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1. Model years (score: 1): Author: "Hermen Pol" <polmognl@wxs.nl>; Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 09:57:30 +0200; Dear all, Years of build and/or registration can be a tricky business. After all, a car despatched from The Factory on -say- 2 January 1979 can be qualified as a 1979 car, while it clearly was built; /html/morgans/1999-08/msg00237.html (8,543 bytes)
2. RE: Model years (score: 1): Author: Gerry Willburn <Gerry.Willburn@trw.com>; Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 07:33:14 -0700; Gordon Pflug (of Sutton & Pflug) once told me that on new years day every car in inventory became a year newer! During the Plus 4 (series I?) years, California went by "First Registered" rather than; /html/morgans/1999-08/msg00241.html (10,181 bytes)
3. Re: Model years (score: 1): Author: "Hermen Pol" <polmognl@wxs.nl>; Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 20:02:30 +0200; In this case I must disagree with you. As early as pre WW II Morgan did have model years. They were specified in the sales books and coincided with the appearance of a new catalogue. Changes could b; /html/morgans/1999-08/msg00243.html (7,765 bytes)
4. Re: Model years (score: 1): Author: Ed Herman <edherman@concentric.net>; Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 17:16:40 -0400; Gerry is right. In the US it was common practice to date the car by the date first registered. This allowed the Dealers to keep cars in their inventory for over a year and sell them as new. In 1989; /html/morgans/1999-08/msg00244.html (8,404 bytes)
5. Re: Model years (score: 1): Author: RHT56@aol.com; Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 19:12:05 EDT; Reality Check: If a car was made in 1957 and not sold until 1964 it doesn't make it a 1964 car. The car is still a '57 Morgan. Now, it might be registered as a vehicle of another year with all of tho; /html/morgans/1999-08/msg00246.html (7,538 bytes)
6. Re: Model years (score: 1): Author: CHarris990@aol.com; Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 23:43:07 EDT; Reality reality check Gerry is right. When I bought my 4/4 from Sutton and Phlug, the California DMV registered it as a ''66 instead of a '65 because their cut off date for imported cars which were i; /html/morgans/1999-08/msg00249.html (7,745 bytes)
7. Re: Model years (score: 1): Author: RHT56@aol.com; Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 01:36:15 EDT; What if the DMV only registered Studebakers after an arbitrary cutoff date? Would you car now be a Studebaker? If Matilda was born on July 7, 1965 (ie, out the factory door) but not registered until; /html/morgans/1999-08/msg00250.html (7,550 bytes)
8. Re: Model years (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Miles, PE" <mdmiles@home.com>; Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 11:32:32 -0700; Another connection for Morgans and beer - "Born On" dating. Consider how a Morgan imitates Life: Each car has a conception date (build order), a born date (completion), adoption (purchase), dedicatio; /html/morgans/1999-08/msg00251.html (8,400 bytes)
9. RE: Model years (score: 1): Author: "Stephen F. Bauserman" <sbauserman@actsnet.com>; Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 18:30:41 -0500; You could very well be right about the temp. gauges. The build sheet on Scarlet does not say anything about additional gauges. Therefore either they were standard from the works or they were added a; /html/morgans/1999-08/msg00253.html (9,218 bytes)
10. Re: Model years (score: 1): Author: CHarris990@aol.com; Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 18:53:42 EDT; << What if the DMV only registered Studebakers after an arbitrary cutoff date? Would you car now be a Studebaker? If Matilda was born on July 7, 1965, (i.e., out the factory door) but not registered; /html/morgans/1999-08/msg00254.html (8,037 bytes)
11. Re: Model years (score: 1): Author: CHarris990@aol.com; Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 19:46:52 EDT; We identify Morgans by type and model of type, not necessarily by year. I think you nailed it. With the reintroduction of the 4/4 series 2, H. F. S., due to the vagaries of the British auto and poli; /html/morgans/1999-08/msg00255.html (7,635 bytes)
12. RE: Model years (score: 1): Author: Gerry Willburn <Gerry.Willburn@trw.com>; Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 07:36:11 -0700; The original comment was in answer to a question as to whether MORGANs had "Model Years." My answer was that for the Plus 4s (Series 1?) they did not. You cannot say that "My Morgan is a '19xx Model'; /html/morgans/1999-08/msg00263.html (9,098 bytes)
13. Re: Model years (score: 1): Author: RHT56@aol.com; Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 13:47:18 EDT; Here you go, interjecting some common sense into a prolonged exchange by us "AR" types who dwell on the details. Thanks. Whatever they are they're such fun to drive. Dick in OR; /html/morgans/1999-08/msg00267.html (7,278 bytes)

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