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Morgan News
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...er-Morgan.html
-- Andrew Muzi <www.yellowjersey.org/> Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On 3/6/19 9:35 AM, AMuzi wrote:
> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...er-Morgan.html A guy I worked with in the UK back in the 50s or early 60s had an old Morgan, but I doubt whether the brand had ever come to mind since then. Perce |
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My dad had one, in a thousand pieces. Somebody bought it.
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On 3/6/2019 4:26 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Percival P. Cassidy > wrote: >> On 3/6/19 9:35 AM, AMuzi wrote: >> >>> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...er-Morgan.html >> >> A guy I worked with in the UK back in the 50s or early 60s had an old >> Morgan, but I doubt whether the brand had ever come to mind since then. > > The current Morgan 4/4 is about the most fun thing I have ever driven. > British frame, body, and handling. German drive train and acceleration. > Very labour-intensive production, workshop-style rather than production-line > style, which unfortunately keeps it out of my price range. > > I can't see the Italians getting involved being a good thing. Every time > the Italians get involved with cars something goes terribly wrong. > --scott You mean like Bugatti, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati ...? |
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On 3/6/2019 4:26 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Percival P. Cassidy > wrote: >> On 3/6/19 9:35 AM, AMuzi wrote: >> >>> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...er-Morgan.html >> >> A guy I worked with in the UK back in the 50s or early 60s had an old >> Morgan, but I doubt whether the brand had ever come to mind since then. > > The current Morgan 4/4 is about the most fun thing I have ever driven. > British frame, body, and handling. German drive train and acceleration. > Very labour-intensive production, workshop-style rather than production-line > style, which unfortunately keeps it out of my price range. > > I can't see the Italians getting involved being a good thing. Every time > the Italians get involved with cars something goes terribly wrong. > --scott > As an ex-Fiat owner, I get that. But then there's Pagani... -- Andrew Muzi <www.yellowjersey.org/> Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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Heron > wrote:
>On 3/6/2019 4:26 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote: >> >> I can't see the Italians getting involved being a good thing. Every time >> the Italians get involved with cars something goes terribly wrong. > >You mean like Bugatti, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati ...? Yes! Those cars where you have to remove the engine in order to get to the fanbelt. Terribly, terribly wrong. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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On 3/7/2019 1:56 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Heron > wrote: >> On 3/6/2019 4:26 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote: >>> >>> I can't see the Italians getting involved being a good thing. Every time >>> the Italians get involved with cars something goes terribly wrong. >> >> You mean like Bugatti, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati ...? > > Yes! Those cars where you have to remove the engine in order to get to the > fanbelt. Terribly, terribly wrong. > --scott > Oh, how I wish you were exaggerating (Fiat X-1/9). -- Andrew Muzi <www.yellowjersey.org/> Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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