Robert Couch of Morgan Spares rebuilt the War of the Roses car into a
vintage racer for a client member of the 3/4 Morgan Group, who alas died
before getting to race the car. I can't remember the owner's name, because
I've only been to one NY area Mog event and that was in 1992!
Couch told me he leased the car to the studio, knowing they'd squish it. He
already had a new frame & body on order for when it returned to NY.
How do you rebuild a Morgan? Well, if you start with a VIN, then everything
else is readily available.
Jerry Murphy
'67 +4
At 07:25 AM 2/15/99 -0800, Gerry Willburn wrote:
>The front end was raised using a hydlauic jack under the car. Many years
>later the same jack was used under the MORGAN in War of the Roses in the
>scene where the SUV runs over it. The jack allowed them to lower the car
>making it appear as though the SUV was crushing it even further.
>
>Gerry
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vandergraaf, Chuck [SMTP:vandergraaft@aecl.ca]
>> Sent: Monday, February 15, 1999 6:32 AM
>> To: 'L.D. McLaughlin, Jr.'
>> Cc: Morgan Mailing List
>> Subject: RE: movie
>>
>> Tony,
>>
>> I remember that one. Somewhere along the line the driver pick up this
>> overly pregnant woman and the car becomes tail heavy and roars off with
>> its
>> front wheels in the air. I often wondered how they did that.
>>
>> Chuck Vandergraaf
>> '52 +4
>>
>> > ----------
>> > From: L.D. McLaughlin, Jr.[SMTP:ldmcjr@zebra.net]
>> > Reply To: L.D. McLaughlin, Jr.
>> > Sent: February 14, 1999 11:03 PM
>> > To: Morgan Mailing List
>> > Subject: movie
>> >
>> > I ran across a movie the other night that has a hilarious chase scene
>> with
>> > a
>> > Plus 4 4-seater for about 5 minutes. It's "Silent Movie" with Mel
>> Brooks,
>> > and was apparently filmed in the early-mid-seventies. The car is bright
>> > yellow, and is chased by a Lincoln limo and various police cars. It's
>> sort
>> > of a slapstick, typical of Mel... Watch it! You'll get a kick out of it!
>> >
>> > Tony
>> > --
>> > http://www.zebra.net/~ldmcjr
>> >
>> > ldmcjr@zebra.net
>> >
>
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