October - November 2009 - Morgan Cars for Sale

October • November 2009
November 3, 1919 Happy Birthday, Peter Morgan. D.Y.M!
INSIDE: Epic Racing Journey East • No Frame Waxers Tour
1,000 Miles in +4 Super Sports • Oktoberfest
The Morgazette
The Newsletter of the Morgan Sports Car Club of Northern California

Club Officers 2009
President Larry Ayers
(707) 554-1787
E-mail:redmorganracing@earthlink.het
Vice President Jerry Gurley (408) 867-9042
ivygate@comcast.net
Treasurer George Tollworthy (925) 462-6378
Trikenut@comcast.net
Secretary Maggi Craig (510) 638-4904
maggicraig@sbcglobal.net
Activity Chairperson Kathy Tollworthy
(925) 462-6378
Trikenut@comcast.net
Board of Directors
Bob Murray • David Haines • Doug Hamilton
New Membership
Audrey Haines (916) 652-5679
audrey.haines@ncbb.net
Membership Renewals &Advertising
Kathy Tollworthy (925) 462-6378
Trikenut@comcast.net
Membership Contact Information Changes
Bob Koupal
957 Lee Ave. San Leandro, CA. 94577
(510) 567-9855
Koupal.Bob@microlinear.com
Historian Larry Ayers
(707) 554-1787
redmorganracing@earthlink.net
Morgazette Editor
Gordon Craig (510) 638-4904
lismoregordon@sbcglobal.net
Design & Production
Donna Dell’Ario
dd-mgzt-gc@earthlink.net
The Morgazette Online
http://morgancars.us/msccnc.html
The Morgazette
Newsletter of the Morgan Sports Car Club of Northern California
The Morgan Sports Car Club of Northern California (MSCCNC) exists to
support and further the appreciation of Morgan motoring and the related
activities of its members and friends. Our common interests start with enthu-
siastic support of the Morgan sports car experience and extend to the friendship
and camaraderie amongst all like-minded persons.
Morgazette • October / November 2009 • Page 2
The Morgazette
is the newsletter of the MSCCNC. It is published 6 times
a year and is mailed free to members in good standing.
We welcome any and all original or reprint articles and/or
photos labeled with the following information:
1) event; 2) date of the event;
3) names of all persons appearing in photos;
4) name of publication (in the case of a reprint);
5) names of authors and photographers.
The DEADLINES for receiving ads, photos and articles:
Dec 14 for Dec-Jan issue.
Classified ads placed by members will run one time.
Please notify the editor if you wish to place the ad again.
The Morgazette is now available in an on-line format
as a web PDF. It can be downloaded at the club website
or contact the editor.
Welcome
NEW MEMBERS
Andy and Phyllis Hardin
10 Grove St.
Los Gatos, CA 95030
408-354-2255
hardin95030@aol.com
Cover Photo: Watkins Glen, Grand Prix Re-Enactment
Donna & Larry lead the Morgans.
Photo © Daniel Mainzer Photography

* MSCCNC Club Sponsored Event
Other events are listed for information only
Please let Kathy Tollworthy (Activities Chair)
know if you would like to host an event so it
can be listed on the Calendar and flyers can be
coordinated. (925) 462-6378 or E-mail: trikenut@
comcast.net
Enjoy the challenge and camaraderie!
Lead a day trip – weekend or weekday.
Doesn’t have to be fancy or complicated.
Do it Solo or Team-up.
Contact Activity Chair, Kathy Tollworthy
for details.
MEMBERS REMINDER!
Ballots and membership dues are
being sent out separately.
� Membership ($35.00 per
annum) Renewal forms have already
been mailed, please respond with
those to Bob Koupal.
Bob Koupal
957 Lee Ave.
San Leandro, CA. 94577
� Ballots for Club Officers will
be mailed to you shortly by Audrey
Haines. Please respond per the
instructions on the ballots.
+ Please send in your renewal
dues and ballots in a timely manner!
Cheers.
Kathy Tollworthy
Members Renewals Chairperson.
Flyer
November
Morgazette • October / November 2009 • Page 3
*14 TH SATURDAY • Turkey Trot. Bill &
Theresa Wilson, Gordon & Maggi Craig
December
Flyer
*12 TH SATURDAY • Morgan Christmas
Dinner. Coordinator: Kathy Tollworthy
*26 th SATURDAY • Combined North Bay/
South Bay Boxing Day Run. Jerry Gurley &
Wendell Bain
JaNuary 2010
*17 th SUNDAY • Annual Planning Meeting and Pot
Luck Supper at traditional meeting spot: the Club
House of Jim Taylor & Ellen Jo Baron.
30 Los Altos Square. Los Altos. Ca.
RSVP: Leave message to say what you will bring
to pot luck. Also B.Y.O.B.
Phone: 650-559-9778.
e-mail-jimtay3pacbell.net
Bring your ideas for runs and suggestions!
Minutes 10/10/09
The meeting was called to order at 5:40 p.m. by President
Larry Ayers at the home of David and Audrey Haines.
President Larry expressed appreciation to event organizers
and hosts David and Audrey and extended Donna’s regards and
regret for having to miss the event due to out-of-state family
considerations.
Under Old Business: Audrey reported that the Jaguar
Club acknowledged and appreciated the Morgan Club’s
participation in the parking corral at the Monterey Historics.
Obviously this is a mutually-beneficial arrangement for which
we are also grateful and hope to continue.
Treasurer’s Report: George Tollworthy reported there
is approximately $5,000 in the treasury. MogWest produced a
profit and did very well with regalia.
The Club covered expenses for Mog 100 (barbecue at
Cowley’s, Friday reception, banner, etc.) costing close to
$1,500 total with no profit element to the Club. The Club also
underwrites part of the expense for the Steck’s Friday night
party at Monterey. This expense is also shared with the Plus
4 Club. Mog 100 was the premiere event for Morgans this
year on the West Coast with Charles Morgan and Lew Spencer
attending and with 65 Morgans in the car corral and 22
continued on page 5

