Biennial Celebration March 16 at the Alderbrook Resort · days are mopeds loaded with families of four or five people, ladders, a big screen tv or maybe a pig or two. One thing is

MORGAN OWNERS GROUP NORTHWEST MARCH & APRIL 2013 / Vol. 33, No. 2

Biennial Celebration March 16 at the

Alderbrook Resort

NW-Mogazine Volume 33, Number 2 March/April 2013 2

2013 MOGNW EXECUTIVE BOARD President Kit Raetsen [email protected]

Treasurer Cati Waterman [email protected]

Secretary Claire Hauge [email protected]

Editor/Webmaster Steve Hutchens [email protected]

Historian Steve Hutchens [email protected]

Regalia Garth Morgan [email protected]

Island Pod Rep Jane Cowan [email protected]

Midlands Pod Rep Mike Amos [email protected]

Northern Pod Rep Ric MacDonald [email protected]

Southern Pod Rep Wayne Harris [email protected]

Cover photo credit: Steve Hutchens, taken during the happy hour at the Biennial Celebration on March 16. MEMBER NOTE: Submit your outstanding photos for cover consideration.

The Publication: NWMogazine NWMOGAZINE is the newsletter of the MORGAN OWNERS GROUP NORTHWEST, a non-profit organization serving Morgan automobile enthusiasts in the Northwestern United States and Western Canada. Copyright © 2013 by MORGAN OWNERS GROUP NORTHWEST. Permission is hereby given to reproduce por-tions of this newsletter (except material copyrighted by others) for non-profit, non-commercial use. Please give MOGNW credit, acknowledg-ing the issue and author, source, or photographer if stated. Meetings and Events Events and social meetings are held in each of our four Pods: Is- land (Victoria), Midlands (Seattle), Northern (Vancouver, BC), and Southern (Portland). Times & locations are listed on the MOGNW Calendar (mognw.com/calendar.html). Please submit calendar items to the Editor. Contact your nearest Pod Rep for event information. Dues Full year: US$24/CDN$24 per calendar year if paid by 12/31 (US$30/CDN$30 after 12/31). Partial year for new members: US$2/CDN$2 per month for each month remaining in the calendar year, including the current month. Regalia Club merchandise can be purchased by emailing our Regalia officer at [email protected] or see the MOGNW roster for other contacts. Submitting Material for Publication Address: Please send content to the Editor ([email protected] or

see the MOGNW roster for an address). Deadlines: The 1st of odd numbered months. Digital Submissions: Content can be sent in or attached to email, or mailed on CD. Text files should be in .doc, .txt, or .rtf formats. Photos and illustrations should be in .tif, .jpg, .gif, or .bmp formats. Note: Please try to avoid sending .pdf files or .doc files with embedded photos as these formats require additional steps for insertion in the NWMogazine and may result in lower quality photos. Paper Submissions: Photos, typed or hand-written text, and illustrations can be mailed to the Editor. Reservations: The Editor reserves the right to edit material for style, content, relevance, collegiality, spelling, grammar, length, and appropriateness for the NWMogazine. Material that is not time sensitive may be saved for publication at a later date. Spelling: Please use Canadian, U.S., or U.K. spelling consistently and as appropriate. A reference for all three can be found at <www.luther.ca/~dave7cnv/cdnspelling/cdnspelling.html>. Advertising Limited non-commercial advertising is free to MOGNW members. Commercial advertising, priced below, is available. Please pay MOGNW in advance in US$ and provide suitable digital or scanable copy. We publish six issues per year, odd numbered months. Size of Ad ................... 1-3 Months..... 6 Months..........1 Year Business Card .................... $5...............$12.50 .............. $25 Quarter Page ......................$10 ................ $25................. $50 Half Page............................$20 ................ $50................ $100 Full Page.............................$40 ............... $100............... $200


OUR PRESIDENT ’S MESSAGE From West of Northwest

It was 2002 when Joanne and I attended our first MOGNW run. It was the Barkerville Run, organized by Mike Powley. We were terrified: what are we doing going on a trip for 10 days with a bunch of people that we have never met? We thought that we were out of our minds.

Well, the trip turned out to be great and we made many new friends including Mike Powley. Mike was a huge supporter of all Morgan events on the Island. He and Rosemarie regularly attended the Island Pod’s Christmas parties and almost always made it to our Father’s Day events. Mike was always on the prowl for crisp cracking whenever we roasted a pig.

This past January the Northern Pod held a Mike Powley Memo-rial Run. Many of us on the Island were not able to get to the mainland but we certainly did want to join them in celebrating Mr. Powley so we organized our N&N for the same day. We raised our glasses in Mike’s honour and reminisced about the good times that we had with him. We will miss the sound of the flip-flops and we will surely miss Mike’s kindness and irrepressible humour.

By now you all will have been very busy getting your Morgans ready for the upcoming season and many will have enjoyed the biennial banquet. It is a party that I'm very sorry to be missing, but I'm cruising down the Ayeyarawadi River in Burma, on the way (road) to Mandalay.

I have to admit that thoughts of Morgans are fleeting. This is not

a place that we're likely to ever see a Morgan, also not a great place for a Morgan.

The hunt for Morgans in Myanmar is difficult as as-phalt is rare once you leave the larger cities. I suspect that I wouldn't be able to convince any one of you to take your Morgan down these very dusty sand roads that are crisscrossed with horse and ox cart ruts.

The only motorized vehi-cle we've seen in the last two days are mopeds loaded with families of four or five people, ladders, a big screen tv or maybe a pig or two.

One thing is for sure, we have learned how to strap almost anything and everything on the back of a vehicle. Packing the Morgan should be a breeze from now on.

Kit Raetsen "Not all who wander are lost"

EDITOR’S MINUTE By Steve Hutchens Editor & Webmaster PRINTING NEWSLETTERS

Do you print your Mogazine? Since each issue now has 20 or more pages, the first thought may be that printing the newsletter uses a lot of ink and paper. But does it seem easier to read the newsletter on paper?

It may be my age, but I honestly have to admit that I find it more pleasant to read most things when they are printed rather than online. I’ve noticed that Celia will read newsletters if I print them but never does when they are online (even though she has her own computer and is quite literate).

Here are a few suggestions I’ve come up with for printing newsletters “on the cheap:”

1) PRINT MODE: Print newsletters in “draft” or “fast” mode (click “Print” then click the “Properties” button, then, in some print-ers, “Print Quality”). The quality isn’t as high but the output is generally satisfactory.

2) CARTRIDGES: If possible, use “clone” or “refilled” cartridges. This is easier with some printers than others, but it works well in my Brother (cartridges cost in the $5-$7

range and are totally satisfactory). You can also have most cartridges refilled at Costco.

3) PRINT BOTH SIDES: Some printers have a “duplex” mode to print double-sided.

When printing a pdf newsletter you may be able to do the same thing with a “Subset” option to print just specified pages. Choose “Odd Pages” first and print pages 1, 3, 5 … . Then put the paper back in the printer with the proper side up and select “Even Pages” to print pages 2, 4, 6 … and finish the job. It looks nice and uses half the paper.

4) PAPER: Paper is frequently on sale at office supplies and acceptable paper is avail-able at Walmart for around $3 per ream. You can also print newsletters on the clean side of “used” paper.

5) CONCLUSION: If you prefer reading a printed newsletter to reading online, find a way that works for you. If you have creative solutions or comments, please email them to me at [email protected]. PHOTO QUALITY

Recently someone complimented the quality of the photos in the Mogazine. Credit the improvement in digital photography and higher resolution photos. I recall struggling with image quality during my first stint as

Editor (‘05 to ‘07) and the constant challenge of having sharp pictures in the Mogazine. Fortunately, digital photography has im-proved signifi-cantly since then.

Higher resolu-tion photos create a larger file size, but high speed Internet and vastly improved email systems make it possible to email them easily.

These photos tend to increase the file size of publications they are used in, but, again, high speed Internet comes to the rescue and allows these newsletters to be emailed eas-ily. This makes it possible for MOGNW to email the Mogazine.

SUGGESTION: The result of this ramble is to suggest that when you send photos for the Mogazine please send the highest reso-lution you have. If need be, I can adjust them for their intended use. Sending higher quality photos will make for the nicest Mogazine and you can contribute to making other readers enjoy it even more.

Our President wielding cutting implements at the

Island Pod Christmas Party


UPCOMING MOGNW ACTIVITIES (see mognw.com/calendar.html for the latest)

Date Event Time & Location Contact

Sunday, March 24

Northern Pod St. Patrick's & Early Easter Run (complete with chocolate shamrocks & Easter eggs for everyone!)

