Michael D. Miles, PE wrote:
>
> Another ~40 year old responds:
>
> Back in '73-78 I was a turn worker for the International Conference of
> Sports Car Clubs (a regional parallel to SCCA) as well as a few SCCA
> events. At the time there was a group of about 3 Canadians that came down
> with Morgans that proceeded to clean everyones clock almost every time.
> One of them was the late GB Sterne (who almost single-handedly accounted
> for the current population of Morgans in the Pacific Northwest and western
> Canada).
>
> Also about that time, my dad owned a '71 Citroen DS 21 Pallas. The
> mechanic he found to work on the car was from New Zealand and owned a
> Morgan 3-wheeler (sorry, I don't know any more about it). On occasion, my
> dad would hint that perhaps a Morgan might be a good car to own.
>
> Fast forward to '88 and what should fall into my hands but Bouden's (sp?)
> book ("Morgan: 'The Last of the Great Sports Cars"). Hmmm. After passing
> on acquiring an orange over chocolate 4/4 roadster (Child 1.0 had just been
> installed), I settled on a '62 Plus 4 4 Seater in dire need of work. Alas,
> it still needs work.
>
> After toodling along with the local Morgan club at the back of the line
> in the Mog-wanna-be Mazda for several years, I couldn't take it any longer
> and found the '68 Plus 4 4 Seater (acquired in 1993) which was (and still
> is) roadworthy.
>
> Elapsed Awareness/Interest Time: ~24 years
> Elapsed Ownership Time: 9 years
> Elapsed Driving Time: 3 years
> Total Ownership Time: 12 years (9 + 3)
>
> Michael D. Miles, PE
> '62 Plus 4, 4 seater (hanger queen)
> '68 Plus 4, 4 seater
> '84 Fiero (tupperware car)
> '90 Plymouth Grand Voyager (with wood-grain shelf paper on the side)
Michael,
Your experience parallels mine: early-mid 70's corner worker @ SCCA
events, but in the Midwest--Mid America Raceway, near St. Louis, Mo. I
recently came across a nice B&W shot I'd taken of Anatoly Arutinoff's
(sp?) Morgan at speed. It brought back some memories. And it still has
drool marks on it.
Michael Jhon
El Cerrito, CA
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