Art & More Mogs Who Make It
Arlin Robins, sculptor, and Armando Picciotto, photographer, exhibited their work at the Opening
Show of the Pt. Richmond Art Collective at Dewitt Gallery in late October.
Arlin, owner
of a +4 with
husband
Michael Jhon,
brought four
cast bronze
pieces to the
show.
Armando,
owner with
wife Carol of
a 1963 +4,
has provided
photos to the
Morgazette
many times,
most recently
images of the
“Mog 100”
at Infineo.
He travels
frequently
to the great
outdoors for
his subjects.
As you read
this, he is with
a group traveling
the Amazon
Basin.
THANKS TO THE JAGUAR CLUB
Morgazette • October / November 2009 • Page 4
Point Richmond Art Collective at Dewitt Gallery
121 Park Place, Richmond, CA 94801
http://www.artslant.com/sf/events/show/
72507-point-richmond-art-collective
For the second year we have been able to partner with the Jaguar Associate Group in order to
enjoy Corral Parking at the Monterey Historics.
On our own, we don’t have enough Morgans to qualify as a corral. But together with our “British
cousins,” both groups are able to enjoy the comfort and convenience of a corral assignment. With
special thanks to Dick France in the Jag Club who organized the corral and for extending their
gracious hospitality. We hope to continue this partnership in the future.
Audrey Haines

A Message from Our President
Morgan Centenary celebrations continue.
Donna and I joined Dale and Karen Barry from the Plus 4 Club and trailered
our two Morgan trikes back East to race at Lime Rock Park and Watkins Glen
in September. More about that epic journey in this newsletter (page XX).
Mid-October featured the wonderful Oktoberfest hosted by our stalwart club
members, Audrey and David Haines. We had great weather for the weekend,
and enjoyed the company of 25 other Morgan club members while enjoying the great
roads in the Sierra foothills area with our Morgans. If you missed the talent show featuring Morgan Staines,
and the act with the duo of George Tollworthy and David Haines – well, the ongoing rumors will just have to
suffice. Hint – that little black dress looked good on George.
The year isn’t over with more chances to use your Morgan at the upcoming Turkey Trot/”Gobble Wobble”
November 14, the Christmas Dinner Party, and the newly combined Boxing Day Run after Christmas Day, a
“real” Boxing Day!
The election for next year’s club officers is fast approaching so please give some thought to your selection
for 2010 and get those ballot mailed back. Both Kathy and I are running for the top office. My platform is “get
out and use your Morgan, whether it be for a rally, car display, or touring event, or perhaps a race.” Drive your
Morgan and be happy for tomorrow who knows …the shadow isn’t talking.
Looking forward to seeing you and your Morgan soon,
Larry Threewayers
competing on the track.
Kathy Tollworthy reminded people to get their reservations in
for the Christmas party.
New Business: The next event is the Halloween party
organized by the Fishers who need RSVP’s. Following the
Halloween Party is the Turkey Trot for which flyers will be sent
out.
Awards will also be presented at the Christmas Party. Please
contact Larry with nominations for the Tough Break, Soggy
Bottom and Leaky Cup awards. The Matt Dillon and Racer’s
Awards are also under consideration.
Nominations: Larry opened nominations for Officers for
the year 2010.
President: Motion made and seconded (Schmidt) nominating
Larry Ayers. Larry accepted the nomination. Motion made
and seconded (Powells) nominating Kathy Tollworthy. Kathy
accepted. Motion made and seconded (M. Rubin/A. Staines) to
close nominations for President; carried. Nominations closed.
Vice President: Motion made and seconded (Murrays)
nominating Bob Schmidt for Vice President. Bob accepted.
Motion made and seconded (E. Fisher/L. Gurley) nominating
Minutes, continued
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Jerry Gurley. Jerry accepted. Nominations closed (T. Murray/
Cannon).
Correcting/updating note: Jerry Gurley later withdraws as
Vice President nominee. Therefore, Bob Schmidt is sole candidate
for the position of Vice President.
Secretary: Elaine Fisher nominated (Cannon/L. Powell). Elaine
accepted. Nominations closed (Cannon/A. Haines).
Treasurer: George Tollworthy nominated by acclamation.
George accepted. Nominations closed.
Board of Directors: The following were nominated:
Thorley Murray (E. Fisher/Cannon)
Linda Cannon (E. Fisher/D. Hamilton)
Phil Fisher (Ayers/E. Fisher)
Nominations accepted by the individuals, and nominations
closed (K. Tollworthy/A. Haines).
With business concluded, motion made to close the meeting
(B. Murray/L. Cohen).
Respectfully submitted,
Audrey Haines substituting for Maggi Craig, Secretary