10:30 Tim Horton's 16141 24 Ave. (Grandview Corners), Surrey;

Lunch: 12:00 West Coast Grill at the Hazelmere Golf Course,

Please RSVP Christopher Allen & Pamela Mahony [email protected] or 604 538 5264-

Tuesday, April 16 Southern Pod Meeting Location TBA Wayne Harris

[email protected]

Saturday, April 20 Midlands Pod Meeting 11:30 AM at the Three Lions Pub,

8115 161st Ave NE, Redmond Mike Amoss [email protected]

Saturday, April 20

32nd Annual Tulip Rallyee Sponsored by the MG Car Club Northwest Centre of Seattle, this is a fun gimmick rally with a scenic route that is fun to drive. Attracting as many as 250-300 collector cars of all kinds, this is a great drive - enjoy the tulip fields and see a lot of cars. They have three routes so cars don't bunch up.

8:00-9:00 registration at the Cascade Mall in Burlington (I-5, Exit 230). First car out at 9:00. The end is at the Swinomish Casino near Anacortes. Email Steve if you would like to form a MOGNW team for the competition (you don’t have to drive a Morgan).

Steve Hutchens [email protected]

Saturday, May 18

Vancouver ABFM at VanDusen Botanical Gardens - Christine Muehling and a crew of volunteers will provide sandwiches for mem-bers at about noon. The post-ABFM party will be hosted by Ron and Yvonne Theroux at the Annacis Sea Cadet Training Quar-ters, 553 Derwent Way, Delta ($5/person members; $10/person guests). Plan to be there … you don’t want to miss it!

Complete information on the ABFM is at WesternDriver.com. Register now!

PLEASE RVSP both lunch and dinner reservations to Ric no later than May 1!

See the article on page 5 for details.

Ric MacDonald [email protected]

June 6-9 Devils Punchbowl Run See article on page 5 for complete information.

Heinz Stromquist [email protected] or

June 9-18 Father’s Day Picnic Run Something new for another great week in

See article on page 5 for complete information.

Heinz Stromquist [email protected] or

Saturday, June 15

Father’s Day on the Island (details in the next Mogazine and posted at mognw.com)

Reddingtons will host the event at their new home in Saanich

Jane Cowan [email protected]

Saturday, July 27

Western Washington ABFM at Bellevue Community College (see article on page 6)

Details of the post-ABFM party will be in the next Mogazine and posted at

mognw.com when available Michael Amos [email protected]

August 9, 10, 11 Ride the Rogue Run See article on page 6 for

complete information. David Hammond [email protected]

August 16, 17, 18 High Desert Run See article on page 6 for

complete information. Doug Barofsky [email protected]

Saturday, August 31

Portland ABFM at Portland International Raceway

Details will be in the next Mogazine and posted at mognw.com when available

Wayne Harris [email protected]

September 4 to 17 Morgans to Montana See page 10 of the Nov/Dec 2012

Mogazine for complete information. Lee Harman 425-422-5406 or [email protected]

ALWAYS CHECK THE CALENDAR PAGE ON MOGNW.COM FOR THE LATEST EVENT INFORMATION!


This year's Punchbowl event will differ considerably from the previous seventeen years. First, there has been a change in venue for our stay at the coast; second, for those who would like to continue after Punchbowl, we have organized a driving event that will take in the Northern Pod's Father's Day Picnic in Victoria on the following weekend. Please review the attached schedule, make the appropriate reservations and let me know your plans so I can keep a headcount. This year's Devil's Punchbowl event offers three options: 1. Punchbowl only 2. Father's Day Picnic run starting at the Punchbowl 3. A combination of both

If you plan to attend the Punchbowl portion, please pay particular attention to Items #1 & #2. If you plan to continue with us to Victoria and beyond, be sure to make the appropriate hotel reservations (Items #3 through #8). We will leave the Punchbowl on Sunday, June 9 and follow a route up the Oregon and Washington coasts to Lake Quinault, Port Townsend, Whidbey Island, Vancouver BC, Horseshoe Bay, Powell River, Comox, Victoria, Port Angeles, Shelton, Long Beach and return to Portland on Tuesday, June 18th. More detail to follow on ferries and events.

SCHEDULE: 1. Thursday, June 6 (D-day): We will meet at the Best Western

Wilsonville Inn & Suites in Wilsonville, Oregon on Thursday eve-ning for an early Friday morning departure. Rooms have been set aside under Morgan Owners Group Northwest for $99.00 plus tax; breakfast included. To make reservations please call: 503-570-9700. Directions: I-5 south through Portland. Take Exit 283, Wilsonville Rd; at stop take a right and then an immediate right onto Boones Ferry Rd. Address: 29769 SW Boones Ferry Rd, Wilsonville OR 97070. For those of you who will be there by dinner time, there is a great

restaurant and brew pub across the street where we can get together.

2. Friday, June 7 & Saturday, June 8: Moolack Shores [moolackshores.com]. Moolack is close to the Chalets, cleaner, less expensive and above all, much more cooperative. IMPORTANT: Moolack has a total of only 10 rooms with two that could possibly be doubled up, which means we can accommodate 12 couples maximum. All rooms are held only to the end of February, so if you plan to go please make a reservation. Be sure to identify your-self as being with MOG Northwest. There will be arrangements made for overspill.

THERE ARE NO ROOMS SET ASIDE AT THESE LOCATIONS:

3. Sunday, June 9: Lake Quinault, Lake Quinault Lodge [olympicnationalparks.com/accommodations/ lake-quinault-lodge.aspx]. If you scroll down through their rooms, you will find that they offer a 15% early booking discount for the Lake-side Rooms.

4. Monday, June 10: Port Townsend, The Swan Hotel [theswanhotel.com]

5. Tuesday, June 11 & Wednesday, June 12: North Vancouver, BC, North Vancouver Hotel [northvancouverhotel.ca]. Wednesday will be a local driving and visiting day.

6. Thursday, June 13: Powell River, BC, Beach Garden Inn [beachgardens.com]

7. Friday, June 14 through Sunday, June 16: Victoria (Sidney), BC, Sidney Waterfront Inn [sidneywaterfrontinn.com]. We are spending three nights in Victoria because there is a Morgan run and a pig roast on Saturday and a picnic on Sunday. The timing of the picnic would force us to take the evening ferry and put us too late into Port Angeles so we opted to take the Monday 10:30 am ferry instead.

8. Monday, June 17: Long Beach, WA, The Shelburne Inn [theshelburneinn.com].

9. Tuesday, June 18: Return to Portland

► For questions or more information please contact me at 503-793-9768 or [email protected]

DEVIL ’ S PUNCHBOWL XVIII ( June 6-9 ) & FATHER’ S DAY PICNIC RUN ( June 9-18 )

VanDusen ABFM and MOGNW Post-ABFM Party, May 18 by Ric MacDonald

The Pacific Northwest is privileged to be home to three great ABFMs, all important to MOGNW’s annual calendar of events. The first of these is the Vancouver ABFM at VanDusen Botanical Gardens (“1” on the map) on May 18. Registra-tion forms are available online at www.westerndriver.com/abfm/ if you didn’t get one in the mail and it is time to register!

The Northern Pod is going all out to make this another special ABFM. Christine Muehling is organizing the “sandwich brigade” to provide us with lunch. Volunteers will be appreciated (reply to [email protected]). The post-VanDusen party will be hosted by Ron and Yvonne Theroux at the Annacis Sea Cadet Training Quarters, 553 Derwent Way, Delta (“2” on the map). Volunteers will be needed to get ready for the event and for the event itself (reply to [email protected]). Annacis Island is close to VanDusen, BC Ferries, and the U.S. border. There is plenty of parking and the venue is great rain or shine.

Our hosts will be coordinating all food. The fantastic menu includes appetizers, steaks, potatoes, salad and dessert. The cost will be $5 for members and $10 per non-member guests. Soft drinks will be provided or BYOB. You can come to the party even if you aren’t at the ABFM. RSVP to Ron and Yvonne Theroux at [email protected] or 604-590-1770!

PARTY DIRECTIONS (13.7 mi/22.1 km): > South on Oak St (becomes Hwy 99) > East on Hwy 91 (Richmond Fwy) > Take Exit 11 (BEFORE the Alex Fraser Bridge) > Left (East) on Cliveden Ave > Right (South) on W Audley Blvd > Left (North) on Derwent Way > Exit Roundabout onto Derwent Way (first exit) > Proceed to 553 Derwent Way and the BBQ

PLEASE RSVP to Ric MacDonald, Nortnern Pod Rep,

for BOTH lunch and dinner NO LATER THAN MAY 1

so we can plan for the number of meals!

1

2


European Classic Car Meet Calgary, AB - July 20, 2013 Greetings fellow enthusiasts,

You and your club members are cordially invited to participate in our annual European Classic Car Meet to be held in Calgary, on July 20th 2013.

This event has run successfully for the past 25 years and we are still striving to make the next year's event even bigger and better.

