificates from a portion of the 1970s are included with the docu-mentation and apparently the Morgan sat unused through the 1980s. Its known history resumes in 1991 when the car was acquired by Melvyn Rutter. The following year, the car was enjoyed around England under the ownership of John Banner and even used by a friend for a honeymoon to the South of France.

By the mid-2000s, the car had covered a mere 47,000 miles and was in the ownership of John Baroth who, with a friend, began to piece together the history of LAB 274. During the research, Mr. Baroth made contact with Mr. Anton, document-ing his memories of the car when new. Mr. Anton sent many period competition photos and other items to Mr. Baroth, including the original green paint and leather samples that he had kept for nearly 60 years.

Altogether, the history file for the Dellow Morgan is remarkably complete, filled with numerous receipts of restoration work but perhaps more importantly, with several handwritten letters from the car’s original owner Graeme Anton and notes from many of its other caretakers.

The car was subsequently restored in the UK to it’s original specifications utiliz-ing the wealth of knowledge that had been collected. The Plus 4 then caught the attention of a major stateside Morgan expert and the Dellow Morgan was purchased and imported to the US for the first time in its history.

It is apparent that this very special Morgan has been the source of countless fond memo-ries since it was first built. Having been freshly inspected and detailed, this beauti-fully presented and rare coachbuilt Morgan awaits its next chapter of history.

$89,500 (hymanltd.com/vehicles/5122-1952-morgan-dellow-roadster)


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Andrew Graham 2626 W 34th Ave Vancouver, BC V6N 2J2 Email: [email protected] Home Phone: 604-738-9555

Cell Phone: 604-351-9744 Car: 1965 Plus 4 DHC Colour: Dark Red; Chassis #5861 Comment: Single family ownership since new (father/son)

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In the last Mogazine we asked readers to dredge back in their memories to see if they could help Fred, Bill or Barbara identify

some aspect of their quest for Morgan history. The results:

Fred learned that since his car would have been shipped to Sterne's Sydney location, and Lydia destroyed all the re-cords from there, that would not be a source. Does anyone else know any-thing?

Unfortunately, Bill had no responses.

Barbara heard from an OECC member in Victoria that the radiator is from a 1947 to 1952 Austin A40 Devon - a very British little sedan that Barbara says belongs on OPB’s Master-piece Theatre.

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MORGAN PARTS FOR SALE ►Several items I’d like to put up for sale: 1. Dashboard for 1991 Plus 8 - tan/no instruments - $50 2. Tonneau for 1991 Plus 8 - tan, “bump-outs” for headrests, like new - $125 3. Tonneau cover for 1991 Plus 8 - black & flat/New! - $150 Brian at 603-233-4323 (cell) [email protected]

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OVER or CATEGORY DESCRIPTION ACTUAL BUDGET (UNDER) combined bal fwd 12/31/2013 $3,057 INCOME Advertising 2014 .............................$300 ............... $425............. ($125) Dues, 2014...................................$4,803 ............ $4,800................... $3 2015 Biennial Meeting ........................$0 ................... $0................... $0 Regalia Sales..................................$157 .............. $600 ............ ($443) Foreign Exchange Factor....................$0 .................. $0 .................. $0 TOTAL INCOME.........................$4,730 ............ $5,825 ........... $1,095

EXPENSE Island Pod ...........................................$0 ............$672* ............ ($672) Northern Pod...................................$102 ............$883* ............ ($781) Midlands Pod ......................................$0 ............$792* ............ ($792) Southern Pod ..................................$165 .............$853* ............. ($688)

2015 Biennial Meeting ........................$0 ................... $0....................$0 Club Insurance................................$350 ............... $400 .............. ($50) Island Pod Rep Ferry ..........................$0 .............. $350 ............ ($350) NWMogazine Newsletter ................$147 .............. $500 ............ ($353) Oregon License.................................$50 ................ $50 ...................$0 President’s Discretionary ....................$0 .............. $500 ............ ($500) Regalia Purchases..........................$279 .............. $500 ............ ($222) Website ...........................................$167 .............. $150 .................$17 Miscellaneous .....................................$0 ................... $0....................$0 Foreign Exchange Factor....................$0 .............. $120............. ($120) TOTAL EXPENSE .....................$1,260 ........... $5,770 ......... ($4,510) YEAR-TO-DATE (NET) ...............$4,082 ................ $55.............$4,027 BANK BALANCE 4/30/14 ...........$7,139

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