----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Solow <Gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
To: Melvyn Rutter / The Morgan Garage <melvyn@rutter.clara.net>
Cc: Rick Bourne <rick@bhm.uk.com>; Aadrian Van Der Kroft
<kroftuk@ukonline.co.uk>; <Morgans@autox.team.net>; <fot@autox.team.net>;
<vintagerace@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 1999 8:04 PM
Subject: Laguna Seca SCCA vintage
> Just got back from Laguna Seca. Over 60 cars in our group 2 race.
Had
> a split start there were so many. We started 8 on the grid , finished
5'th.
> 1'st was a Gineta G4R with IRS, very fast, 2nd and 3'rd were 911s of
various
> sorts, 4'th was a Ladybird Special, an English tube frame club special
with
> Ford power ( sort like like an ugly Super Seven), 6'th was a Gineta G4,
then
> a couple of Super Sevens and a slew of 911s. very clean racing in all
race
> groups. great corner workers, the tech lines were a little slow this
morning
> at 7 AM. Victory Lane magazine hosted a little get together after the
last
> race. Weather was foggy and cool in the morning. It finally warmed up to
> around 70 degrees at 1:30. We are the onlyu Morgan there, the only car on
> wire wheels in group 2, all the other cars are running on Mags. There are
2
> or 3 MG Bs and a GT-6 and one TR-4, maybe 6 Lotus Cortinas and 4 or More
> Ginetas, they have sure become popular! Quite a few Alfa GT Vs also.
> We got down to 1:54.09 on Yoko A008 rs tires. The Gineta G4r turned
1:46
> and change! Like a 26R!
> More to follow tomarrow. I hope I can do as well as I did today!
>
> Regards, Greg Solow
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Melvyn Rutter / The Morgan Garage
> To: Greg Solow
> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 10:25 AM
> Subject: Re: anything/ lots of anything!!! /steering stuff
>
>
> Greg, hello again,
> 2nd message: You are of course right. Steering stuff is obtainable from
> Moss Europe, as and when you can get it out of them. We have a good
> relationship with them as we buy quite a lot and could probably squeeze
> some out from there. If you want, can make an approach, we would buy them
> directly from them put a small margin on to cover our costs and send them
in
> the mail. Would you like me to find out for you what the present situation
> is and how cheaply we can get them for, if we can !!
> Regards
> Melvyn
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Solow <gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
> To: Melvyn Rutter / The Morgan Garage <melvyn@rutter.clara.net>
> Date: 26 September 1999 09:52
> Subject: Re: anything/ lots of anything!!!
>
>
> Dear Melvyn,
> i was thinking today of what items we need to service the cars
that
> we are working on and I came up with a good one. About 2 years ago I sent
a
> sample of a steering worm from a '67 +4 to Peter Cox at Moss Europe in the
> hope that he could have the same people that have been manufacturing the
> TR-3 steering worms for him, make worms gears for Morgans. He told me at
> the time that he would look into it and thought that it was entirely
> possible. I have since phoned him 3 times and Emailed him 3 or 4 times. I
> was only able to talk with him once on the phone around a year ago when he
> said that the worm was still on his desk in front of him but that they
were
> in the process of moving their wherehouse and so all new projects were
> temporarily on hold. We have been doing at least one steering box a
month,
> and every other one could use a worm. I am interested in buying 10 at
least
> for myself and my shop and there has to be a good market for them in other
> quarters besides. I understand that they are very difficult to machine
and
> that a special cutter is required that cuts the worm groove on the same
arc
> that the peg travels. There has to be that slight "high spot" in the
> center, straight forward position of the worm or it will not be possible
to
> have" no play" in the straight ahead postion and still be able to adjust
the
> box so the steering is nice and light. Because Cox is already having very
> similar worms made, a right hand drive TR-3 worm is the same as a left
hand
> drive Morgan worm up until around 1956 or 1957 when they changed the
> steering ratio to a slower ratio to lighten the steering, I thought that
it
> would be a good idea to contact him to have our worms made. I don't know
it
> you know him at all well, but maybe you can encourage him to get going
with
> this project as I am sure it would benefit all of use and certainly all
> Morgan owners.
>
> Regards, Greg Solow
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Melvyn Rutter / The Morgan Garage
> To: Greg Solow
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 12:57 AM
> Subject: Re: anything/ lots of anything!!!
>
>
> Hi Greg,
> Did we have a ball, thanks to all the great Morgan folk.
> Trouble is put on some real pounds, only me, so starving myself at
the
> moment, back to within one pound of original weight.
> Since returning, have been catching up, three weeks away and wow is
> there lots to do in my office; have been burning the midnight oil, so just
> caught up.
> We talked about us quoting on Spax shocks and maybe other things, if
> you would like to give me a few things that you may consider buying from
us,
> I will get out some prices that will hopefully make your mouth water !
> Very best wishes for the moment and hear from you soon.
> Melvyn
> ~~~~~~
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Solow <Gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
> To: melvyn@rutter.clara.net <melvyn@rutter.clara.net>
> Date: 22 September 1999 23:20
> Subject: anything
>
>
> anything
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