Car shows can have a tendency to become stale, with the same group with the same cars from one year to the next. We at the VSCCC feel that we can shake this up by attracting participants from clubs across Western Canada and the northern USA. This will introduce new vintage cars to the public and par-ticipants, and make the whole show more exciting.

VSCCC members have offered to billet some out of town participants and

we are working on preferred rates at a host hotel. We offer a Rev-Up Party on Friday evening at the

host hotel and on Sunday the VSCCC will host a break-fast and a tour in the beautiful Rocky Mountain Foot-hills.

We are working on making this a premier event with the hope of drawing new friends from outside Alberta. Please help us by participating and making this one of your clubs feature tours, we promise you an exciting and enjoyable three days in post-Stampede Calgary.

I look forward to meeting you on July 20th. Regards, Chris Durtnall, Inter-club Coordinator VSCCC Vintage Sports Car Club of Calgary [wwwvsccc.ca] Further information: call 403-901-5802 or email [email protected]

WELCOME OUR NEW MEMBERS!

Simon and Heather Lewin 29 Naylor Road Salmon Arm, BC V1E 2X5 250-833-0693 (home) [email protected] No Morgan … but looking! Harry and Sherry Miltner 1800 6th Street SE East Wenatchee, WA 98802-9101 509-886-0208 Harry bought his first Morgan in 1954 - an enthusiast ever since!

WESTERN WASHINGTON ABFM July 27

Michael Amos ([email protected]) ABFM: Once again the ABFM is at Bellevue Commu-nity College with "Drivers and Survivors" as the fea-tured margue. The site is undergoing construction and space will be a little tight but a plan is in place to make it work. We can look forward to the next five years be-ing on grass at a new location. Friday, 7/26, is a cock-tail party at Club Auto in Kirkland. Register for the ABFM at abfm.com. CLASSES: There will be four Morgan classes this year: 4/4, Plus 4, Plus 8, and Other (3 Wheelers, Aeros, etc.). Each class needs at least three cars or there will be fewer classes next year. POST-ABFM PARTY: Details TBA. Watch mognw.com for updates!

RIDE THE ROGUE TOUR August 9, 10, 11

Come to Southern Oregon for a weekend full of excitement. Ride the Rogue on a jetboat and enjoy the dinner cruise on 9/10. Then

continue your southern Oregon adventure with a visit to Crater Lake, Lava Beds National Monument, or local wineries!

For more information or to RSVP contact David Hammond at [email protected] or 541-601-4925.


Come and join the third biennial tour of Central Oregon’s high desert. As it has on its two preceding occurrences, this year’s event will take place the third weekend in August (16-18 August). The weather is almost certain to be pleasant and the driving will be spectacular. Details of the tour are still in the planning phase, but the following will give a general idea of what is in the offing.

Friday’s leg of this year’s tour will start sometime between 9:00 and 10:00 am from the Elmer’s at the Vancouver Mall (7105 North-east 40th Street, Vancouver, WA). The morning half of the tour will be guided along roads that head east generally along the Columbia River (the exact route is still a work in progress). There will be rest stops every 1½ to 2 hours. Lunch will be around 12:30 pm in an as yet to be determined rustic local spot somewhere north of The Dalles, Oregon.

Near the end of lunch, the driver of each car will be given maps for at least three 2- to 4-hour routes that lead to Mt. Bachelor Vil-lage (www.mtbachelorvillage.com) in Bend, Oregon, and set free to drive whichever one he or she chooses at his or her own pace.

Swimming, hot spas, and a very nice bar will be waiting for weary Morganeers as they straggle into Mt. Bachelor Village, which is lo-cated off Century Drive in the south-west corner of Bend just minutes from downtown and the Old Mill District. Morganeers will be free to eat out on the town Friday night. The Tour’s or-ganizers will supply a list of restau-rants, make recommendations, and make reservations in advance of the event (Friday nights are special in Bend with everyone out on the streets – dinner reservations are a must).

Saturday’s tour will, in fact, be a potpourri of four mini-tours out into four distinctly different sectors of the high desert surrounding Bend. The mini-tours, the routes for which will be given out Friday morning, will vary from 3 to 5 hours of driving, and each will pass through some delightful place for

lunch. These tours will not be guided – the routes can be driven at any pace desired or, for the adventurous, even varied at the whim of driver or passenger.

Dinner Saturday night will be a group affair at a location certain to please all.

Sunday, everyone breakfasts and leaves for home at their lei-sure.

Feedback from the previous two events was heavily in favor of providing less guided touring and more freedom for participants to strike out on their own, set their own paces, and have more time for leisure activities of their choosing. Wendy Hollister will be assisting Lilo and me with the organization this year. The photos from the 2009 and 2011 tours should prepare you for the fantastic vistas of the High Desert Tour! Contact Doug Barofsky 541-550-7265 (home), 541-760-2480 (cell), or [email protected] for signup no later than July 31 … the sooner the better!

High Desert 2009

High Desert 2011

August 16-18: Third Biennial Oregon High Desert Tour Doug Barofsky


LINKS OF INTEREST TO MORGAN ADDICTS [Editor’s Note: OK, here’s the deal … some of our enthusiastic members surf the net and find interesting Morgan-related stuff. If you would like to share your cool finds with other members, just email me the link and I’ll include it in this column and give you honourary recognition. But note: no submissions, no column.] Submitted by Frank Gruen: A video on Morgan’s electric car and an interview with Charles Morgan who says we need better batteries. www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/motoringvideo/9735419/Morgans-electric-car.html Submitted by Jane Cowan: Jane forwarded an email from Pat Leask in which Pat said, “Some of you wanted to see in more detail how I did the 3/8" belt and alterna-tor conversion on my Plus 4 (TR motor) … so I thought I'd share with you all.” (see members.shaw.ca/pleask2/MorganIndex) We thank Jane and Pat for this. Pat will be doing some articles for us (see page 15 for the first!) Submitted by Steve Hutchens: HomeMadeTools.com is a site for anyone who loves tools. You will be amazed at the creativity of the tools on their website. www.homemadetools.net/ Submit links and enjoy!

I’M LOOKING FOR OLD MOGNW PHOTOS

(PERHAPS A BOX FULL) THAT HAVE BEEN

WAITING A LONG TIME TO BE SCANNED!

Recently I was talking to Celia about an

email I sent 14 or 15 years ago while I was living in my motorhome at the Mount Rainier National Park headquarters east of Ashford. Some of the details may have escaped me, but I recall a request being circulated to MOGNW members to find someone to scan

a box of old photos of Club events. The request came from Terry Campbell or Bob Nelson (Bob was historian at the time) and could have been in either the Mogazine or an email. I responded to an inquiry by email to one or the other (or perhaps both) and told them that I had a scanner and lots of time and that I would be glad to do the job, but I don’t recall hearing from anyone.

Do you suppose this is the box of photos is still around? I don’t know who had the box at the time but is rather likely that they still have it.

Scanning old Club photos would be an

ideal task for the Club Historian. The photos could be made available on our website and periodically might turn up in the Mogazine.

I’m writing this article to see if anyone by any chance might still have this mysterious box of very old pictures from MOGNW's past. Can anyone suggest anyone who might? I suspect that this box is sitting in someone's attic or closet just waiting to be discovered.

Your Historian needs to do something to justify the title and my scanner stands ready for the task. Now start the search for old Club photos!

WANTED: VINGAGE MOGNW PHOTOS Steve Hutchens, Historian

Mark Hagestad, MORGAN SLEUTH The Editor

When Ian Levitt of Nashville, Tennes-see, wrote to Dick Tilden seeking the his-tory of his recently purchased Morgan, I thought we might make a story out of the inquiry. Turns out we may have.

MOGNW member Mark Hagestad emailed Ian on January 31 with five pic-tures of a Plus 8 he spotted in Bellevue in September 2000. The Morgan was at Park Place Motors and had been consigned “by a fellow that lived in Tacoma, WA.”

Mark recounted a bit of the history of the ultimate sale of the Plus 8 and suggested that the owner of the Plus 8 had bought an Aero 8 “about that time.”

“The color is lousy in these pics but it is Connaught Green and as I recall it was a

'93 or '94,” Mark said. Alert to detail, he points out that “the high bumpers indicate it probably came through Isis because that's how they modified them at that time to be legal in this country.” Mark continues with a few phone numbers for Ian to call to trace possible leads on the Morgan’s his-tory. The email ended with, “Good Luck!”

The VIN is 1S9AR02R5PS200979. If anyone else has any leads, please contact Ian A. Levitt, Nashville, TN [email protected]

Thanks Mark! And kudos for remember-ing 12 years ago. Maximum kudos for being able to find the pictures!

