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sled108
11-08-2008, 10:32 PM
How's this for Something you haven't Seen too Often...
SPL db
11-08-2008, 10:34 PM
That'll classify as something I haven't seen... at all! Very nice!

Scott
Sandy G
11-09-2008, 03:23 AM
Ooooooh....Dat's PURDY !! (grin)
Fisherdude
11-09-2008, 03:42 AM
Does he/you still have it?

Sweet!
sled108
11-09-2008, 08:54 AM
The Morgan's long Gone....Dad sold it in the 50's to get Mom this....
wajobu
11-09-2008, 09:02 AM
Handmade with oak or ash frames (IIRC) those old Morgans were--very pretty cars. I have had the pleasure of a ride in an early 1960s version.

Still making them! http://www.morgan-motor.co.uk/

EDIT: Morgan frames are STILL made from ash-wood.

http://www.morgan-motor.co.uk/technical/faq.phtml
KLH9
11-10-2008, 04:52 PM
The Morgan's long Gone....Dad sold it in the 50's to get Mom this....

Nice xk-120 fixed head....

I had a 1951 xk-120 roadster for a while when I was younger..... I liked the big cats in my youth

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq135/gotFusion/xk-120_jag.jpg
Celt
11-10-2008, 05:20 PM
Wasn't one of John Steed's classic cars in the TV series "The Avengers" a Morgan?
Fisherdude
11-10-2008, 06:19 PM
From the bowels of the garage, a fresh pic from two minutes ago...

Had it out just last week!:yes:
koseltri
11-10-2008, 06:40 PM
Nice xk-120 fixed head....

I had a 1951 xk-120 roadster for a while when I was younger..... I liked the big cats in my youth

http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq135/gotFusion/xk-120_jag.jpg

I'd rather have the Mk. II in the background...
KLH9
11-10-2008, 06:56 PM
I'd rather have the Mk. II in the background...

That was a 2.4L MK I.... Interesting story on that one.

I needed a windshield for my "super clean" 3.4 Mk I to get a California "fix-it-ticket" cleared.

I found a listing in the L.A. times for a Mk I "does not run" for $25..... When I got there the seller told me they had just bought a new battery for $25 and all they wanted was their battery money back. When I turned the key I did not hear the fuel pump running and knew exactly what was wrong. I paid them their $25, got the signed title from them, crawled under the left rear, and tapped on the fuel pump until it started ticking. Got back in and it fired right up. They were chasing me down the road on foot wanting their Jag back.... Shame though. I ended up stripping the entire car (engine head, gearbox, rear end, interior, doors, hood and deck..... everything) and selling the body shell and engine block for scrap.
Fisherdude
11-10-2008, 06:59 PM
My first MGA was a '61, and my then girlfriend and I would be out driving and the car would simply shut off without warning. "Lean forward!!". She'd reply: "What???".

"Just lean forward!". Then I'd reach behind her, pound my fist on the cover over the fuel pump, there'd be that satisfying "brrrrrrp", and the car would start back up.

Gotta love Lucas, "The Prince of Darkness".
KLH9
11-10-2008, 07:03 PM
From the bowels of the garage, a fresh pic from two minutes ago...

Had it out just last week!:yes:

Standard or a twin cam? Had a friend when I was in high school that had a twin cam. Nice...
Fisherdude
11-10-2008, 07:04 PM
Twin Cam would have knock-off disk wheels.

This one's a 1962 1600 MKII.
wajobu
11-10-2008, 07:14 PM
My Dad had a 1956 Austin-Healey 100-6. Quite a little rocket. My parents drove it from Long Island to Florida and back for their honeymoon in 1957.
westend
11-10-2008, 07:35 PM
How's this for Something you haven't Seen too Often...Morgan Estate sedan? The Brother-in-law has a Morgan +3, fully restored. He takes me for a ride, now and then. I've drven the car, as well. It feels like the 20"er's are glued to the road. :D
tentoze
11-10-2008, 07:39 PM
http://www.blurtit.com/var/question/q/q3/q36/q363/q3630/q363024_238783_theparty1.jpg

Birdy Num-Nums.
Bigerik
11-10-2008, 07:42 PM
http://www.blurtit.com/var/question/q/q3/q36/q363/q3630/q363024_238783_theparty1.jpg

Birdy Num-Nums.

LOL
Howdy partiner
Thought about this movie as soon as I saw the thread, but I didn't think anyone would get the reference.
You sir, are the man!
Tony V
11-10-2008, 10:28 PM
I always thought these were cool. Dont see many of them around but when you do, you definately remember. Thanks for sharing!
-Tony
sled108
11-15-2008, 10:50 PM
I was Wrong about My Dad's Morgan Cabriolet,....This is what happened to it....
sled108
11-15-2008, 11:00 PM
This is what He did with It.....
sled108
11-15-2008, 11:16 PM
Before the Cabriolet he had this..