Tony,
Should anyone have the time to take the trouble to have BOTH shows
copied and converted to NTSC format, I would very much like to have
copies.
For years friends of mine within the British Auto Industry have described
for me the stir and impact of that original broadcast. It has become a
LEGEND, and not just in Morgan circles. (It would appear that we
Americans share our love for the successful under-dog with our British
cousins.)
It would also seem that the Aero 8 was successful in stealing the
Geneva Show (by all accounts within the press and elsewhere). While
this result may have been due to judicious timing on the part of MMC
and a lot of luck, the second show has the potential for creating
a similar ripple. Congratulations to all at MMC are in order for
having pulled off a launch which may have exceeded their wildest
expectations.
While the current range is not immediately affected by the Aero 8
launch, the car has obviously been designed with a view to meeting
all future regulatory requirements regarding safety and emissions.
It is those elements of the Aero 8 design which will eventually need
to be blended into the current range. You can imagine that MMC will
do this in a unique manner familiar to many. Should the marketplace
call for cars shaped more like the Aero 8, some of the bodywork may
evolve along similar lines. However, nothing too very radical HAS to
occur for some time if you consider that the new four-seater is also
able to meet many of the same regulatory requirements.
Long live the Morgan Motor Co., and may it receive more kindly and
benevolent treatment from BMW - Rover Group than have some of
it's "units" lately!!!
William G. Lamb, III
Land Rover Specialist
NAS 4.0 Litre Plus 8 (R-11953)
At 02:28 PM 3/11/2000 -0600, L.D. McLaughlin, Jr. wrote:
>
>Jeff -
>
>I have a video coming from England, but it's in the PAL format - Do you know
>of any way to convert it over here? If you can convert it, you're welcome to
>copy it! -
>
>Tony
>
>
>> From: smithmog@ix.netcom.com
>> Reply-To: smithmog@ix.netcom.com
>> Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 09:46:26 -0000
>> To: "Hodgkiss, Ben" <bhodgkiss@herefordshire.gov.uk>, "Morgan List
(E-mail)"
>> <morgans@autox.team.net>
>> Subject: Re: The Troubleshooter
>>
>> Anybody have a videotape of this latest broadcast in the NTSC format
that we
>> colonials use? ( I have a tape of the original broadcast from some years
>> ago)
>> -Jeff Smith
>> 1968 4/4
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Hodgkiss, Ben <bhodgkiss@herefordshire.gov.uk>
>> To: Morgan List (E-mail) <morgans@autox.team.net>
>> Date: Friday, March 10, 2000 12:37 PM
>> Subject: The Troubleshooter
>>
>>
>>> Did anyone else see Sir John Harvey-Jones return to the Morgan Factory
last
>>> night? The factory certainly much changed since I last visited it about
>> five
>>> years ago. The new car looked really great on the road - much better than
>> in
>>> photographs. I would imagine that if it is successful (they apparently
took
>>> quite a few orders at the Geneva Motor Show), then it will only be a few
>>> years before all Morgans are styled like this.
>>>
>>> Ben 1972 4/4
>>>
>>> Ben Hodgkiss
>>> Highways Network Manager
>>> Environment Directorate
>>> Herefordshire Council
>>> County Offices
>>> Bath Street Phone: +44 (0)1432 260781
>>> Hereford HR1 2HQ Fax: +44 (0)1432 261983
>>>
>>
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