Likely Ian’s Morgan

We moved to 5787 203A


The Celebration Committee (Michael Amos and Bill Button) outdid themselves with preparations for the 2013 MOGNW Biennial Celebration held on March 16th at Alder-brook Resort, Union, Washington. The venue, food and company were all out-standing.

By most reports, the Saturday morning trip to the resort was filled with rain. But by mid-afternoon, the sun was out as 61 club members arrived, six of them in Morgans.

The evening started with a social hour that included stories of winter car projects and expressions of enthusiasm and anticipation for the upcoming driving season. It was clear everyone is ready to get back in the cars.

The buffet offered a multitude of choices to suit every taste: hors d’oeuvres, salad, prime rib, chicken, oysters and side dishes.

Master of Ceremonies, out-going Presi-dent, Dick Tilden was at the top of his game. Awards were presented - very humorously.

The Rough Rider Award was given to John Svensson: big man, little car, rough indeed.

Tilden took a left turn with a very long story about excess car parts, mirrors on the ceiling and a passenger tethered to the turn signal switch, then finally announced that Bob Hauge was the winner of the Perpetual

MOGNW Biennial Celebration Alderbrook Resort, Union, WA, March 16, 2013

Report by Clair Hauge Photos by Lee Harman, Clare Hauge and Steve Hutchens


Turn Signal Award relating to a slip-up during the Devil’s Punch Bowl trip in June 2011. Bob gracefully and patiently endured the embellishment while Dick subsequently added, “even though he didn’t deserve it and the award was no where to be found.” Dick then presented Bob with a large bag which he declared to be empty. Finally, Bob took the microphone and said “the bag isn’t empty at all, it is full of your hot air!”

Dave Wellington was awarded the “Press on Regardless” Award for his tenacity on the High Dessert Tour in 2011.

The President’s Award/Runions Award was given to Steve Hutchens. Dick said, “At a time of need last year Steve took on another term as Mogazine editor and webmaster. He

upgraded the website to include a current calendar and past Mogazines and is filling in the blanks of MOGNW history as Historian.

As his last official act, President Tilden employed Clint Eastwood’s “empty chair” technique to officially present the gavel to Kit Raetsen. Kit, not yet back from an ex-cursion to Burma, sent email greet-ings.

As good as the stories were, perhaps the highlight of the evening was Dave Welling-ton’s Magic Show! One of the best compli-ments was someone overheard saying, “I never saw a room full of that many adults so quiet for so long.” Dave’s been performing magic since he was a teenager and he’s got a lot more than rabbits up his sleeve! Well done, Dave; very well done indeed.

If the enthusiasm and camaraderie shown at the Alderbook Resort is any indication of the driving season ahead of us, it’s going to be a great one!

Biennial Celebration, Alderbrook Resort, March 16, 2013


Mike Powley Memorial Run, January 27, 2013 by Win Muehling

Traditionally, the Northern Pod has always had a run in January on the weekend closest to Robbie Burns Day and Mike Powley, as long as anyone can remember, had always organized that run - rain or shine, snow or sleet. It was thus only fitting that this year we named it in his memory. With Mike’s passing last August we lost not only a guy who loved to have fun but one of the driving forces behind this club. Mike and Rosemarie for many years hosted the an-nual Boxing Day Run as well as participating in just about every club run, rain or shine. Mike also served on the club executive for many years in various capacities.

On Sunday morning, January 27, we all met at the Tim Horton’s on Nordel Way and River Road in Delta for coffee and donuts and plenty of natter prior to setting off on a hour-long run to our lunch destination. We had a good turnout of 38 individuals including a handful from the Old English Car Club and Jaguar MG Club, Mike being a long time active member of these clubs as well. We also had representation from the Island Pod (Treacy and Lloyd Reddington) and the Midlands Pod (Dave Wellington).

Muehlings and Reddingtons came in their Plus 8’s. Mike’s son David brought Mike’s 4/4 with his sister Marianne navigating. The Ther-ouxs arrived in their Plus 4 leaving a trail remi-niscent of the Exxon Valdez disaster, having lost their oil filter a few hundred yards before Timmies. The cause turned out to be a broken oil filter stud which allowed the oil filter conver-sion to fall off! Fortunately, it sounds like they managed to save the engine.

Rosemarie Powley also took part but as a passenger in Dave Wellington’s car. Due to the weather forecast, it was a pretty low Morgan count, but we did have a number of other Brit-

ish cars plus the Blake’s spectacular Lambor-ghini. The weather forecast wasn’t great, so everyone had an excuse!

The Muehling’s Plus 8 led the long caval-cade down River Road via a couple of detours to Deas Island Regional Park where we stopped for a group photo and pit stop. It would appear that not everyone had brought their reading glasses or lost the detailed route map, since a number of cars missed some crucial turns. As we were exiting the park, Mike’s 4/4 with young David Powley at the wheel, blew past us, top down, rain in face, at a good turn of speed, obviously lost but with a big grin on his face . You couldn’t see Marianne’s face as she

was crouching low in order to stay dry, but I am sure that she also had a big smile on her face! It is good to see that the 4/4 didn’t end up on E-bay and will stay in the family!

Sharkey’s Bar & Grill did an excellent job of looking after our sizeable group and it wasn’t long before we had our drinks and food. Pam Mahony did the honours in reciting the “Ode to a Haggis” although we could not provide her with a haggis into which to plunge a knife in true Scottish custom. She led us in a Scottish toast to the Haggis and of course, to Mike. Job well done, Pamela. John Clark of the Jaguar Club reminisced about some of his escapades with Mike going back to 1963 and showed us a picture of Mike’s first MG-TF clearly showing

the 1963 license plate.

Ron Theroux also said a few words, remind-ing us of Mike’s long association with the Eng-lish car scene and his continuous involvement and dedication. Steve Blake also brought to light an interesting fact –Steve’s dad was one of Mike’s high school teachers. Steve also re-minded everyone that our next club run will be the annual “Hearts and Tarts Run” which will take place Sunday February 10.

Judging by the smiles on everyone’s faces as we left Sharkey’s, a good time was had by all. The food and drink were good and the com-pany even better. It was great having represen-tation from the Old English Car Club and The Jaguar Club, and from the comments received, their company was enjoyed by all the Moggers. Perhaps we can have a repeat next year. Note: I generally include all the names of the participants in our runs, but this time there were just too many!


HEARTS AND TARTS 2013 By Steve Blake

On Sunday, February 10th, we held the 2013 version of the Hearts and Tarts Drive. This drive is also known as the Liz Blake Memorial Drive in memory of my late wife. Liz use to organize the food or arrange the res-taurant or pub and she particularly enjoyed giving out Purdy’s chocolate hearts to all the participants. For the last several years this drive has been a joint MOGNW/OECC affair.

Susan and I led the drive in their blue 1962 Morgan +4 four-seater, followed by Win and Christine Muehling (1986 green Morgan +8), Ken and Pat Miles (blue and silver Morgan +4 DHC), and Malcolm Sparrow and Laverne Barnes sporting an antique raccoon coat (red 1994 Morgan +4.) The rest of the group fol-lowing in assorted vehicles were Terry Sadler and Val Smith, Steve Hutchens and Celia Obrecht, Bart and Audrey Shaw, Barry Ryley, and Bernie and Pat Miles. Laurie and Verna Fraser met the group at Boundary Bay Airport for lunch.

The drivers and navigators met at Mande-ville Gardenworks for coffee prior to the 11:00am start. We were blessed with sunny weather which made for great open-top driv-ing. It was a bit cool but the sun and fresh air were a welcome break from the low cloud and drizzle that had been hanging around the last several days.

We set out after navigators received a route plan to try to minimize the loss of cars along the way. The distances were given in kilome-tres and miles for those in older British cars. One navigator panicked, thinking that the paper being handed her was a set of ques-tions to be answered along the way and she

said she was going to go home if it were! She (who shall remain nameless to save embar-rassment to Ken) said they have too many fights when given a set of questions to an-swer on route.

The drive set out along Marine Drive cross-ing Southridge to the continuation of the old Marine Drive. We drove through the bus ex-change and down the hill to Marine Way where we followed 6th Avenue past the site of the old Woodward’s store and Queen’s Park. Turning right on McBride Avenue, the caval-cade drove over the Patullo Road and merged onto Scott Road. We turned off fol-lowing the detours leading us to River Road. All along this section we were able to view the construction work of the new South Fraser Perimeter Road that will join Tsawwassen and Delta Port to Highway 1 in Surrey. We turned left onto Nordel Way following it up the hill and drove along 84th Avenue, 112th Street, and Westview Drive before dropping

back down the hill to the flats by Burns Bog. From here it was a short hop along 104th Street and Ladner Trunk Road to the Bound-ary Bay Airport 38.3 km later (or 23.94 miles.) For the bird watchers, we were very lucky to see Great Blue Herons, red-tailed hawks and many bald-headed eagles along the drive. One particular nice sighting was seeing two bald-headed eagles sitting side-by-side next to a large nest. It looks like we will have some new eaglets this summer.