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Epic Racing Journey East
Aug 26-Sep 25, 2009 • Story & Photos: Larry Ayers & Donna D.
Earlier this racing season, we decided to participate in the racing
venues at Lime Rock and Watkins Glen (with Morgan the featured
marque) if Red survived Monterey. That being the case, final plans
were instigated with Dale and Karen Barry of the Plus 4 Club who
wished to join us in trailering our racers to the East Coast. �
Dale boxed in his flat bed trailer so it would be weather-tight and
loaded Karen’s ’60 Huffaker Formula Jr. along with his 1934 Morgan
JAP SS, and they hit the road a day after our departure with Red.
The Barry’s got away later because of additional trailer work and
regular job constraints. We headed East on Hwy. 80 calculating it
would take us 8 days journey to arrive at Lime Rock, CT with a stop
or so along the way. We rendezvoused in Lincoln, NE and then cara-
vanned the remaining distance. We stopped to visit an Iowa auto
museum, a New York cavern, and Niagara Falls before completing the final
leg into Lime Rock. This was Donna’s first visit to the falls and she experienced
their impressive power while taking “the Maid of the Mist” boat ride
to the base of the falls. No one was spotted going over the falls in a
barrel that day. Boo hoo!
In West Cornwall, CT, about 20 minutes from Lime Rock, Jeff and
Gail Jacobson welcomed us to their creative, spacious, yet comfortable
“converted-from-a-barn” home. Their cottage “converted–from-a-garage”
became our dwelling for the next 5 nights.
Jeff races a very quick Morgan trike � and he was joined by Chris
Towner with his F-model thereby making 4 trike entries at Lime Rock, a
1.5 mile road circuit. Several Morgan 4 wheelers were also in the mix for
this 27th Vintage Festival that saluted Morgan’s 100th Anniversary: Shaun
Henderson (60 #17), Dow Smith (58 #323), Michael Virr (59 #447),
Ernest (Chip) Brown (57 #684), Jeffrey Tamkin (62 #610), and Richard
Odgers (57 #659) completed the Morgan entries racing in group four.
(Note: Shaun also belongs to our MSCCNC.) All of us enjoyed great
racing and outstanding weather. Jeff Jacobson was awarded the “Spirit
of Brooklands” award while trike drivers, Dale and Larry, were awarded
medallions for tying for 1st place in the “Prewar sports car class.”
With no racing on Sunday, a Concours and swap meet took place
at the track. Close to 30 Morgans entered the show with 2 non-racing
three wheelers making an appearance, one of them a trike called
“Murphy” (ex-Jan Barton), currently owned by Jim Nichol, was once
owned by myself, and restored by Steve Ball in Southern California.
Many car clubs participated and used most of the track’s surface for
their display. Afterwards, the Jacobsons hosted a congenial luncheon
Morgazette • October / November 2009 • Page 6
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Photo © Daniel Mainzer Photography
party for prewar and Morgan folk.
Racing resumed on Monday with
another glorious day. We were sorry to
say goodbye to everyone and our gracious
hosts, the Jacobsons, before heading
west to Painted Post, Corning, and
Watkins Glen, New York. We arrived on a
Wednesday and parked in the Morgan/MG
paddock. Being early arrivals, we staked
out a grassy spot just off the gravel and
put up the canopies between the trailers.
With Morgan as the featured marque,
around 35 Morgans arrived during the
next day or so and parked not far away
in their own corral. Many of the members
were from the Western New York Morgan
Owners Group (WNYMOG). Visiting with
other owners from around the Eastern
states, as well as Morgan Club members
all the way from Texas (Bill Boyles, e.g.)
was a weekend highlight.
On Friday, a limited number of race
cars were selected to go into downtown
Watkins Glen for a display along Franklin
Avenue (the main street) and then participate
in the old Grand Prix course �
re-enactment of 6.5 miles for 3 laps.
Three trikes participated and wouldn’t
you know, the skies opened up and all of
us got a good dose of racing in the wet.
Sporting our goggles and flying hats, we
gloried in the pacecar-led dash through
town and countryside. We managed to get
back to the track before sunset, but just
barely. What a super experience racing
the re-enactment! You had to be there!
There was more track time on
Saturday, however, I sat out the morning
session due to some lingering showers
that cleared up for the afternoon session.
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That evening, a Morgan Centenary
Banquet for only Morgan owners was
held in the track’s New Media Center
with 150 in attendance. The 100th
Anniversary Morgan cake was cut and
quickly consumed following a nice
buffet dinner hosted by Dick Powers,
the President of the WNYMOG – a very
congenial Morgan celebration.
Racing resumed on sunny Sunday
and an all-Morgan Centenary handicap
race was an afternoon highlight. Ten
entries in the Morgan race didn’t crowd
the 2.5 mile track, and “super Dave
Bondon” (an ex-MSCCNC member in
a 62 4/4) won the 6-lap event beating
out Jack Poteet (62 4/4) by just 2
seconds. Finishing behind Jack were
Craig Siebert (68 +8), Chris Towner
(51 +4), Gene McOmber (62 4/4), Lee
Gaskins (52 +4), David Hogdson (35
F2), Carlton Shriver (38 4/4), Larry
Ayers (30 JAP SA), and Dale Barry
(34 JAP SS). Larry Ayers and Dale
Barry were awarded 2nd and 3rd place
medallions in the trike class while Dave
Hogdson took the 1st place award. �
Those Morgan entries in the
Centenary race not participating in the
finale for whatever reasons were Bob
Wilson (37 4/4), Harry Gaunt (56 +4),
Stacey Schepens (64 4/4), Peter Dunn
(63 4/4), Richard Fohl (62 +4 SS),
and Ernest Brown (57 +4). Bob Wilson
actually had two Morgan entries,
loaning his 35 F2 trike to Britisher,
David Hogdson, who built it in the
U.K. and was absolutely thrilled to be
invited to race in the U.S. with this
nicely turned out trike.
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Bidding all those great Morgan folks
good-by, we headed West toward
Chicago and then on to Rapid City, SD
to visit Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse,
and environs. Superb weather greeted
us all along the route and during
every visit. Yellowstone National Park
was our next stop, and where we
spent one night in the park at Lake
Yellowstone. Luckily, it was the end
of the season, so we didn’t have a
problem with our rigs during a 1-1/2
day period as we went to see geysers,
mud pots, fumaroles and the “Grand
Canyon of Yellowstone River” � and
paused for commuting buffalo. �
We said good-bye to Dale and
Karen as they diverged southward at
Pocatello, ID while we continued west.
No more highlights to report as we
headed to California with great sunny
weather again all the way back.
Putting about 6,800 miles on the
tow vehicle and trailer, we had an
outstanding experience racing back
East and fortunately there were no
incidents or mechanical failures for
either the Barrys or us during the
entire trip. Red ran like a demon and
I really think the trike was looking
forward to the trip, having repeated
it in 2004. Who knows, perhaps in
another 5 years?
What about it
Podnars?
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Enjoy
your
Morgans!

