New Member own a 1963 Morgan Plus 4

[WaxMorgan]

I bought the car from the legendary Bill Fink about 4 years ago. Bill lived about 15 miles from me in Bodega near the coast and Highway 1. After driving it for a year or the crankshaft broke, no one's fault as far I can tell. This lead to a complete rebuild of the engine (and most of the car) by the excellent Willburn brothers of Southern California. We added Webers and other upgrades. I'm now breaking in the engine using break in oil to maximize the compression and settle things in.

 

[Basil]

Wow, that's a great find! I'll bet that thing is a blast to drive, especially with those Webers! Welcome to the BCF!

 

[Mike Moore]

I bought TS41723L in 1962. I owned a 51 TD MG and a 47 Chrysler Highlander. My boss sent me to downtown Los Angeles frequently to do messenger work because I was the most junior person in our engineering department, My 47 Chrysler was like docking the Queen Mary whenever I parallel parked it. Then my boss, Russ Green lent me his 59 TR3. What a revelation. From that moment on, I drove the TR anytime I had to go downtown. I looked for excuses to run downtown! It took me a while to learn the difference between the tach and the speedo.I once thought I was cruising through a residential area at 30 mph because the tach said 30 and I was going much faster (although I was likely in some lower gear) if I was driving 60. Then Russ called me one day from the Trumph dealer and asked me if I wanted to buy it as he was getting a new TR4 with rollup windows. I could not afford it but when the price came down to $400,I quick got a loan and bought it, The car has been restored twice and repainted several times. Russ and his wife had driven it to Mexico City and Chicago, I took it to San Diego monthly with two toddlers in the back seat. It's been a good reliable car. I am currently working on the dash wiring which has suffered from the addition of radios at two different times as well as an electric fan. I removed the main plate and stripped the paint because ot had a couple of ugly scratches plus I want to make sure I have all the wiring sorted outi assembled , then I'll remove all the wiring gaiges etcand paint it before I do finall assembly. My task right now is to cut out all the wires I've added and replace with the correctly color coded wire all the nome made wires, I have made a sort of a table of a cardboard box to lay the plate on to work,.

 

[Basil]

I bought TS41723L in 1962. I owns a 51 TD MG and a 47 Chrysler Highlander. My boss sent me to downtown Los Angeles frequently to do messenger work because I was the most junior person in our engineering department, My 47 Chrysler was like docking the Queen Mary whenever I parallel parked it. Then my boss, Russ Green lent men his 59 TR3. What a revelation. From that moment on, I drove the TR anytime I had to go downtown. It took me a while to learn the difference between the tach and the speedo.I once thought I was cruising through a residential area at 30 mph because the tach said 30 and I was going much faster (although I was likely in some lower gear) if I was driving 60. Then Russ called me one day from the Trumph dealer and asked me if I wanted to but it as he was getting a new TR4 with rollup windows. I could not afford it but when the price came down to $400,I quick got a loan and bought it, The car has been restored twice and repainted several times,

Mike, I see you must have gotten my email with the new password!

 

[Mike Moore]

Thank You fBasil or all your help. Mike

 

[AngliaGT]

Welcome,from a former Californian (Eureka).