We had reservations at the Skyhawk Res-taurant in the terminal building. Miles and Hutchens continued past going to an OECC executive meeting in Tsawwassen. Laurie and Verna were waiting at the restaurant to join us. The restaurant was quite busy which can show the quality of the food. Since I didn’t hear any complaints from our group we may use this as a future stop for another drive.

Terry Sadler was the lucky one to win the pot for having his meal served last. Of course he ordered slow-braised duck or some other such meal that had the chef working double time in the back. With Win upping the ante to $1 a head instead of the customary quarter, Terry was able to pay for his meal!

There were no break-downs, nobody earned the coveted blinking light award, and the sun was shining! With the great camara-derie of the group, the day couldn’t have been more perfect!

Susan Blake in Antarctic gear


Zzzzzzzzzzzz by Dave Doroghy

Prologue

Certain anecdotal stories are better told in person rather than in writing. This is one of them. You can bet if a narrative requires an important sound effect that the story is better told in the old fashion sit-around-the-fireplace story teller mode rather than the modern method of posting it on a website. This article is based almost entirely on an important sound; so with that said this is going to be a challenge.

That sound is the repeated “er er er er” of a 1966 Plus 4 Morgan’s Tri-umph engine turning, but not starting after sitting idle for three months in the winter. Sleeping Beauty awaking.

For the sake of this article, I will refer to the sound after I turn the key as “er er er er.” You have all heard it before many times. It, of course, is the sound of the engine turning and turning desperately trying to fire a cylinder. The second sound that I will put into quotations, to denote how much better it would be if you could hear me replicate it in person, is the “bang” that happens as a single cylinder finally fires, or backfires as the case may be. And it is a loud bang. Almost like a shotgun. Now, with those two sounds firmly registered in your mind, let’s see what happens as I try to describe an interesting comparison that occurred to me one cold February Morgan morning as I fired up my old cold car that had not been running since November. Here it goes:

The Story

Face it, we all like to sleep-in. That lazy feeling of just letting the clock tick by as you lounge in bed is a basic human indulgence shared by all 7 billion of us on this planet. I remember back to my halcyon days as a teenager still living at home I used to love to get up at 11:30 or 12:00 or even 1:00 on the weekends. My Mum would come into my bedroom after the morning had turned into the afternoon and poke at me to get me going. Not a hard poke, just a gentle loving prod. And 40 years later that’s just what I feel like I am doing when I start my dear old Morgan up after letting her sit

idle for months. I gently insert the small silver key into the dainty key-hole in the middle of the wooden dash and slowly turn it the right to elicit a response, to break the slumber. It is nothing more than a loving wake-up-poke.

Now just like my dear old Mum knew that I wasn’t going to jump into action after the first wake-up-poke, I, too, know not to expect my lazy Morgan to start firing on all four cylinders with the first lov-ing turn of the key. So with low expectations I slowly turn the key replicating that first gentle poke and listen for the predictable requi-site response – the “er er er er.” Exactly the same as Mum would poke me and wait for me to say “ok ok ok ok.”

Usually I wait a half a minute or so to give old Moggy just a bit more rest, then I depress the gas pedal and give her another gentle wake-up prod. She always responds with another cute “er er er er” and goes back to an idle repose. Then I pull out the choke which was analogous to my Mum removing a blanket.

Remembering full well that it would take several attempts from Mum to get me to rise, I am not concerned at all after my second attempt. Having her slowly sink back into peaceful winter Morgan slumber after my pok-ing seems so natural and brings me back to happier times. But I do have somewhere to go so let’s try again.

So back and forth we go for maybe three to five minutes. I poke, she goes “er er er er” and I repeat until I get that affirmative response. You know the one I mean. The big “bang.” My Morgan backfiring is just like the loud good-natured protesting acknowledg-ment I would shout out as an uncoop-erative teenager at my Mum after the

fifth or sixth prod shouting “OK, I’m awake.” That’s what I would bang out of my mouth as I awoke. My Mum always knew that after she got the loud “bang” out of me, soon I would be up and running and firing on all four cylinders. And it is no different now with my 1966 Plus 4 Morgan.

I think you know the rest of the story as far as my car goes. A few more key prods, a few more “er er er ers” a few more “bangs” and then I prepare myself for that rise and shine moment. Here comes that glorious sound. I get ready for a sound that can only be com-pared to the entire Vancouver Symphony Orchestra launching into the first few bars of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Ah, yes, the sound of all four cylinders in beautiful four/four time pumping out the trium-phant rhythm of the Triumph engine. The sound of a fully awak-ened Morgan, ready to hit the road and start another wonderful day of motoring adventure. She dusts the sand out of her eyes, I de-press the clutch, put her into gear and as I slowly pull away we both agree that there is nothing to get you going in the morning quite like a good sleep the night before.

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Part 1: Purchase and Delivery I agreed to purchase this car from Olde World Restorations

(Penny) in Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA in early October 2010 for $9,500.00 US. That was the easy part… getting it shipped here was another matter! I contacted several shipping companies (well, brokers actually… what to look out for and more on this later) and got several estimates. I did not pick the lowest ($900 or so) nor the highest ($1800 or so), but one for $1400.

In order to keep this saga short, five weeks after I paid to have it shipped, it still had not been picked up and winter was setting in with a vengeance back in PA. It was supposed to be picked up only a few days after I had paid for it, or so they said. Just before Christ-mas, I cancelled my agreement with this company and requested a full refund. I was told this was not a problem and that the refund would be submitted promptly. Three weeks later (or more; I can’t recall), the money finally came through on my charge card, and I do not think it was an issue with VISA.

During a conversation about the shipping issue with a friend who recently had a car shipped, I was given the contact information of the truck driver himself ([email protected]). I called the driver and he brokered a deal with his buddy who drives the route from where the car was; I got a price of $1,600 to deliver to Blaine,

WA (one mile south of the US/Canada border). The car was picked up only four days later and delivered to Blaine on time with no issues. So was it the extra $200.00 that got the car picked up or the direct connec-tion to a very reputable trucker? A bit of both is my guess.

The trucker called me to say the transport truck would be at “such and such“ place in Blaine at 1 PM on Thursday. I hooked up the trailer and took the ferry over to Vancouver and drove to Blaine WA to meet him. Other than an hour at the border crossing in to the States, it went well. So long as you have all the paperwork the US Export office wants in order and a minimum of 72 working hours advanced notice, exporting a car from the States is a snap. Once done, it was a 30 second drive to the Canadian border to pay my taxes and off I went back home. Auto Transport Brokers

For the uninitiated in this area (like me), who do you trust? I contacted a few companies that looked to be reputable, got a few estimates talked to a few and chose one. What to look out for:

They all say how good they are, how many years of experience, and on and on they go. I found out that while the drivers may have many years of experience (the key word is 'experience'), it is impor-tant to ask how long the company has been around. Most I found are a year or less. Why?

They all contract out to the same truckers (okay, some have a few of their own trucks) who choose what cars they want to pick up or not. There is a web site that all the truckers log in to (in their trucks) to see what cars are available for the route they are doing.

The truckers will pick up the “lowest fruit” first (can’t blame them, really), these being the cars which can be driven and are offering the most money. Cars such as mine (non-driver) will sit and sit (as I found out) unless I pay more to make it worth their while, as they have to use a winch. This is one reason for such a discrepancy in what brokers charge: the broker probably gets the same cut; it’s the truckers who make less on a lower quoted amount, which is why a car can sit a long time.

I recommend paying a deposit, but don’t pay the balance until you have confirmed the car is on the truck, or pay the trucker directly at the drop-off point.

Editor’s Note: I am happy to introduce Pat Leask as a new MOGNW author. Pat and his wife Norma are relatively new members of the Island Pod and are proving once again that old Morgans never die! Pat came to my attention when Jane Cowan forwarded an email to the Island Pod with a link to Pat’s website where he tells of some of his interests. Pat and Norma recently purchased a 1967 Plus 4 4-Seater (#6614) as a project from Penny Bates of Olde World Restorations in Pennsylvania. Their adventure of Morgan restoration has begun and another Morgan is soon to rejoin its brethren on the road.

Several articles on Pat’s restoration are planned over the next year or two as time permits. I’ve had a peek at them and I’m sure Mogazine readers will enjoy them and find them helpful.

Pat at the Island Pod Christmas Party

Putting a Morgan Back on the Road Pat Leask The saga of Pat’s 1967 Morgan Plus 4


We are at the end of our trip. The Plus 4 must be back in Southampton by July 19th for shipping to New Jersey. It was determined that we would take an overnight ferry from Hook of Holland to Norwatch, UK (North of London) and then take the motorway to Southampton.

