Bless your heart, this is one of 4 of Lew Spencers Baby Doll 5's,
probably. If you do need any pictures I think I have some from the late
sixties prior to John McDonald parting it out. Of all the Baby Dolls
number 5 seems to have been the most prolific at reproduction.
Chuck Harris
Remembering a drive in Baby Doll 5 at Willow Springs
On Sun, 7 Dec 1997 01:55:59 EST Wildbil923 <Wildbil923@aol.com> writes:
>Yesterday, I dispatched a letter to the Morgan factory asking for any
>info
>they may have on file for my car. As I sent the letter, it struck me
>that
>some local Morgan enthusiasts might know a thing or two abou this car.
> It's
>got some distinctive characteristics that might make it memorable to
>some.
>
>It's chassis # is 4095, which makes it a 1958. It's a Plus 4 two seat
>roadster which has probably spent most, if not all its life in
>California, as
>the sole surviving license plate is a black California plate, with a
>thick
>stack of stickers ending with a 1981 registration. The license number
>is HCC
>319. There are tell-tale signs it might have been raced. From the
>holes
>drilled in the cowel, it looks like a racing aero screen was attached
>at one
>time, along with a racing mirror. AThe ghost of a small number (45)
>has
>started to appear in the surface rust penetrating the primer coat on
>the right
>side of the rear deck. The chrome bumpers have been replaced with
>black
>pipes, bent to angle in toward the car at both ends. On the
>windscreen is a
>decal from the Orange County Sports Car Club, and a CHP roadside
>inspection
>sticker from 1977. The right side bonnet had a custom made scoop
>added to it
>to allow the fitting of air cleaners. (No it's not a Supersports; the
>scoop
>is not the right shape.) Oh, and one more thing. Someone, at some
>point in
>its history, fitted disk brakes from a TR-3 on it.
>
>Does this Mog sound familiar to anyone? If so, please tell me what
>you know
>about her.
>
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