Greg,
Thanks for the history lesson. While it may be true that Mr. Fink kept
the marque going in the seventies and early eighties... I can understand
your obvious defense of a friend, however I expect you will next be telling
me that Mr. Fink has crash-tested three NEW cars to verify his latest
sweep brackets !!! Be logical, man. Do you believe that Sharples would
suddenly be using shock-mounted bumpers which he had never done
for the previous eleven years if he had any legitimate alternative?!
They were Mr Fink's creation.
Today MMC is a bit different. Charles Morgan is, more or less
running things, MMC developed the SRS, MY car has Land Rover
Certified OBD II, Land Rover door latches for that matter. New
DOT and EEC are not that different.
Stay tuned.
Willie
At 12:15 AM 5/14/99 -0700, Greg Solow wrote:
>Bill Fink has been a Morgan enthusiast / fanatic for over 30 years. It has
>been entirely due to his efforts that Morgans have been available in the US
>as legal, new , cars in the years since 1976 or so. The work to legalize
>the cars with side intrusion beams in the doors, the anti burst door
>latches, the crash structure under the dash and behind the seats were all
>engineered and shepherded through the Federal approval process by Bill with
>virtually no help from the Morgan factory. The bumpers which you so resent
>were mandated by the federal government regulations. I assure you that if
>they hadn't had to be located as they were , they would have been lower. In
>recent years the regulations have changed and the bumpers are not only
>lower, they are no longer on shock absorbers. It was Bill who began the
>efforts to legalize gasoline burning Morgans. The major obstacle was the
>vulnerability of the gas tank to being punctured in an accident. Bill
>crashed the first cars for the government approval and engineered the
>structure that protects the fuel tank from damage. It was during this
>process that I believe he received his first help from Morgan in the
>approval and construction process. It is due to his efforts that you
>(William Lamb) are able to have and drive a +8 in the first place. You
>should be grateful to him for his efforts.
>
>With Regards, Greg Solow
>
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