Johan Helingas and his wife Elaine invited us to Amsterdam. They own a home in central Amsterdam on one of the many canals. Loretta and I will stay at a small hotel nearby. Julf (Johan) advised me to take the southern route into Amsterdam as northern Amsterdam was under construction. However, there is a 28 mile dike I wanted to traverse that brings us into northern Amsterdam. It is one of the dikes that makes Holland Holland. Big mis-take. But after a phone call for directions, we made it to the inner city. A lady (Elaine) on a bicycle waved at us and finally caught up as I had gone down a dead end.

We had two days in Amsterdam, visited the

VanGough Museum, took a bus and a water tour, visited a diamond dealer and learned about diamonds, and took a walk through the “red light” district. My, oh, my!!!

Amsterdam, like Paris, is a destination city. Two days are not enough for sure. We left Amsterdam for Hook of Holland where we would catch an overnight ferry to a port just north of London.

We had an early breakfast on the ferry and by 8:00 AM we were on the road to South-ampton. We took an M (motorway) around the north of London to a lesser road to Southamp-ton. The Brits drive fast. Loretta and I stayed pretty much in the truck lane at about 60 MPH. Not a fun driving day, but we did get the Plus 4 to the loading dock of the shipping company on time. It would be shipped to New Jersey then trucked to Ron Garner’s home near Boston.

Our trip was draw-ing to a close. We now must get to the De-Gaule Airport near Paris. Fortunately, Chris Bushell-King and his wife Emma invited us to stay at their home in Amiens, France. So Loretta and I caught the train to London and then the Eurostar to Cal-ais, France, a bit north of Amiens where Chris would pick us up. This turned out to be one of

the highlights of our trip to northern France. Chris and Emma were great hosts, we relaxed for a couple of days with great food and friends.

Chris and Emma drove us to our hotel at the DeGaule Airport. Then stuff went wrong.

I had not read our tickets. Instead of a flight out the next day by way of Amsterdam, it turned out we flew to Amsterdam, spent the night and flew to Seattle.

It took a bit and some expensive phone calls to determine that we had no choice. So I got busy and found accommodations near the airport in Amsterdam. Instead of Monday we arrived in Seattle on Tuesday.

It was a very interesting trip to northern France and Loretta is still speaking to me. There were some times of stress and to her credit she helped me through the problems. She even agreed to accompany me on the trip from New England back to Seattle.

But that is another story for the next issue of the Mogazine.

BUTTON'S TRIP TO NORTHERN EUROPE PART 4: ASSEN TO SOUTHAMPTON by Bill Button

Chris and Emma with Loretta

All of this in Bill’s Morgan!

Bill’s trusty Morgan, ready to ship home


YOUR mognw.com has more UPDATES! By Steve Hutchens, Historian, Editor & Webmaster On Sunday afternoon, January 20, I decided it was time to over-come two website challenges, one related to my role as Historian. As such things sometimes turn out, neither was particularly difficult once I got thoroughly into the tasks. Google Custom Search It is nice to have all of the information on our website and we have a navigation system of menus that are designed to help you easily find what you are looking for. But the menus can go only so far. The solution: Google Custom Search. Now you can enter your topic of interest in the search box on either the Home Page or the Mogazine Archive Page and find information that may be too ob-scure to fit in the menu structure. The search process may be benefitted with just a bit of explana-tion. Some of the “hits” from a search will be in Mogazines and the link you receive will download the entire Mogazine. The second step, in this case, is to do a Ctrl+f search in the Mogazine to find your topic. Scans of Old Mogazines One of my first tasks as Historian was to acquire a complete set of Mogazines. I think we have accomplished that (I certainly say “we” because it was through the efforts of at least half a dozen members that these back issues were found). The next challenge was to make them available to members (and the world, for that matter) in PDF form. But I didn’t want an image PDF, I wanted a scanable so Google Custom Search could be used to find topics of interest. The hardest part of this task was finding a time-efficient way of doing it.

I’d spent several hours in the previous month with little result. Then finally, presto, the solution appeared in a button I hadn’t noticed before. The scans of the first issue were still a learning process and the size of the PDF files produced were huge. A few times through the process, however, made the scanning a snap. Reduc-ing the file size required only running the large files (produced with scanner software) through Adobe Acrobat to reduce them by fully 85%. Old newsletters, you say? As interesting as left-over coffee? Not so! I have found several interesting articles that are as timely as if they had been in the most recent Mogazine. An article about a tour a MOGNW member led in 1997 might suggest a route for a tour in 2013. A technical article on repairing a part of your Morgan written in 1996 is as helpful as if it had been written yesterday (Cuthbert was really active!). And then there is the enjoyment of seeing the pictures of friends over the years. As an example, Dave Wellington looked like he was having a really good time at an event in 1997! Mognw.com on Smart Phones It had to happen. Smart phones are so ubiquitous that it was inevi-table that at some point we would bridge the void and integrate mognw.com with smart phones. It turned out that there was no challenge at all, other than learning a bit more about my smart phone. I won’t attempt to give an introduction to using the Internet on smart phones because there are several operating systems so many different phones, but suffice to say that on my Android Sam-sumg Galaxy S2 it works well. You will need a PDF viewer to view the PDF content (Mogazines and technical articles, for instance), but that isn’t a big challenge. The bottom line is that if you are equipped with a smart phone, mognw.com is always at your finger tips. And, yes, you may be able to read the Mogazine on your smart phone!

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A Morgan traffic jam (from Mogtalk) … submitted by Michael Miles (above) A new Morgan photo … submitted by Frank Gruen (right)


Cuthbert’s Epistles to the Mognoscenti MMXIII

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There is a hole in a Morgan's steer-ing column. You can add a lubricant to the steering box by pouring through this hole. Not too bad an idea to lube the steering box now and again. These old steering boxes need tender care as we all do.

I have half dozen new rubber plugs for the hole in the steering column that Morgan Spares keeps in stock. I re-cently tried to press a new plug into this hole in the column. Just couldn't get it in there.

Tried this by hand for a good ten minutes, never quite getting it in there properly, I considered a "C" clamp. Our cousins across the Atlantic call these "G" cramps. Thought that if there were masking tape around the

column, excepting the plug hole, a hose clamp might convince the plug to go where it belongs without scarring the mirror finish paint we ALL have.

The first try DID NOT work. The second try did work. A thin slice of wood under the hose clamp may have

been of some use as well. And a try with a "C" clamp may have worked too.

At any rate the plug is there where it belongs. Now I say you need to go out there in the heated garage and add a little gear oil to the steering box.

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A speech Charles Morgan made at the Geneva Motor Show on Tuesday, 5th March 2013

The Morgan Motor Company has a unique place in the motor indus-try. It is a small and flexible business, focused on building environmen-tally friendly cars in an area of outstanding natural beauty, Malvern in Central England. For over 100 years the company has withstood all the challenges that the world can throw at it.

The family atmosphere at the factory is very special and is not just one of the main reasons for our commercial success but also why the company is held in such high esteem throughout the world. The com-pany builds on a passion that has been shared by three generations of the Morgan family.

It is a great pleasure to be back in Geneva at the Salon de l’Automo-bile, the most important car show in the annual automotive calendar, in a city at the heart of the market for Morgan sports cars and it is an honour for Morgan to be here side by side with the most prestigious car manu-facturers in the world.

Morgan is here in part thanks to Banque Baring Brothers Sturdza who for the last ten years has recognised the value of being associated with such a famous historic British Marque. We thank them for their joint sponsorship of our efforts here.

Morgan is now the oldest British owned luxury car company in the world. Even China has now succumbed to Morgan’s charms.

Morgan has a respect for tradition and history but Morgan does not stand still. “You can never repeat the past but always be inspired by it” is our motto. In spite of a timeless look, changes and updates are made to the specification of the cars year by year to ensure they are practical and appeal to customers around the world.

2013 has seen approximately improvements across the range of cars as well as the addition of the Morgan 3 Wheeler.

Morgan found a new niche in the car market in 2012 with the launch of the Morgan 3 Wheeler. This car combines performance and economy and has made people think again about the best way of getting about. Over 500 people have now taken delivery and are discovering for them-selves what fun it is to drive and own.

The Morgan Classic has always had a strong following and is argua-bly one of the last proper sports cars on the market today. By proper sports car, I mean a car that you want to drive to the country on a hot summer’s day to experience (but not to spoil) the beauty of a natural environment like your wonderful mountains here in Switzerland.

The famous Morgan Plus Eight continues to be refined so that it com-petes with outright supercars in performance and handling. The Morgan Aero Coupe offers further levels of refinement for those who want an effortless Grand Tourer that can also show its pace on the racetrack.

Every Morgan car has a unique shape and it is our unique method of construction that gives it that shape. Perhaps the difference in manufac-ture is best summed up by the difference between a plastic mass pro-duced shoe and a handmade English leather shoe. One is pressed out by the thousands and the other is handcrafted for a particular customer.

