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JANUARY 1984

by their trnsiort

OWNER'S GROUP

NORTHWEST ye shell know them

MORGAN OWNERS GROUP NORTHWEST

Dues Dues for 1984 are due. Please send in your check today for $10.00 and keep your member-ship current. The club treasurer is Fred Bowman and all checks should be sent to him. Be sure to include any changes in address or in Morgans (two in every garage). Address:

Fred Bowman 9965 S.W. McMillian Beaverton, Oregon 97005

Stories Without hesitation or express permission we hope to include any stories, news, pictures, tech articles and other defaming gossip that may be floating around our group. Let Bob Eayrs or me (Dwight) know of any interesting MOG-knowledge. Since we hear stories monthly at the meetings anyway, this shouldn't be any trouble. You may have a particular event or trip remotely involving Morgans that you've been waiting to tell. Now you can have it published in the newsletter. Bob's address:

Bob and Fran Eayrs 17720 S. E. Cook St. Milwaukie, Oregon 97222

On the subject of the Eayrs, Bob just completed an incredible port polishing and combustion chamber rework and polishing on a Ford 1500 CT head. This, perhaps just

s ide e 1 h t d s that B ob 1 t_ i_ ~ : wha t a air ii gLL remin ds me to remind you tLla ~. LU IS a walkin g lllg CLi l;y to CUla on Wll a. t. lIiQ KC - .

cars work and work better. I must say though, Cosworth would envy this work, even though they haven't seen a 1500 head for 15 years (antique is beautiful). Mike Manning needs a cluster gear for his Plus 4. He really wants a new one, but if you have a spare in good condition he may be interested.

1984 - is it a book or just a ear??? I ts 75 incredible years, with no end in sight.. 1983 was a good year for our club and 1984 may prove to be an even better year. At the January meeting at Roscoe Nelson's house we will start talking about events for this coming year. Last year was tremendous for events and already Jim Henry has asked for Jun ~ ,and yes, Henry's Last Reserve II is on the schedule. The All British Field meet will feature Morgan and in the months ahead we will be working hard to organize and coordinate the event with field meet king John Rollin.

The Morgan Motor Company 75th is this summer in July. Since there will probably be a small group going, Win Sharples of the Washington Rough Riders has put together some package trips that include a day or two in Paris or one with free bus transportation from London to the factory. The English countryside is very nice in July. If interested:

Win Sharples 1802 Summit Drive Haymarket, Va. 22069

Bob & Janet McHenry are, as far as I can tell, the clubs main hope of getting there. Contact Bob & Janet to compare notes. Home Phone: 297-6415.

That's about it from the President and about time. The real meat of this months news-letter follows and much thanks to our new: Secretary, Bob Eayrs, for putting it together.

THE DISCRETE C11-11,AR THE

FORMER'CAR.

oRrY-F1vE HUNDRED dollars for ic electricity generator, and the first car The Morgan sat on the front lawn in

a 1962 Morgan 4/4," I said to come along with the right credentials the shade of a huge oak tree, strategical-

loud enough for my wife, Bar- was going to get zapped with a bolt of ly placed to melt the resolve of tight-fist.

bara. to hear. She was seated nearby at greenbacks. In one year I'd saved literal- ed car buyers. It was dark green with

the breakfast table, reading that ques- ly tens of dollars. The rest would be bor- black fenders and a leather strap across

tionable part of the Sunday paper that rowed against our Datsun. the hood. From our vantage point in the contains no used car classifieds. . I called the owner of the Morgan and driveway, the Morgan looked beautiful.

"Is that a good price?" she asked, try- got directions to his house. He lived in I let out a low whistle. "I think we may

ing hard not to look like a person who is the foothills north of Los Angeles on a have found ourselves a car." I said.

about to have half her joint-life savings 5-acre horse ranch, way back in one of The owner. a pleasant fellow. ap- wiped out by a single check. . . - . those steep canyons that make the eve- peared and showed us around the car.

"I haven't seen one that cheap in fling news three times a year during the Up close the Morgan had a few rust

years." I responded. "If the car's any fire, flood and mudslide seasons. A place spots along the fender seams and the in- good, that's an excellent price." where the occasional earthquake is just tenor looked fairly weatherbeaten, but

For nearly a year I'd been setting •. gravy. Two hours later we pulled into overall it appeared sound enough. It

money aside for a project car, preferably the ranch. would he firn. I thought. to paint this car

something with the words Jaguar, Mor- - - I. c C, .0 do and reupholster the seats in nice leath-

gan or Lotus on the grille. The money - 0

• er. We looked under the hood at the

was building up in my savings account Ford 109E engine, which was covered)- much the way voltage builds up in a stat-

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DRAWING BY LEO BESTGEN

22 ROAD & TRACK

Side Glances WELCOME BACK: David and Marianne

Sweeney. 3807 S.W. Jerald Ct. Portland, OR 97221 with oil-soaked cobwebs. The oil ap- suspension was badly worn and the

peared to be the product of excessive spokes were all loose. blow-by from the valve cover. I We clattered back to the ranch on I lb shrugged. The English Fords were sound of oil pressure. I carefully parked the car engines, easy to work on and fun to re- beneath the tree, turned off the ignition. build. We looked in the trunk. removed the door and got out.