“We leave
The No Frame Waxers Tour
FlogMog • October 1-4, 2009 • Story & photos by Gordon Craig
Cloverdale
on the morning
tide”.....
Thus spake
the Barc, who
along with
John Burks
as Guides
(?) and MCs,
ushered us to
the Gathering
Place of this
year’s annual
FlogMog “No Frame Waxer’s Tour”. I
lost count of the road warriors who
had arrived the night before as a flu
bug descended on me, but included in
the East Bay group were Bob Panero
and Dean Jackson (+4 four seater),
Carol Pitman (+4 four seater), Maggi
and moi (+4 four seater), Phil and
Elaine Fisher (+8), and the Tollworthys
(+8). Also, Katherine Bard and Sister
Sue, who following my wholly errant
directions to Bob’s house in Walnut
Creek managed to find the launching
pad, despite me, t.g. for Garmin. They
arrived in Katherine”s Mini from L.A.,
via Palm Springs and San Francisco
overnights. Sorry, Gals, dead reckoning
strikes again, but then on to
Cloverdale for us all, and yet another
Bates Motel. On previous FlogMogs,
we always find at least one, and
Cloverdale, a lovely town otherwise
(although the landmark Owl Cafe,
alas, appears to be closed these days),
proved no exception. The manager,
who had taken calls from many of us
for reservations apparently thought
this was all a big joke being played on
him, and was hard pressed to honor
his committments to us all, but in the
end he did. Weirdness for the night,
that didn’t stop the arrivals from arriving
and the greeting party went well
into the 10 pm time zone. All in all, 14
Mogs, including two +8+ Bill Fink
Corvettes, Bob and Thorley Murray,
John Burks, the Larsens, the Powells
X 2 in their modified 4/4s, the Schaws
in the +8, Marge Naughton and the
+4 Drophead, the Mini, John and Jan
Grosetto in the Lotus Elise, and Tom
and Bev Morgan in the MGA made it
for the first night.
Next morning, the tide did indeed
swoop us north on 101 to Hopland,
where we turned east on Hwy. 175
over the Hopland Grade towards
Clear Lake. I’ve driven many of
Northern California twisty, beautiful
backroads over the decades, but
this one is a Top Five stunner, climbing
and turning to pitching heights
and views to the ocean west of us,
then over the summit to the lake and
rolling hill country eastward, a long
drink for the eyes and senses from
either side. Coming the other way, a
candy colored rainbow of late model
Corvettes, a seemingly endless line
Morgazette • October / November 2009 • Page 8
of flashing headlamps and waves
(there must have been at least 40 of
them, not exaggerating). The only
thing missing was the camera truck,
and helicopters, it looked like one of
those “Heartland of America” TV spots
in the making. And we hadn’t even
made Clearlake yet. As often happens
on FlogMogs, the “parade” separates
into smaller groups of 3 to 5 cars, so
we all gathered again in Colusa for a
staggered lunch stop, where the only
mishap of the Run occurred. A large
Semi with long trailer making a turn in
front of Carol Pitman caught the front
wing and bumper of the +4, crumpling
and bending both. And the driver kept
going! Katherine and Sister Sue sped
off in pursuit, tried to hail the driver
but he ignored them, so they snapped
some pixes of the offending driver
and license plates, etc.and later at the
police station a “hit and run” report
was filed with the evidence. Hope
something came of it, this jerk will
get his due. Lynn Powell straightened
the
bumper
in place
and Carol
continued
the trip.
That
afternoon,
we went
north
on the
Colusa-

