DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

King_Jut wrote:I've got one. And for me it is beautiful and quintessentially British car thats full of the idiosyncratic things that make it so.

Great looking car and I absolutely *adore* the first shot.

I totally agree with you on that, I wasn't sold on them at all but after spending a lot of time around them, they really do get under your skin.

Yours sounds like a right hooligan! Nice spec by the sound of it and the kids certainly seem to appreciate it too...

jamie wrote:Oh god. I just spent the last three days with a Morgan Plus 8 and, having never had -any- interest in them, I'm totally in love.

Not sure why - it's definitely not the looks, the image, or anything the marketing bods put in the sales brochure. I think it just delivered all the things I enjoy most about driving. Great fun.

I'm exactly the same, never gave them a second thought before, but now really want one. I'm quite liking the new AR P4 (Cosworth powered Aero Racing Plus4) but doubt I'll get anywhere near the £54k asking price before they all sell out...

Also, I've just realised who you are. I'll say Hi to Bryn for you

My parents used to ferry my siblings and myself in their Morgans, when we were little.

Keeping up the tradition, when they each reached 6 months the grandchildren were sent on to their inaugural baguette run with my dad.
Before and after:

The newer cars are damn fugly if you ask me and those seats are hideous and out of place imo.....if you want an old looking car then why not buy one? Way cooler!

The photography on the other hand is truly sensational and extremely well done ......I reckon you could even make me look pretty!....


....well, maybe not!

23e Heure wrote:........when they each reached 6 months the grandchildren were sent on to their inaugural baguette run with my dad.
.......

Wonderful

Reprint online of a 1983 article by Peter Egan
here

This is a real bit of a Morgan; I'm sure this is a big part of the ownership trip, built in this way.

Darren65 wrote:The newer cars are damn fugly if you ask me and those seats are hideous and out of place imo.....if you want an old looking car then why not buy one? Way cooler!

I was with you on this, but once you drive one I guarantee it will get you. Totally inexplicable - it's like they took the spirit of a gently winding road and condensed it into a vehicle.

Bryn, is that you?

Superb photographs, it took me nearly twenty years to shake off the Morgan bug which involved pedaling mildly tuned to full modsports cars in trials, circuit and speed championships, until JW showed me the error in my ways and pointed me towards a 911.

But I must admit I do miss that feeling only an open Morgan can give you on a good cross country run, even if you need to check your fillings are still present afterwards...

Best to have both - my two toys.

Should be at the factory this week will try and get some photos 2 from the pub last night.

Hi we had a good day at Morgan and had a chance to road test a 4 4 1600 ford engine 160 bhp. and a plus 8 very nice 4.8 BMW V8 380 bhp lots of photos I will put some on in the next few days. Berny.

Oh how Sir John Harvey-Jones got it so wrong!
I remember at the time thinking that he didn't understand the Morgan clientel
Great cars

jamie wrote:Bryn, is that you?

Nope, but a very good friend of his. :D

Berny wrote:Hi we had a good day at Morgan

Looks like you and I were there around the same time. Hardly anything ever stays in the same place for more than a few hours, so we possibly passed each other?

Pete is 87 and has kept Morgan's since 1934.

Here is his story...

https://vimeo.com/thisissupreme/morgan-and-i



(I made this a few months back, just releasing it now)