All of the materials used in the manufacture of a Morgan are natural and are environmentally sustainable; Metal (often recycled aluminium), Wood and Leather.

A Morgan is gently moulded into shape by the Superform process and then dedicated staff in Malvern carefully assemble each component. When laid out individually each part is often a beautiful object in its own right.

This assembly team has experience of the traditional skills of coach building but is also familiar with the need for accurate components de-signed and made with the latest computer technology. The quality stan-dards followed in the factory in Malvern follow the best practice of the motor industry.

The specification of a Morgan combines the latest electronic technol-ogy with craft skills to finish off any surface of the car that can be touched. Leather is often hand stitched and components joined together with complex screw fastenings completed by hand with an air fastener. The parts of the car can be taken apart and reassembled which is the reason that so many of the 40,000 Morgans built in Malvern are still on the road.

The way an owner can watch his car take form at the factory in Mal-vern is unique in the car industry. CHANGES TO THE RANGE OF MORGAN CARS FOR 2013

A new model, the Morgan Two, is

a bicycle! Inspired by the founder of Morgan, HFS Morgan, who was a keen enthusiast of the bicycle, the Morgan Two is a minimalist design as light in comparison to other bikes as the Morgan car is to other cars. Although it looks like a “Fixed-gear Bicycle” it has gears and brakes concealed in a simple classic design. Pedal backwards and the gear changes and if you hold the pedals back further, the back brake is ap-plied. The wheels and tyres offer the latest technology for road and city use.

The Morgan 3 Wheeler. Over 500 examples have now been deliv-ered. The Gulf Edition reflects Morgan’s participation in the World En-durance Championship with the Morgan LMP2. The Morgan LMP2 built by Oak Racing in Le Mans France will be at Le Mans 24 Hours and is hoping to win the class in 2013.

The Morgan Four Four is economical and reliable and has been in production longer than any other car in history.

The Morgan Plus Four. For 2013 there is a special “Baby Doll” limited edition of 50 cars with 250bhp, inspired by a famous Morgan race car that successfully competed in Sports Car Championships in the USA.

The Morgan Roadster now has 300bhp and a total weight of only 950 kilos. This gives it a better power to weight ratio than a Porsche 998. Power steering for 2013 is standard.

The Morgan Plus Eight is 50kg lighter with new optional forged alu-minium wheels and carbon seats making it an even more focused driver’s car. Both the Morgan Plus Eight and the Aero Coupe have a new hydraulic power steering system for a greater feel of the road and of the track.

A Morgan is the only car in the world that you can order in exactly the colour you want rather than the colour the manufacturer offers you. The Matt silver Plus Eight and the liquid silver Aero Coupe demonstrate the versatility of the surface finish of colours on offer from Morgan. The Gulf Morgan 3 Wheeler is an example of how we can personalise a car with a livery of unique historic importance.

2013 has seen Morgan gain a good many new fans. 50,000 people visit the Morgan website www.morgan-motor.co.uk each week and thou-sands of fans now follow our Facebook and Twitter accounts. The com-pany wants to keep these fans updated with imagery and stories about Morgan from our factory in Malvern and from around the world where Morgan is present.

Adding stories throughout 2013, the company will keep communicat-ing to the thousands of fans and followers of Morgan.

We will be operating an exciting new Web Shop online from today. Many new products as well as our existing range of Morgan presents will be available from the Morgan Shop throughout 2013. These products can be ordered speedily and efficiently on line or obtained from our growing Morgan dealer network.

The “Morgan Two”


Remembering George Waltman (1925-2013) By Louis Galanos in Sports Car Digest, January 30, 2013 Submitted to the Mogazine by Ron Theroux George Waltman (third from left) is congratulated by an admiring public after his solo drive in the 1968 24-Hours of Daytona. (Photo courtesy of ISC Images & Archives/DIS) On Monday, January 7th, 2013, Daytona racing legend George S. Waltman of Honesdale, Pennsylvania passed away at the age of 87. Most endurance racing fans were unaware of exactly who George S. Waltman was unless you heard mention of him on the Speed Televi-sion broadcast of the recently concluded Rolex 24 At Daytona. George was a very special man in many ways. Not only did he serve with the Army Air Corp as a B-29 pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II but following the war he worked as a pilot for British Air. Later he became an engineer for Jaguar-British Leyland and in that capacity dabbled in auto racing in the Bahamas, Sebring, Daytona, Bridgehampton, Lime Rock and Watkins Glen. His greatest claim to fame and what has endeared him to anyone who has ever watched a sports car endurance race or ever dreamed of driving in one is that George S. Waltman is the only person of his time to drive and complete the 24 Hours of Daytona without benefit of a co-driver. The year was 1968 and not only did George drive solo in the Day-tona 24 but he also did it without benefit of a pit crew. And, as they say on TV, “But, that’s not all!” George drove, did not trailer, his Az-tec Racing Morgan Plus 4 to Daytona from his home in Great Neck, New York, a distance of over 1,000 miles. During the 24 hour race George complied with FIA driver rules re-quiring a rest break of one hour after every four hours on the track by servicing the car, taking a nap or getting a bite to eat. When leaving the pit area to “take care of business” he would place an “Out to Lunch” sign on the car. With no pit crew he had to fuel the car himself, change tires and do other maintenance or repairs. No doubt he took advantage of all the freebies being offered to racers from the automotive vendors at the

track in exchange for placing their decal on his car. It was also re-ported that some of the other racing teams may have assisted the intrepid driver where they could. George’s Morgan Plus 4 was one of the last race cars running when the checkered flag fell and he is listed as finishing 30th overall, 335 laps behind the winning Porsche Works Team 907. Even more amazing was that he was only five laps behind actor James Garner’s AIR team Corvette that had four drivers including the likes of Ed Les-lie and Scooter Patrick. Tony De Lorenzo and Jerry Thompson finished 27th in the #30 Cor-vette. They are passing George Waltman in his Morgan Plus 4 on the NASCAR high-banks. De Lorenzo and Thompson each had the benefit of a relief driver plus a pit crew while Waltman did it all him-

self and still managed to finish 30th overall. (Photo courtesy of ISC Images & Archives/DIS) This was not George’s first attempt at a solo drive in an endurance race. In 1963 he com-pleted the 12 Hours of Sebring without a co-driver finishing 37th overall out of 42 finishers driving a Triumph TR4. No doubt this gave him the confidence to tackle the Daytona 24 alone. Regardless of what era of racing you might be thinking of, to enter and finish a 24 hour en-durance race alone is nothing short of amaz-ing and George S. Waltman will forever re-main a legend from the “Golden Age of En-durance Racing” and for all of us a Daytona 24 legend. One last amazing tale about George. After the 1968 Daytona 24 was over he posed for some photos, got himself cleaned up, changed the oil in the car, checked the tires and drove the car back home to New York. Rest In Peace George S. Waltman, my hero.

Tony De Lorenzo and Jerry Thompson finished 27th in the #30 Corvette. They are passing George Waltman in his Morgan Plus 4 on the NASCAR high-banks. De Lorenzo and Thomp-son each had the benefit of a relief driver plus a pit crew while Waltman did it all himself and still managed to finish 30th overall. (Photo courtesy of ISC Images & Archives/DIS)

George Waltman (third from left) is congratulated by an admir-ing public after his solo drive in the 1968 24-Hours of Daytona. (Photo courtesy of ISC Images & Archives/DIS)



1957 Morgan is car enthusiast's latest love Contributed [to the SFChronicle] by Bill Young from San Francisco Chronicle and SFGate.com, Nov. 21, 2010 The Bay Area Driver’s Guide, My Ride Submitted to the NWMogazine by Bob Stinson

Bill Young worked for American Honda Motor Company in Los Angeles for close to 25 years. He and his wife retired to Sonoma in 2006.

Over the past half-century I have been fortunate enough to have

owned more than 100 automobiles. Starting with an $85 Ford Model A given to me for my 16th birthday, then progressing through other Model As, Model Ts and several types of Volkswagens, I real-ized I was suffering from an incurable disease: I was a certifiable "car nut."

In my early twenties I wrote down a list of the 10 automobiles I wanted to own before I went to the big junkyard in the sky - some-thing like a "Bucket List" for cars. Well, I've owned nine out of the 10 (including a Rolls Royce Silver Dawn, a Citroen 2CV and a 1958 Chevrolet Impala Convertible), but the one I currently drive - and love - never appeared on my list: a 1957 Morgan +4 Drophead Coupe.

If you don't know Morgans, you're not alone. It is an extremely rare car, especially on this side of the Atlantic. The company was founded in rural England in the early 20th century, and all of their cars are made by hand. The +4 was made from 1950 to 1969 and is a very elegant and unusual sports car that was powered by a Triumph engine (Morgan doesn't use its own motors), and its very low weight makes the +4 much faster-than-one might expect.