Princeton Road to Hwy.162 east to
Oroville, and the beginning flight up
the Feather River Canyon on Hwy.
70. This is another breathtaking
road, hugging and ascending a deep
canyon from the valley, to the foothills
and then the opening vistas of
Sierra meadows, one after another.
For a very short time, I played chase
the Lotus, hah, what was I thinking!:)
I did stay in his rear view, but
he dusted me in the straights, and
pulled away at every turn more and
more. Ah well, the scenery is the
thing, and getting there is what it’s
all about. Unlike last year--”FlogMog
Inundation”, where it rained and
rained for most of the run, drove us
all indoors--this time the weather was
clear and bright, that brisk snap in the
air as we climbed altitude, rustles of
shimmering Aspens in the sunlight, it
kept us all in the peak of driving zen,
mile after mile. In the late afternoon,
we came into Quincy in little clusters,
to our all too familiar and favorite
haunt, The Ranchito Motel, cabins and
rooms circled around a brook, main
building of hand fitted stonework and
circular windows. We sat out on the
common by the brook, an array
of pizzas organised by Greg and
Pierce Powell, beers and wine by
forty plus Mogs, carrying on into the
night.
The morning after some stayed
in town and had breakfast (more
Pizza!), and some got running on
the road, didn’t matter, the sights and
sounds of the timberlands and meadows
of the central Sierras awaited as
we drove south on 70 and onto Hwy
49/89 into Truckee and then Tahoe
City on the Shores. Between these
towns is one of perhaps a dozen
roundabouts in the State of California,
part of the I-80 interchange. You
would think our Morgans would go on
autopilot at the sight of such a Olde
UK road entry (well, wouldn’t you?)
but no, it proved just as confusing for
us vets (hah!) as the SUV drivers. It
was all right, everyone got through
unscathed, and though traffic was
dense, moved along at a good clip
past Squaw Valley, Tahoe City until
just after Meeks Bay. From there on
to Emerald Bay and beyond nearly
to Meyers “Octoberfest” was in full
swing--anywhere we wanted to pull
over to view the azure waters and
scenery was chock-a-block with visitors.
We did stop for lunch just before
the turnoff for South Lake Tahoe, and
getting back on the road was a chore.
The last hurrah of summer in Tahoe-
-watch out! After Meyers, the road
gradually became ours again, the sun
shone brightly as we headed south
to US 395 and the wind picked up
considerably the higher we
climbed to 7000ft. elevation.
If you looked to the
northeast you could see
an approaching front in
the distance and you knew
later in the day you would
have to contend with it. It
was time to get to Sonora
Pass and over it, and not
dawdle about like some
of us had planned with an
idea to travel the gravel road turnoff
to Bodie and take a look at this ghost
town, nope, not this time neither. The
wind had really picked up, dust devils
Morgazette • October / November 2009 • Page 9
and tumbleweeds were swirling across
the highway and we chased over the
pass like we did last year with the
bite of chill on ears and fingers, time
for gloves and muffs. And “chase” is
not the word for those of us with FI
challenged Morgans, no, more like
chugging we crawled over the 9000ft
+ heights puffing black smoke and
panting, crunching Moss boxes into
first to keep going and take the series
of ups and downs and loopbacks that
make Sonora Pass what it is. Then on
the downhill side, squealing, screeching
disc brakes, courtesy all that dust
kicked up with the now incessant
winds. This caused some pulling and
fade for a couple of us, but we got
down the other side well enough, just
a bit surprised at the cause and effect
with Mother Nature.
A welcome sight came into view
near Pinecrest, the Strawberry Inn,
right there in Strawberry, elevation
7500ft. This is a lovely Chalet lodge
of a place, my Mog friend Tom Smith
(also architect) of New York wrote
me: “Gilbert Stanley Underwood was
the architect of the Strawberry Inn.
He was also responsible for many of
the impressive lodges throughout the
National Parks in this country, Bryce
Canyon, Old Faithful Lodge, and the
Ahwahnee Lodge in Yosemite.” Thanks,
Tom, the accomodations are great and
the setting can’t be beat, and welcom-
ing us were a couple of Flatrads, a
blue one owned by Bob Frisbey and
the white one, originally bought by the
Sirolli’s in Australia 20 years ago and
brought over when they moved to the

FlogMog continued
Hallowe’en
Hosted by Phil & Elaine Fisher • October 31, 2009
Intrepid “Trick-or-Treaters” atop Mt. Diablo … but no one home …
Linda (Gwenda?) saved the day with tiny black cauldrons of candy corn.
Morgazette • October / November 2009 • Page 10
Sacramento area a few years ago. Also, our longtime
FlogMog trailblazers Dave & Cheri Sneary drove up
from the Bay Area to join us at the Pitman cabin for
the end of the run party. They brought Angus along
with them, the FlogMog piper, and this year Angus
was awarded to Katherine Bard and Sister Sue
in recognition of their farthest distance drive and
FlogMog spirit to make this year’s run. And finally,
we were felled upon by the storm front that chased
us that final day, a dose of snow in the night and
continuing flurries the next day, melting off as we
descended the slopes and headed for the barn. It
wasn’t the longest or the biggest, but it was exhilarating!
Come with us next year!
The Witch of
Malvern and
the Prince of
Darkness
(aka, Hosts:
Elaine & Phil)
OK, use your imagination
like Kathy did when she
dressed as a “Morgan
part”: blue cap, silver
garb, fire-red boa and
dangles …
What was she?
a Radiator!