The trunk had problems. I wiggled a "Well, what do you think?' The own- piece of the ash frame and a large chunk er asked. of the inner wheel arch came off in my Having just been recently gassed, I hand. When I tried to put it back in • struggled to collect my thoughts. What place. the wood crumbled in my fingers did I think? I thought the car was a won- like a slice of week-old pound cake. I derful collection of dreams held together apologized profusely, but the ownerwas by cobwebs and green paint. I thought if quite good-natured about it. "Oh. that's . the car were a 1962 Ford or Chevy you'd okay. All the wood is worthless in this have to pay the wrecker $35 to haul it car. Dry rot. It needs a whole new body away. I thought how wondrous it was frame. You can get one from a place out that Morgans and a small handful of East for about $800.". other cars in the world had such charm

I got down on one knee and looked that a man could even hope to sell one . under the car. .. . . . in this deplorable condition. For money.

The steel chassis rails are all rusted With a straight face

out too he added, but you can still Well I said the wood rimmed

order a whole new chassis from the fac- • : • steering wheel is in nice shape and the

tor' for less than $1500." .. ..... -- . front fenders seem pretty sound . but

He suggest we take a test drive, so I $4500 seems like a lot of money far a. opened the driver's door and the door - steering wheel and some fenders. I

came off in my hand 'Dry rot around think the rest of the car needs to be

the hinges," the owner explained. I replaced." . . . . .

latched the door back in place and he. The owner looked at me with a mix- -

said. "I'll have to give you a push down - ture of amusement and genial pity. "The the hill. The teeth are all gone on the car is completely shot, of course," he

ring gear and the battery's pretty low . said, appealing to my sense of reason, anyway." The car roared to life in a "but a nicely restored Morgan will cost

cloud of smoke, and settled down to the you two or three times what I'm asking. most complete collection of mechanical . At $4500 I'm sure someone will buy the

noises I've ever heard from a single run- . car and fix it up.'.'. fling engine. Big-end rod knock, small-- - I thanked the man for his time, and end rod knock, main bearing rumble, -. for the first time in my life I did the Un- timing chain noise and deafening valve thinkable. I turned around and walked clatter. The only functioning instrument, away from an opportunity to buy an on the dash was the oil pressure gauge, . overpriced, worn-out, nearly unrestora- which hovered between 3 and 5 psi : ble facade of an old British roadster that - -.

when the cold engine was revved. I looked good sitting under an oak tree. slipped the gearshift into 1st and we . '- Age, reason—something—had finally were off. "Skip 2nd gear," the owner ' overtaken my usual witless optimism. shouted over the absent exhaust system.. . --. Maybe it was the smoke. The owner was "It's missing a f ew teeth

-. : right of course There really was some

- "What's that shrieking noise?" '': one out there who would buy the car for

The rear end is bad.','-- $4500 and fix it up But this time it As we motored up the canyon ;ad, -_ -_ wouldn't be me

thick clouds of blue smoke began ur- z As we drove back down the canyon ing from the hood louvers and from un- toward home I felt oddly elated remark der the dash. After a mile the smoke got ably carefree and suddenly wealthy. We - -.

so bad I couldn't see the exact location stopped for lunch at a hamburger place of the road. It, was like driving through

. "Milkshake all around," I said to the

the boys' room at a high school basket-,-- waitress. "My wife and I have just come -

ball game. At halftime. I looked over at - into a large sum of money." the owner, who smiled at me pleasantly Barb stared out the cafe window and through the haze, apparently oblivious ':, shook her head. "I really wanted that car to the choking fumes'. I wondered if I when we first saw it," she said. "How -

was the only person who noticed the , ' could such a neglected, worn-out old car smoke. Was I dying? Maybe this is what look so good, sitting there on the front it's Re, I thought The car pitched wild- lawn'

ly into a corner, and the man warned me .;' "It's a Morgan," I said. "And no one -

to be careful because the sliding pillar .. ever throws a Morgan away."

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST MEMBER: Grady Myers

921 W. 29th Ave. Spokane, WN 99203

I believe this Ia a picture of Grady's car recently purchased from Larry Ayers. It is a 1934 MX family model.

Grady, if ± am in error, please correct me as I took this photo from my files. R.E.

See you there. 'e tin 17 at gcsoo and Linda Nelson's house.

Addness: 2108 S.. Laurel, Pcrt1&nd, Lre.

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