Dear List,
Baby Doll V is 5305, she had duel fillers, enlarged fuel tank, twin fuel
pumps (bendix), and duel fuel lines. Like other Baby doll types she came
with upper cross axle bracing, and all the Standard SS bits. She was one
of five endurance Morgan Super Sports, and one of the most succesful.
In my discussions with Lew Spencer, it was quite a car to drive, and one
of his favorites, even though later he was involved in Shelby projects.
Kas Kastner prepared the engine for his car at least once.
She and Baby Doll IV are being raced at present, but at least 20 baby
doll spec cars are out there, non SS....
This is probably what your car is, go get Sports Car mags of the period
these have the car numbers, and morgan, and race reports with
driver/owner name. Get the history of the car if you can, as with our
car it became quite an interesting history as a Fergus Endurance Super
Sports, prepared for Sebring.
Racing at Marlboro, Limerock etc.....It adds so much more, even found a
picture of her racing in color at Marlboro, what a way to show she was
original!
Let me know if this helps...
Best Regards,
Cameron, Lori and Bob Bowie of Maine
P.O. Box 3751
Brewer, Maine 04412
deemi@juno.com
On Sun, 7 Dec 1997 23:33:42 -0600 harris_simmons@juno.com (Charles A
Harris) writes:
>Bless your heart, this is one of 4 of Lew Spencers Baby Doll 5's,
>probably. If you do need any pictures I think I have some from the
>late sixties prior to John McDonald parting it out. Of all the Baby
>Dolls number 5 seems to have been the most prolific at reproduction.
>Chuck Harris
>Remembering a drive in Baby Doll 5 at Willow Springs
>On Sun, 7 Dec 1997 01:55:59 EST Wildbil923 <Wildbil923@aol.com>
>writes:
>>Yesterday, I dispatched a letter to the Morgan factory asking for any
>
>>info
>>they may have on file for my car. As I sent the letter, it struck me
>
>>that
>>some local Morgan enthusiasts might know a thing or two abou this
>car.
>> It's
>>got some distinctive characteristics that might make it memorable to
>>some.
>>
>>It's chassis # is 4095, which makes it a 1958. It's a Plus 4 two
>seat
>>roadster which has probably spent most, if not all its life in
>>California, as
>>the sole surviving license plate is a black California plate, with a
>>thick
>>stack of stickers ending with a 1981 registration. The license
>number
>>is HCC
>>319. There are tell-tale signs it might have been raced. From the
>>holes
>>drilled in the cowel, it looks like a racing aero screen was attached
>
>>at one
>>time, along with a racing mirror. AThe ghost of a small number (45)
>>has
>>started to appear in the surface rust penetrating the primer coat on
>>the right
>>side of the rear deck. The chrome bumpers have been replaced with
>>black
>>pipes, bent to angle in toward the car at both ends. On the
>>windscreen is a
>>decal from the Orange County Sports Car Club, and a CHP roadside
>>inspection
>>sticker from 1977. The right side bonnet had a custom made scoop
>>added to it
>>to allow the fitting of air cleaners. (No it's not a Supersports;
>the
>>scoop
>>is not the right shape.) Oh, and one more thing. Someone, at some
>>point in
>>its history, fitted disk brakes from a TR-3 on it.
>>
>>Does this Mog sound familiar to anyone? If so, please tell me what
>>you know
>>about her.
>>
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