>> The +4 Drophead Coupe was made from 1950 to 1969 and is a very elegant and unusual sports car that was powered by a Triumph engine.

To celebrate our

25th wedding anni-versary my wife and I went to England. We thought it would be interesting to visit the Morgan factory (which is located in Malvern, about two hours from London). This family-owned business has been manufacturing Mor-gans in the same place for more than 100 years. The factory tour was fascinating. There were no computers and very few machines. Most of the work was done by hand - Mr. Morgan was even signing paychecks by hand! We were very impressed with the whole operation.

When we returned to California, we joined the Morgan club. We went to their annual convention and, after viewing about 100 beauti-ful Morgans, we decided on the model we would like to own: the very rare +4 Drophead Coupe. There was only one at the show, however, and the owner had no interest in selling it.

So, for the next two years we searched the country for one that was for sale, and we finally found one in the back lot of a dealer in Santa Monica. The car was about 75 percent restored but had been neglected for years. We purchased the car and finished the restora-tion ourselves.

It turns out that our car was the first 1957 Morgan Drophead delivered to California. Originally it was dispatched from England to a Morgan dealer in Los Angeles, as there was no dealer in San Francisco at the time. The first owner was reputedly from Los Gatos; he drove the car for a few years and then disassembled it and put all of the pieces in well-marked boxes. Eventually, the boxes were sold and the second owner put most of the car back together. The color is striking: a pale moss green with dark green leather and tan top. It has been en-tered in several Con-cours d' Elegance in the Bay Area.

Of all the cars I have brought home over the years, the Morgan is my wife's favorite. It is perfect for the winding roads in Wine Country - where we live - and always gains a “thumbs up" from passing motorists. As in the case with all eccentricities, owning a Morgan automobile cannot be rationalized by conventional means of applied logic. If you love something, you just love it, and there's no explaining why. And we love our Morgan!


MOGNW Autojumble AUTOJUMBLE RULES (PLEASE NOTE: SOME ARE NEW)

1) Ads are FREE to MOGNW members and non-member individuals seeking to sell, buy, or find Morgans and Morgan-related stuff;

2) No commercial advertisers; 3) Ads run for one issue; 4) RENEWALS ARE NOT AUTOMATIC … YOU MUST TELL THE EDITOR

MORGANS FOR SALE FOR SALE ►1953 Morgan Plus 4 Flat Rad Roadster with Dual Spares. Rebuilt en-gine, dyno tuned to TR 4 specifications. New wiring loom and TR4 starter. Dual carbs. Rebuilt brakes with disc brakes in front. Everything on the dash works including the wipers, turn sig-nals, driving lights and horn. New air bladder tubes (in box) for two seat cushions. Have receipts. Asking $23,000. Rich and Phyllis Cimino, Battle Ground, WA. Please contact us at 360-687-1539 or [email protected].

FOR SALE ► 1989 Morgan 4/4

1989 Morgan 4/4 with 54,000 miles. For more information, please call Ed Driver at 306-242-5329 in Saskatoon, SA.

MORGANS WANTED WANTED ► I’m looking for a Morgan 2-seater 4/4, Plus 4 or Plus 8. Joining MOGNW

is obviously a good place to start! Please contact me: Si Lewin, [email protected], Salmon Arm, BC.

MISCELLANEOUS

MORGAN-RELATED STUFF STUFF FOR SALE ► Garage cleanout means Morgan parts for sale - Series V 4/4, +4, 3.5L

+8 including lever shocks, +8 intake manifold & SUs, SU wedge air-cleaner, MG seat frames. See www.morganstuff.com or contact David Crandall at [email protected] for complete list.

► Morgan Garage Cleanout • Miscellaneous Morgan parts for sale for 4/4 and Plus 4: • Wire wheels (new, two sets) • Roll bar • Competition seat harness • Competition clutch • Manifold • Webber carburetor • Lots more Mike Pettie, Box 189, Lake Cowichan, BC V0R 2G0 250-749-3616

FREE STUFF ► Wonder what's happening in the British Morgan World? I get extra copies

of the mother club's terrific magazine, Miscellany. If you've never seen an issue, you should. Single copies of recent issues free upon request. Send your mailing address, lower 48 only, to David Crandall at [email protected].

► Four new sets of points (still in the packages) that fit a Mallory dual point distributor and one new condenser. Free to any MOGNW member. I switched over to Pertronix. Tim Johnson [email protected]

STUFF WANTED ► Front seats for a 1960s Plus 4 4-Seater. Contact David Hammond

541-601-4925 or [email protected] ► Side curtains for a 1960s Plus 4 4-Seater. Contact Wally Schwab

503-591-8876 or [email protected]

Send your ads to [email protected] for the next NW-Mogazine issue and for listing on mognw.com!

A Moment of Humor from Michael Miles Everyone has heard the first one but the rest are new: • British cars don't leak, they mark their

territory.

• German cars don't leak, they jettison excess weight.

• Italian cars don't leak, they simply season the road.

• French cars don't leak, they ooze a metaphoric essence of life ebbing away.

• Japanese cars don't leak, period. • Swedish cars don't leak, they

compromise everyone else's traction so they can show off their own.

• Russian cars don't leak, they drop parts instead.

• Korean cars don't leak, they lyeuk.

TREASURER’S REPORT AS OF FEBRUARY 28, 2013 CATI WATERMAN, MOGNW TREASURER

OVER or CATEGORY DESCRIPTION ACTUAL BUDGET (UNDER) combined bal fwd 12/31/2012 $7,766 INCOME Advertising 2013 .............................$350 ............... $350....................$0 Dues, 2013...................................$3,458 ............ $3,600............. ($142) Dues, 2014........................................$96 ................... $0..................$96 2013 Biennial Meeting .................$1,742 ............ $2,000............. ($258) Regalia Sales..................................$194 ........... $1,000 ............ ($806) Foreign Exchange Factor ...................$0 .................. $0 ...................$0 TOTAL INCOME.........................$5,840 ............ $6,950 ............$1,100

EXPENSE Island Pod...........................................$0 ............$683* ............ ($683) Northern Pod.......................................$0 ............$933* ............ ($933) Midlands Pod ......................................$0 ............$748* ............ ($748) Southern Pod......................................$0 .............$835*............. ($835)

Awards ................................................$0 .............. $400 ............ ($400) 2013 Biennial Meeting ....................$500 ............ $2,400.......... ($1,900) Club Insurance................................$350 ............... $400 .............. ($50) Island Pod Rep Ferry ..........................$0 .............. $350 ............ ($350) NWMogazine Newsletter ....................$0 .............. $100 ............ ($100) Oregon License...................................$0 ................ $50 .............. ($50) President’s Discretionary ....................$0 .............. $500 ............ ($500) Regalia Purchases..............................$0 .............. $500 ............ ($500) Website ...............................................$0 .................. $0 ...................$0 Miscellaneous .....................................$1 ....................... ....................$1 Foreign Exchange Factor....................$0 .................. $0....................$0 TOTAL EXPENSE ........................$851 ........... $7,899 ......... ($7,049)

YEAR-TO-DATE (NET) ...............$4,989 ............($949).............$5,939 BANK BALANCE 2/28/13 ...... $12,755**

* Pod budget allocations are based on a formula approved unanimously by the MOGNW Executive Board: Part 1: $1,600 is split equally among the Pods [$1600 / 4 = $400] Part 2: $1,600 is split among the Pods based on their percentage of the MOGNW membership on 12/31 of the preceding year

2013 MOGNW MEMBERSHIP FORM

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Morgans Currently Owned:

Do any of your Morgans have historical significance, special equipment, or interesting

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2013 Dues for New Members (currencies are at par in 2013: $2 per month for each month remaining in the calendar year including the current month (examples: $22 in February; $6 in October).

Remittance Enclosed: US$ __________ CDN$ __________

Canadian Members: Please make your cheque payable to MOGNW and mail your check along with this form to Pat Miles, MOGNW Assistant Treasurer, 15410 Kildare Drive, Surrey, BC V3S 6B9 | Questions: [email protected] or 604-576-8036.

U.S. Members: Please make your check payable to MOGNW and mail your check along with this form to Cati Waterman, MOGNW Treasurer, 3810 SW 94th Ave, Portland, OR 97225-2507 | Questions: [email protected] or 503-292-5315.

Year _____ Model ___________ Body Style _________________ Colour _____________________ Engine Size ________________ Chassis ____________________



** includes $1,478 of uncleared

2012 expenses

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Biennial Celebration March 16 at the Alderbrook Resort · days are mopeds loaded with families of four or five people, ladders, a big screen tv or maybe a pig or two. One thing is