Oktoberfest 2009
Hosted by Audrey & Dave Haines, Oct 9-11
OktoberFest
was a splendid
event put on
by David and
Audrey Haines.
With their lovely
home & garage
in Loomis (near
Auburn and the
“Gold” Country)
as a base, Mogs
from the Bay
Area and the
Sacramento
Regions gathered
for lunch at the
Sierra Nevada
House as we drove through the American River Valley. Later, we
went a’tasting to Placerville for the David Girard Vineyards and
the Gold Hill Olive Oil Company, and a short afternoon stop
in Georgetown, which hasn’t changed much in 150 years, except
for the Gelato/Coffee shop and cars. We went on back to Loomis
for the evening to a delicious catered dinner and a great array of
Talent put on by Mogs who don’t want their names published, but
we all had a great time. Here are some pics of what you missed.
Come next time!
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1,000 Miles in a Morgan +4 Super Sports
Story & photos by Hermen Pol
The name Super Sports has always
been connected to “Morgans with
something extra” during the 100 years
of existence of the Morgan car. First
came of course the three wheeler
Super Sports. This was an abbreviation
for Super Sports Aero (sometimes
called Super Aero) and denoted an
Aero, which instead of a sweeping tail
had a low body with a beetle back rear
end. The Super Sports three-wheelers
did outperform many of their contemporaries.
Now it is a very much sought
after model, which fetches high prices.
The next time the name Super
Sports was used, occurred in the
1960s. It was then that the Morgan
Motor Company entered into a pact
with racing driver and tuner Chris
Lawrence, about the supply of tuned
engines for a variation of the +4
model, meant for competition. On this
model I’ll enlarge in the rest of the
story.
The so far latest time that the
Super Sports nomenclature was used
for a Morgan is for the successor to
the sensational Aero Max coupe, the
Aero Super Sports. This is carrying on
some lines from the Aero Max, but the
rear end looks rather different, while
the Targa type roof is a novum on
Morgan cars.
The Plus Four Super Sports
In 1961 the first Plus Four Super
Sports appeared on the market. This
was equipped with a Triumph TR3
(later examples a TR4) engine, which
had been tuned by the Lawrence
Tune firm of Chris Lawrence. This
involved –amongst other things- a
special camshaft, 40 DCOE (later 42
DCOE) Weber carburetors, a special
exhaust manifold, etc. The type was
advertised as being equipped with an
aluminium body. Specifications could
vary slightly from car to car, according
to wishes of the person who ordered
the car. Early cars were fitted with
a high (Plus Four) body. Later cars
were fitted with the low (4/4) body,
which made it go even faster and gave
it a better proportioned look. The
scoop was also made to form an integral
part of the bonnet in those cars.
Non-Factory Super Sports
Plus Fours
To make things even more complicated,
there is a large number of
Morgan Plus Fours that were converted
to (near) Super Sports specifications.
Some examples of these are:
• Cars built by Lawrence at his
London workshops well after delivery
date;
• Cars built by Lawrence in
California, when he was running
Lawrencetune West Inc.;
• Cars converted by either Morgan
specialists or owners.
Many of these cars are now on the
road or racing as “original” Super
Sports. Apart from that, there are
even “original” Super Sports with
double, or even triple identity!
Morgazette • October / November 2009 • Page 14
Therefore if you ever consider the
purchase of a +4 Super Sports, it is
important to be well informed about
the car’s identity and previous history
BEFORE the purchase. If there is any
doubt about that, you had better leave
that car alone.
Plus Four Super Sports in
Competition
As the name implies, the type was
built with competing in mind. It would
go too far to mention all competition
activities with +4 Super Sports.
These were numerous and on different
levels. Also the Lawrence Tune
Team itself was very active, of course.
It was just as well that exactly they
scored the most revered success in
Morgan competition history: a class
win at the 1962 edition of the Le Mans
24 Hours race. Chris Lawrence and
Richard Shepherd-Barron shared these
honours.
Plus Four Super Sports in
the present time
When the cars were made, the
Super Sports was a relatively expensive
variety on the +4 chassis. While a
standard +4 2-seater had a basic price
of GBP 715 in 1967, the +4 Super
Sports of GBP 950, in other words a
third more expensive! Of course various
extras (different colour scheme,
hard top, to name but a few), made a
car even more expensive.

After the +4 had been succeeded by
the +8, values of second hand exam-
ples of the +4 Super Sports remained
stable. It was quite a rare model after
all, with 96 2-seaters built, 7 4-seaters
and 9 Drophead Coupés.
With the last cars being built in
1968, there is a good survival rate.
Sometimes “new” examples are being
discovered. If you are keen on having
one in your own stable, it usually is a
question of patience and once the car
of your dreams becomes available of
acting quickly! Good examples are real
valuable now, though a
definite value is hard to
give.
If you can lay your
hands upon one and
have satisfied yourself
it is a “real” one, don’t
wait too long, or it will
be gone! Replica Super
Sports cars have the
same type of performance,
but NOT the
same value. Therefore, if
you just go for the looks
and the performance, a
replica might be a good
alternative, but the real devotee goes
for a Factory built one!
Now with the economic crisis at
hand prices even for real Super Sports
have dropped somewhat of late. For
those with good reserves it’s a nice
time to lay the hands upon one!
The current real Super Sports survivors
can roughly be divided into the
following categories:
• Restoration projects, either in
state of neglect, or still in more or
less running condition;
• Nice road cars, that may be
entered into the odd competition
now and then;
• Racing cars, highly prepared,
participating in various historic
racing events, in Europe and the
USA or elsewhere;
• Beautiful cars, restored to a
high standard, meant to show or
participate in concours events.
Of the second category there are
not too many about and because they
are well spread out over the globe it
is a treat for non-owners to get a ride
in one.
In my home country Holland the
number of Super Sports +4s is very
limited. One of them falls into the first
category, while the opposite end of
the ladder is also present. Therefore
the opportunity to get a ride in one is
slim, to say the least.
Morgan Centenary
For the most important Morgan
meeting ever, yours truly got an unexpected
opportunity. Not really expecting
to go, the phone rang out of the
blue. The result of this initial phone
call was a trip by Thalys to Paris and
from there to Cheltenham in a REAL
1967 +4 SUPER SPORTS!
Long time Morgan owner Douglas
Hallawell, with whom I had been in
contact a number of times per e-mail,
but never met before in person,
belongs to the VERY select group of
people who own two (or more) +4
Super Sports Morgans! Even though I
tend to keep a close eye on changes of
ownership of Super Sports +4s, inevitably
some do escape my attention.
Spain is a country to which many
Morgans were sold during the 1950s
Morgazette • October / November 2009 • Page 15
and 1960s. Due to its favourable
climate many Morgans have survived
the test of times in remarkable good
condition.
Three of the Morgans sold in the
1960s were +4 Super Sports, of which
two were delivered in the colour Vivid
Yellow. These two remained in Spain,
seeing little use.
With his own +4 Super Sports still
needing a part restoration, Douglas
jumped at the chance when one of
these low mileage cars became available.
By the time that the Le Mans
Classic 2008 took
place, Douglas was
the proud owner of
yet another +4 Super
Sports, had joined
the exclusive league
of multiple Super
Sports owners and
attracted much attention
with his latest
acquisition.
Also for the
Morgan Centenary he
was going to use this
car. After spending a
night full of Morgan
talk, it was time to pack the Morgan
and be on our way to Cheltenham,
through the Le Havre – Portsmouth
ferry. The Super Sports ran faultless,
except for a loud CLONK when still on
the French Autoroute. It appeared a
bolt holding the right rear springs had
given in to the test of time. This did
not prevent us to continue our way.
We joined a group of other French
Morganeers on the ferry. The original
plan was to travel in a group to
Cheltenham, but the weather conditions
in England upon arrival immediately
prevented that. It wasn’t until
we made a detour to Oxford, that we
noticed the other Morganeers, who
left BEFORE us, catching up on us and
continuing their way to Cheltenham.
In Oxford one of the things to be
done was visiting a garage, in order
Continued on page 17

