Great Show of Morgans at Road America

[YankeeTR]

The Vintage races honored TR, Healeys and Morgans....more Morgans than the other brands showed up...impressive lot!

 

[aeronca65t]

Lovely red Flatrad....but *what* are those tires?!? Unusual looking!

I'll guess that the trike has a little flattie Ford engine.

 

[DrEntropy]

LOVE the reversed lights! Talk about a "flashback"!!!


WHEEE!!! Cumberland hillclimbs!!!

 

[Twosheds]

WHEEE!!! Cumberland hillclimbs!!!

Sorry to hijack your thread, Rick, but...

Hillclimbs are returning to Cumberland, Doc!

Maryland has a law prohibiting racing on public roads, but Dave Williams, who is behind the Cumberland Airport Autocross Series, got the Maryland legislature to pass a bill that allows a hillclimb to be held near Flintstone for three years!

It's a Pennsylvania Hillclimb Association event, held on the August 4th weekend on Gilpin Road and it runs 1.3 miles and 9 turns up Polish Mountain. This is a different road from the one used in the old Cumberland hillclimbs, but it's wider and safer. I drove it and it's steep with a few switchbacks, and no houses or anything.

I'll be spectating there!

Sorry, Rick.

 

[aeronca65t]

That is excellent news!
Don't forget to put that on the Local Events section here at BCF.

*double-sorry* for continuing John's Hijacking /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif

 

[eschneider]

Lovely red Flatrad....but *what* are those tires?!? Unusual looking!

I'll guess that the trike has a little flattie Ford engine.

The Morgan slang is "artillary wheels". I looked to see if I could find more info on them, but came up empty. It would not surprise me at all if they were indeed military surplus from WWII. They were one of 4 options on the 1937-50 4/4 and the 1950-53 flat rad +4's.

the 100e flathead was pretty common on later trikes; it was the standard mill on the 4-4 series II from 55-60.

 

[PeterC]

It was a GREAT weekend. We were racing a Sprite, but the Morgans sure made for pretty scenery.

I especially liked the maroon +4 Coupe(?) I had never seen one before, and I loved the shape.

Any pics of that, Yankee whoeveryouare?

Peter

 

[bugimike]

Thanks those were lovely pix!! I have a special, soft spot for Moggies, having been a bairn growing up riding in my Dad's trike! ( a three-seater!!)

 

[William]

Morgan was the featured marque two seasons ago, at the fall historics.

The little blue and silver job was there last summer too. It has the world's greatest hood ornament-I'll post a pic when I find it again!

-Wm.

 

[YankeeTR]

It was a GREAT weekend. We were racing a Sprite, but the Morgans sure made for pretty scenery.

I especially liked the maroon +4 Coupe(?) I had never seen one before, and I loved the shape.

Any pics of that, Yankee whoeveryouare?

Peter

This one?

 

[eschneider]

Ah, that be a plus-four-plus. Only 26 made before the fiberglass subcontractor's factory burned down.