Morgan 3 wheelers

[fredv]

My first post is a photo of my 3 cars. Left is a JZR replica that I built. The middle one is a '52 F Super with English Ford side valve 4 cyl. The right hand one is a '35 Sports. They are all great fun to drive and all drive differently from each other.

 

[mister_lister]

My father owned a 1923 “sport”, with a JAP twin. He let me drive it a few times. It was a thrill to drive; loud, stiff as a board, marginal brakes, and it flew down the road like “Jack the Bear....”

 

[john harris]

Hi Fredy,
Your JZR replica looks well done. What V twin did you use?
It resembles somewhat the most recent three-wheeler from Morgan, now apparently no longer in production (according to Jay Leno, anyway). Some years back, I visited Pete Larsen's shop in Seattle where he had designed and built the Ace prototype that Morgans bought the rights to. Pete built thirteen Aces, I believe. I'd like one!
John

 

[78Z]

Very nice. I've thought of building a replica with a modern Motor Guzzi engine but its never come to fruition.

 

[fredv]

The JZR has a Guzzi Cal2 engine, 1000cc's. I've had it up to 95!! If you are interested I did a build blog that goes back to 2012. It has apparently been popular as I've has 68K hits on the site. > 3 wheel car build <

 

[Sherlock]

A collector here in Calgary has built two JZR replica's, both as LHD, he thinks possibly the only examples built that way, he also used Moto Guzzi engines... He had considered buying a real one, but he looked at prices ordered a JZR kit

 

[fredv]

I felt the same way and worried about getting parts and maintaining it. In '17 there was a Morgan 3 wheel Convention in Augusta, Ga. which I attended. They had 30 cars there and tech sessions for 4 days which relieved all of my worries. I came home saying "I've just got to have one of those". Within a month the green car showed up on ebay (rare to see one there) and I won the bid in the mid 20's. It was cheap because of a bad paint job and the sidevalve engine. I repainted it and I like the engine so I got a bargain.
The F Type was a stalled project in 1000 pieces but included a huge amount of new parts and was ready to put back together, sort of. Here is a blog I'm doing on it: > Morgan F Super restoration <

 

[AngliaGT]

I met John Sheely after a British car meet at the Jamestown ferry,where
his Morgan (4 wheeler) died.Gave him a ride home & he showed me his really
cool vehicle collection.
Back in Eureka (CA) I stopped by Ray Olsen's place.He rebuilt engines for
the three wheelers.I wasn't aware that he did that until then.He passed away years
ago.

 

[Sherlock]

I felt the same way and worried about getting parts and maintaining it. In '17 there was a Morgan 3 wheel Convention in Augusta, Ga. which I attended. They had 30 cars there and tech sessions for 4 days which relieved all of my worries. I came home saying "I've just got to have one of those". Within a month the green car showed up on ebay (rare to see one there) and I won the bid in the mid 20's. It was cheap because of a bad paint job and the sidevalve engine. I repainted it and I like the engine so I got a bargain.
The F Type was a stalled project in 1000 pieces but included a huge amount of new parts and was ready to put back together, sort of. Here is a blog I'm doing on it: > Morgan F Super restoration <

That same collector has since purchased a very nice Jaguar D Type replica, maybe he had a little more money than he thought, all he will every say is that it wasn't a cheap car to purchase as a high quality build...

 

[Sherlock]

I met John Sheely after a British car meet at the Jamestown ferry,where
his Morgan (4 wheeler) died.Gave him a ride home & he showed me his really
cool vehicle collection.
Back in Eureka (CA) I stopped by Ray Olsen's place.He rebuilt engines for
the three wheelers.I wasn't aware that he did that until then.He passed away years
ago.

That sounds like a real treat!