Your final point IS the point for all Morgan owners, I think! If you assume that
you will find parts working loose and falling off, going out of adjustment,
breaking, you'll be better prepared for this happening. And, thereby, be ready
for more fun. I doubt if you drove that car all that way without taking a look
at things as you went along. I remember in 1965 driving my first car, a 1960 VW
bug, from my home in NH to Mexico and back, and basically didn't do anything
until things started to break or fall apart. And believe me, they did.
Generator, wheel bearings, tires, clutch, valves. Amazing. It was good to be 21
and naive!! Even better to have a stash of cash to fix all that stuff. Chip
Brown
Vandergraaf, Chuck wrote:
> Chip,
>
> Are you not being a bit too negative here? Back in March '69, I drove my
> '52 +4 from State College, PA to Pinawa, MB. Oil pressure a bit low (fixed
> with a can of Wynn's "motor honey" in Clearfield, PA) and headlights went
> out in Chicago (turned out to be a poor ground on the head light bar).
> Other than that, no problem the entire 2500 km. Well, I almost did spin out
> on glare ice just North of Duluth, but that was my own fault.
>
> You are correct, though, in that you need to go over the car in some detail.
> In that respect the Morgan is a car, not an "appliance" like modern
> automobiles.
>
> Chuck Vandergraaf
> Pinawa, MB
>
> > ----------
> > From: Ernest(Chip) Brown[SMTP:ebrown@ms.com]
> > Reply To: Ernest(Chip) Brown
> > Sent: February 16, 1999 9:14 AM
> > To: Jon Callas
> > Subject: Re: Buying in
> >
> > I agree with everything you're hearing from everybody else on the list.
> > There
> > is one incontrovertable thing you must prepare yourself for:
> >
> > You must prepare yourself for pieces falling off. Loose nuts, carb bolts,
> > wheel
> > lugs, suspension bits. "Everything loosens up on a Morgan" should be rule
> > #1.
> > Rule #2 should be: "Get ready for the car to die by the side of the road".
> > Keep
> > your AAA membership up to date, always go out with a cel phone stuck in
> > the
> > glove compartment and with a simple set of tools. If you're a flyer, do
> > with
> > your Morgan what you do with your Piper Cub or Lear Jet: Go over the car
> > thoroughly before every single drive. The cars are lots of fun, but they
> > are
> > lots of work too. If you approach the car with this attitude, it will
> > probably
> > not disappoint you in terms of fun per mile.
> >
> > Chip Brown.
> >
> > Jon Callas wrote:
> >
> > > I've been lurking here, contempating getting a Morgan, and it looks like
> > I
> > > will. I put down a deposit on a '67 two-seater plus four today. Assuming
> > it
> > > checks out with another mechanic (and I can't imagine it won't), I'll be
> > a
> > > Morgan driver.
> > >
> > > What should I get ready for? (Other than a lot of fun, of course. I
> > > couldn't stop grinning after test-driving it.)
> > >
> > > Jon
> >
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