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Re: Car & Driver

To: "William G. Lamb, III" <lambroving@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: Car & Driver
From: "Ernest(Chip) Brown" <ebrown@ms.com>
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 09:26:25 -0400
Chris is  a very nice fellow from Cape Cod who races a three wheeler regularly 
in
the VSCCA as "Quahog Racing.". Nothing mysterious about him at all. Chip B.

William G. Lamb, III wrote:

> At 09:04 PM 5/14/99 -0500, Bob Nogueira wrote:
>
>  Bravo, Bob, and three cheers for intellectual honesty and integrity!
>
> >Please advise  Mr. Towner that the rumors and  gossip he is hearing of there
> >being rumors and gossip  about the New Morgan  are just rumors gossip.
>
>  An absolutely inspired thought, but one which may have to wait for
> Peter's departure, as he was once quoted as having said something
> like, "We will tell you about it when exists". So much for talking about
> what they may be working on. MMC isn't on the Internet yet so far as
> I am aware, although some employees read the "List" as do a number
> of U.K. Agents. Maybe you won't have to wait too much longer.
>
>  Possibly also, MMC's new newsletter, "The Malvern Link" will develop
> into something similar to what you desire. There is a partial reflection
> of it on the Brands Hatch web site. <http://www.bhm.uk.com/>
>
>  I'd be grateful personally if someone would take the trouble to update
> the Morgan Motor Co. web site. The Works have changed so much in
> the past three years that nothing on it much reflects the current
> production process which is exceedingly improved.
>
> >In ten minutes time I believe I could round up the mailing addresses of
> >every major and minor Morgan club. If the factory is interested  in
> >preventing  rumors and gossip and  would like to insure information is
> >accurate I would suggest they send out a press release first to all those
> >poor club newsletter  editors who are always looking for fresh topic for the
> >next issue. The way I see it Those editors toil monthly to promote Morgan
> >ownership and when the factory has something to show who gets it CAR &
> >DRIVER  who hasn't mentioned Morgan in the past  15 years .
>
>  Can we possibly hope you will both be too arthritic by then, or will you both
> be have mastered voice recognition technology? Anyway, judging by you two,
> isn't the best Morgan the one you happen to own?
>
> >And on a other note:
> > Do you think in 20 years Bob Jr and  Will Z  Jr will be arguing over which
> >is better the 171/2 inch bumper Morgan or the  21 inch Morgan ?
> >
> >Bob Nogueira  Who will defend to the death the right  for anyone to post a
> >message on this or any topic including saying ' Enough of this topic  "
> >
>  BTW, this mysterious Mr. Towner must have been at the Works on
> Wednesday or Thursday because Charles had neither seen nor heard
> about the "Car & Driver" and "Road & Track" articles on Tuesday morning
> (16:20 GMT) when he returned my call. The whole thing sounds a bit
> apocryphal to me. Could it be that someone else has an agenda as well?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Willie
>
> >-------- REPLY, Original message follows --------
> >
> >> Date: Friday, 14-May-99 08:51 AM
> >>
> >> From: robert couch             \ Internet:    (morganspares@taconic.net)
> >> To:   MORGANS                  \ Internet:    (morgans@autox.team.net)
> >>
> >> Subject: Car & Driver
> >>
> >> I have been asked to post the following by Chris Towner who just recently
> >came
> >> back from a trip to the Factory:
> >>
> >> It is true that the Works is not happy with the Car & Driver article but
> >less
> >> happy with the type of gossip/rumor/ and mis-information the internet
> >seems to
> >> generate here in the US from several sources (?).  The article will go
> >away the
> >> sooner the internet folks quit much of this worthless chit-chat over an
> >article
> >> by a frustrated journalist.
> >>
> >
> >-------- REPLY, End of original message --------
> >


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