Morgazette • October / November 2009 • Page 16

to see if the rear suspension could be
repaired. That appeared to be a small
job. Remarkable was that the original
bolt for the shock absorber still was on
the floor board and had not been lost,
even after a ride of a few hundred
miles!
After Oxford it was straight on to
Malvern, where we were of course far
from the only Morgan at The Factory.
There was a good selection from all
kinds of different models from prewar
to present, with almost anything
in between. Because the Factory was
on official leave and the workers who
were there in fact solely appeared for
demonstration to the public, they had
far more time to talk to the visitors
than usually allowed, which made for
a very relaxed atmosphere.
One of the few Factory workers who
probably made MORE hours than usual
was Mark Baldwin, who helped out
many a Morganeer who turned up with
mechanical problems. Thanks to him
those Morgans kept running during the
weekend!
The yellow Super Sports proved
an attraction as the public noticed its
original condition, low mileage and
proud owner Douglas Hallawell was
more than happy to enlarge on that!
On Friday 31st of July many
Morgans gathered at the visitors
centre, from where the cavalcade of
Morgans through
the ages, organized The Super Sports +4s that had come to
by Brands Hatch Cheltenham were the following:
Morgans, would start. Registration Country Colour
This was a nice scenic
route from Malvern
to Cheltenham. Apart
from Douglas’ Super
Sports, there were
MOG 1
AWP 77 B
WZX 278
J 30 673
New Zealand
U.K
Sweden
Jersey
White
Blue
Green
Green
two more +4 Super TOK 258 Jersey Green
Sports participating in AL-20-46 Holland Blue
the cavalcade, namely B 563493 France Yellow
the one which had
HPY 849 U.K. Blue
come all the way from 208 FOJ U.K. Green
New Zealand, owned
#5222 U.S.A. Green
by Jeff Williams, and
a Swedish one, owned
by Thure Gellerbrant,
C 5330 Norway Green
which had been
display, the only exceptions being the
restored by Brands Hatch Morgans a white New Zealand car and the yellow
few years earlier! It looked great and car from France, still on its original
what’s more, despite its great looks Spanish plates…
the owner was not afraid to use it.
The Super Sports display of course
He had come down all the way from drew a lot of attention from the public.
Sweden in it. The Morgans left the It was in a way very sad that its initia-
Factory gates in groups of 10 and tor, Machiel Kalf, couldn’t enjoy it and
had lots of admirers along the way even hadn’t his car displayed there,
to Cheltenham, waving, cheering and because he took part in the Centenary
taking photographs. Also groups of concours. He was more than rewarded
other Morgans had positioned them- for his absence from the display, as he
selves strategically, in order to get a could take back home the prize for the
good view of the colourful parade. overall winner of the concours! That
Cheltenham, 1st and 2nd August was no mean feat of course. An extra
2009 were without ANY doubt the reward was his entrance ticket for the
days with the best selection of Morgan fabulous Pebble Beach concours in
+4 Super Sports together California, a few weeks later. Here he
in one place. No less than carried away second prize!
11 had come over, from Instead of Machiel, Douglass
all over the world, to take Hallawell proved an unsolicited stand
part in the festivities AND in, as he stayed with the Super Sports
the special display, which display for much of the time, proud
had been organized by as he is of his original 1967 car. He
Machiel Kalf at the main showed it to everyone who wanted to
entrance of Cheltenham see it, did not tire to tell its story, but
race-course, at the oppo- also was very keen to get it photosite
side was a display graphed with THE Super Sports celeb-
of very similar LOOKING rities, Chris Lawrence and Richard
cars, namely Le Mans 62 Shepherd-Barron, who were important
cars, organized by Keith guests of the meeting.
Hofgartner of the Le Mans
Keith Ahlers brought along not only
62 register.
The dark colours stood
his “ordinary” +4 Super Sports, but
out in the Super Sports
Continued on page 19
Morgazette • October / November 2009 • Page 17

