Arlo,
Put on a sweater, leave the hood at home, borrow Wilburn's kidney belt
(no protection on a Ducatti anyway) drive very fast, frighten small
children and women, carry a Winchester in 44-40 and try to catch Nogueria
(who just passed you at warp) in a +4. The weak structural part of a
Morgan is maintenance, which shows up a lot of times when you use it as a
Shooting Break. Morgans are sports cars and should be driven as such. I
know of Brits who use theirs in Trials. Go very fast and quit hitting
bumps if they bother you. Safety is being in control. Perhaps +8's are
not as safe as 4/4's as they probably feel more like a Corvette or some
other truck.
Chuck Harris
Very quick in Texas
On Sun, 13 Dec 1998 23:22:20 +0000 arlo j levisen <alevisen@gdhscats.org>
writes:
>I recently purchased a 1987 Morgan Plus 8 with an original
>fuel-injected
>3.5L Rover engine. I also live in South Dakota where we now have
>somewhat higher speed limits on our interstates as well as our federal
>
>and state highways. We also have the luxury of fewer people, wide
>open
>spaces and few semi-tractor/trailers.
>
>My question has to do with how fast one can safely drive these cars?
>I
>am presently experiencing - and I have only driven this car with the
>hood up due to the temps - a "rifle shot" caused whenever I hit a
>bump.
>This comes from the "give" in the vinyl as well as the lack of
>"travel"
>in the suspension. I guess I am primarily curious as to whether
>anyone
>feels that there should be a concern with the structural integrity of
>the car itself. Our roads up here are generally quite smooth and I
>tend
>to zip along pretty good, but I have achieved the "rifle shot" at
>speeds
>as slow as 70-75 mph.
>
>Anyone have any thoughts on this?
>
>Thank you. Arlo Levisen
>
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