Part 10 of Cross-Country Morgan Retrieval.
Sight unseen, we bought a 1952 Morgan on the other side of the country. Now the fun part: Tim and Margie Suddard get to retrieve it.
What a trip.
In nine days, we had flown from Florida to Las Vegas, borrowed a 20-year-old Chevy…
In reply to Tim Suddard :
I love cross country trips to get cars. First there is the pleasure of the trip. I can honestly put in 20+ hours driving and listening to stories on tape before I need a brief nap at a road side rest.
I usually take a different route or different timing every place I go to. The view changes depending on when you see it. With great night vision things are as interesting at night as during the day. Often more so.
Then there is the anticipation of the new( to me) car. I don't grill the seller on every detail, I get a sense for who they are and what degree of credibility I can place on them. Plus I buy cheap enough that if I made a complete mistake I'm not out much. ( So far I feel I've won every deal)
Oh my gosh I am excited about this. I've been lusting after morgans for many years and I loved the morgan articles in the recent CM issue.
I do have a question though - what in the world is the difference bewteen the 'wide rear fender' morgans and the skinny rear fender? is it the true 4/4 vs plus4 difference? (You've got 2 wides and a skinny in your photos with 3).
It seems when I search I can only seem to find the skinny rear fender versions which I think look a bit frumpy. But then I see the car you bought, and the famed lemans version and they both seem to have wide rear fenders (so do all current morgans). The wide rear fender cars are so good looking - yet I can't find them.
Your bad marg in Texas reminded me that every time I've been in the state I've had a bad experience with something. Basic training was my first. When I drove out to Cali along I-40 I drove through/got gas and food in some wasteland town that was so bad that I thought I was going to get Hills-Have-Eyes style dead (seriously, how do you get a pepsi to go bad?) Finally the last time I went through there I had to visit my aunt and uncle
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