Before resuming yarns and tales of “Downhill All the Way”
I thought it best I clear up a few burning issues plaguing
Morgan owners the past 100 years:
How did America, with its English heritage, blunder
onto the wrong side of the road?
Convention from earliest times was to move to the left
meeting oncoming traffic, people predominantly right handed
doing so enabled wielding a weapon at a foe or high-fiving
a friend. In the 14th century Pope “all roads lead to Rome”
Boniface proclaimed pilgrims must keep to the left. Come the
French Revolution Robespierre reversed the rule, some say
to spite Rome, or that carriages carrying jumped up Jacobins
passed on the right of pedestrians to prevent disaffected
peasants reaching the right hand seated driver, thereby halting
the rig the better to remonstrate with the occupant over
broken campaign promises. So right became the rule, and
spread to all Napoleonic countries, loyal or conquered.
But why, in 1792, did Pennsylvania (and other states soon
after) legally require right of the road driving? Was it post-
Revolution throw-off of the Crown and its Rule? Or, because
late 18th century freight wagons, built by German immigrants,
followed the long standing rule – driven from astride
the left rear horse, the French imposed right side passing rule
then allowing postillons to look out for locking hubs.
Jousting knights started this right side passing rot, carried
through to both Upper Crust autos, and race cars adopting
right hand drive from the start, enabling chauffeurs and
milady to exit curbside, and racers to add weight on the
torque raising right rear wheel
corners. Lancia Aurelia was
the last Euro car retaining rhd
tradition for home markets,
Ferrari reserved rhd for the
Works race cars, customers
getting lhd, and in the Alps,
truckers long choosing rhd the
better to see the road edge. In
the US, curbside steering now
seen only on garbage and mail
trucks, and a few Morgans,
which ones? Who knows
better or different?
Why did Morgan choose an
oddball metric bolt pattern
for its steel wheels?
Until 1957 all Morgans
(save trikes) wore steel road wheels. After 1956 the SCCA
in America banned Morgans from racing because these steel
Morgan Musings
by Michael Anthony
Morgazette • October / November 2009 • Page 18
wheels kept falling off, which forced Morgan into action.
Wire wheel hubs had been available for Salisbury axles since
1954, Morgan copied a Dunlop design for the front splined,
drum brake hubs. But from start to finish Morgan persisted
with this metric mystery, at odds with every other British car
manufacturer (who used the Imperial Standard measurement
bolt pattern), necessitating the production of 16 inch
and 15 inch steel wheels unique to Morgan, when they could
undoubtedly have bought TR2/3 wheels for mere pennies.
A theory: British Salmson, was the English arm of the
French Salmson Car Company, whose factory outside London
built Aero engines in the 1930s. About 1934 British Salmson
decided to produce a 6 cylinder 2.3 litre twin cam engined
sports car, assembled mainly from French made parts. An
output of 25 cars per month was envisaged, the venture
came to naught and only twelve cars total were made, with
steel bolt on wheels. Study a rare photograph of a British
Salmson, and it will be seen wearing what appears to be an
identical 17 inch wheel, with slots, to that which appeared in
1936 on the Morgan Series 1 4-4, and continued to be fitted
to the 4/4 (other than dropheads) through to February, 1951.
Did HFS go dumpster diving back of the Salmson factory?
Maybe he was able to buy a few thousand overstock wheels,
and so had to produce metric PCD hubs to suit. Who knows
better or different? Today, later 1960s VW Bug wheels are
the only readily available replacements. By the way, why was
“4-4” changed to “4/4”? What other Morgan model prompted
this? Think about it.
Who built the first gasoline
powered British car? (Clue:
the business was located in a
place called Malvern Link.)
Wrong! Not what you think.
Brothers Charles and Walter
Santler of Malvern converted a
compressed gas powered engine
in a dog cart to run on petrol in
1894. A German friend of theirs,
a certain Mr. Benz, is said to
have visited them on more than
one occasion, and they popped
over to see him as well. Those
were the days when Malvern was
the Silicon Valley of early motoring,
and HFS, fresh from engineering
school, apprenticeship
and back home by 1905, needed
a hobby. His “runabouts” became increasingly popular with
his friends, and in 1909, MMC was born.

Super Sports … Continued from page 17
also TOK 258. Many Morgan enthusiasts took the opportunity
to get a nice set of pictures of this car too.
One Morgan which, though not a +4 Super Sports in the
strict sense of the word, has definite Lawrence links and
also was present at the Centenary meeting was the +4
owned by John Brook, who happens to live in Malvern! It
has the chassis of the original (1956) +4 registered TOK
258, the high body which reputedly first sat on the 1961
car (which was later changed for a low body, in which
configuration the car scored the Le Mans win), but … a very
odd rear end! John did have a number of questions about
the car and put a large display board next to his car and
thus drew a lot of attention.
Morgan Musings, continued from page 18
Finally, a contest: “Spot the Roll Axis”
See the drawing below of a Morgan front suspension. Do
the geometry and you’ll see why this design is among the
most stable suspension designs in the automotive world,
and why it is very hard to roll a Morgan. Send your answers
into Gordon and the winner will be announced next issue,
awarded a worn out kingpin for their trouble, probably two
the way parts keep falling off around here.
Yours, Mike Anthony
Time to leave
Morgazette • October / November 2009 • Page 19
All too quickly the time passed by at Cheltenham and
the hour drew near to say goodbye to all the Super Sports
owners and other Morgan enthusiasts, get the yellow Super
Sports and its occupants ready for depart and set off in the
direction of Portsmouth again.
With no bolts shaking loose this time and solely the occasional
misfire, the Super Sports behaved itself impeccably.
The only stops necessary were for filling up with petrol.
The Weber carbs, combined with Douglass’ driving style,
make sure that the maximum distance covered on one litre
of petrol is about 7 kms, which is about equal to 20 mpg.
Driving an exclusive, fast Morgan has its price…
Arriving safely in France by the ferry, the final stint was
Le Havre – Paris. In lovely sunny weather we drove along
the French Autoroute, the Périfirique, to arrive safely from
where the trip had started.
The trusty yellow Super Sports had added another 1000
miles within a long weekend, which was about 5% of its
TOTAL previous mileage, from 1967 on! In other words, at
last it had been properly run in!
Thanks for the great ride, Douglass. May the Super
Sports last at least another 42 years!
Hermen Pol ©
Editors note:
Hermen Pol is a serious and respected Morgan
archivist and researcher. He lives in Holland and
provides research services above and beyond what may
be obtained from factory records. If you as a Morgan
owner are interested in the provenance of your vehicle,
Hermen is your man.
Contact him at:
Morgan History Company,
Het Veer 129, NL – HD AVENHORN
Website:
http://morganhistoryinfo.services.officelive.com