Jeff,
I was going to put my 2 cents (Canadian) in, and reply to Jon, but you've
expressed my sentiments exactly, and very elegantly!
Chuck Vandergraaf
'52 +4
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> From: smithmog@ix.netcom.com[SMTP:smithmog@ix.netcom.com]
> Reply To: smithmog@ix.netcom.com
> Sent: February 16, 1999 12:10 AM
> To: Jon Callas
> Cc: morgans@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Buying in
>
> Jon Callas wrote:
> >
> > I've been lurking here, contempating getting a Morgan, and it looks like
> I
> > will. I put down a deposit on a '67 two-seater plus four today. Assuming
> it
> > checks out with another mechanic (and I can't imagine it won't), I'll be
> a
> > Morgan driver.
> >
> > What should I get ready for? (Other than a lot of fun, of course. I
> > couldn't stop grinning after test-driving it.)
> >
> > JonJon-There are a number of things you need be ready for:
> 1)Kids under 13 and adults over 50 will wave a lot, typically accompanied
> by "neat car!"
> 2)Ferrari owners, bewildered, will ignore you at traffic lights.
> 3)You will become accustomed to certain questions. The answers are:
> -No, I didn't build it myself
> -Wood.Really.No, not the chassis.
> -150 miles per hour, but not on these tires, of course.
> -Oh, I dunno, 150 thousand dollars, I guess.
> -1967,or 1947, or 1937.
> -I'm sorry, I'm married, but Thanks anyway.
> 4) Oil and grease.Lots of it. Morgans love the stuff.If in doubt,
> lubricate it.At the very least, you'll keep it from rusting.
> 5) The possibility of getting wet.These are not convertibles in the
> "folding top" sense of the word.Experience erecting pup tents in monsoons
> may prove helpful.
> 6)Get all the Morgan books you can find, starting with Fred Sisson's
> "Morgan Bedside Reader" You will discover shortly that there are not two
> identical Morgans in the world, and come to cherish your car's own
> peculiarities.
> 7)Mainly, get ready to have fun.There is no practical reason on earth to
> buy a Morgan other than the fact that they look and act unlike anything
> else.I can sit in my garage and stare at it-it's that pretty.And, after a
> while, you'll discover that it behaves differently in dry weather than
> when the humidity's high and the wood swells.
> Try explaining THAT to a guy driving a Camry.
> And, every once in a while, you'll find a perfect day, and a
> perfect road, and create a memory that will last years.
> You are in for a good time.Good Luck, and let us know how it
> turns out!
> Jeff Smith
> 1968 4/4 2 str.B1677
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