MORGAN OWNERS GROUP NORTHWEST SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER 2014 / Vol. 34, No. 5
2014 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 Heinz Stromquist [email protected] Our Executive Board meeting was Saturday, October 4. Watch for the minutes of the meeting in the next Mogazine.
Saturday, July 25, 2015, is the much anticipated MOGNW 40 th Anniversary Celebration immediately after the Western Washington ABFM WHERE WILL THE MOGNW 40 th CELEBRATION BE? If you live in the Seattle metro area and would be able to host the event at your home, please contact Michael Amos, Midlands Pod Rep.
The Publication: NWMogazine see the MOGNW roster for an address). NWMOGAZINE is the newsletter of the MORGAN OWNERS Deadlines : The 1st of odd numbered months. GROUP NORTHWEST, a non profit organization serving Morgan Digital Submissions : Content can be sent in or attached to email, automobile enthusiasts in the Northwestern United States and or mailed on CD. Text files should be in .doc, .txt, or .rtf formats. Western Canada. Copyright © 2014 by MORGAN OWNERS Photos and illustrations should be in .tif, .jpg, .gif, or .bmp formats. GROUP NORTHWEST. Permission is hereby given to reproduce portions Note : Please try to avoid sending .pdf files or .doc files with embedded of this newsletter (except material copyrighted by others) for non profit, photos as these formats require additional steps for insertion in the non commercial use. Please give MOGNW credit, acknowledging the NWMogazine and may result in lower quality photos. issue and author, source, or photographer if stated. Paper Submissions : Photos, typed or hand written text, and illus trations can be mailed to the Editor. Meetings and Events Reservations : The Editor reserves the right to edit material for Events and social meetings are held in each of our four Pods: Is style, content, relevance, collegiality, spelling, grammar, length, land (Victoria), Midlands (Seattle), Northern (Vancouver, BC), and and appropriateness for the NWMogazine. Material that is not time Southern (Portland). Times & locations are listed on the MOGNW sensitive may be saved for publication at a later date. Calendar ( mognw.com/calendar.html ). Please submit calendar items to Spelling : Please use Canadian, U.S., or U.K. spelling consistently the Editor. Contact your nearest Pod Rep for event information. and as appropriate. A reference for all three can be found at
Cover photo credit: A photo from your Editor’s travels of a beautiful piece of stained glass art depicting John and Larraine McNulty’s 2003 Plus 8. Larraine is Editor of OHMOGGIE. Members: Please send your outstanding photos for cover consideration.
NW-Mogazine Volume 34, Number 5 2 September & October 2014 West of Northwest Kit Raetsen, MOGNW President
Editor’s Note: Kit reports from the Muskoka region of central Ontario (some 200 km north of Toronto) that being lost in the wilderness precludes a message for this issue of the Mogazine. She anticipates that she will be returned to civilization in time for October 4 Execu- tive Board Meeting and promises that she will have words of enlight- enment for the Nov/Dec Mogazine. Curious about where the Mus- koka region is? Here’s a map!
at an ABFM. In conversations, guys shared EDITOR ’S M INUTE sources for Sprinter related accessories just as car By Steve Hutchens guys would share where they had bought a unique Editor/Webmaster/Historian accessory or part. My Alcoa wheels with Mer cedes Benz emblems didn’t go unnoticed. I have to O N T H E R O A D W I T H Y O U R E D I T O R admit, though, that I washed the bugs from the Greetings from “on the road.” When I started front of my Sprinter just like my neighbor. writing this column we had been on our cross This wasn’t a show in the sense of an ABFM but country odyssey just over two weeks and had been guys are guys and lots of conversations started in 10 states (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, around something unique about your RV. Beyond North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indi that, an RV rally is an opportunity to learn more ana, and Iowa) and one province (Manitoba). Now, about your RV in the workshops provided on sev two weeks later, add to that seven more states eral topics. Mercedes Benz had a Sprinter repre (Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Vermont, New sentative there to answer questions and his work Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts). We have shop had to be held twice it was so popular. arrived in New England a bit ahead of fall color but We enjoyed getting acquainted. A guy from Vir leaves in the higher elevations of the northern most ginia noticed my Morgan shirt and expressed a lot parts of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine had of interest in Morgans and knew enough that his started to turn. Now we are pausing to visit Celia’s interest was real. It turned out that he lives in Wil sister on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts and liamsburg, Virginia, which is on our route in Octo ber. After we met his wife and found that her inter two of my Air Force buddies in Virginia. We antici 9/22, 6:54PM: Having just finished a wonderful lobster pate that by the time we continue our travels south ests overlapped with Celia’s they invited us to park dinner in Bar Harbor, Maine, I can honestly confess that if in about a week that the seasonal color will be in their driveway when we were in the Williamsburg dinner tomorrow evening were either lobster or haggis, I caught up with us. Now for a few ramblings about area. would choose haggis! some of our stops along the way. A C A R M U S E U M There are several major A N R V R A L L Y We all know what a car rally car museums in northern Indiana and southern new facility. The main floor traces Studebaker is. Some of us used to participate in rallies fre Michigan and visiting them could be the focus of at history from the wagon and buggy era up to about quently and with substantial vigor. So what is an least a week of fascinating activity. As we passed 1920. The top floor starts with the 1920s and RV rally all about? through South Bend, Indiana, a “must stop” for me traces the history through the end of production in Leisure Travel Vans, a division of Triple E Rec was the Studebaker National Museum in South Hamilton, Ontario, in 1966. The bottom level in reational Vehicles and the manufacturer of our Bend. My granddad Binion, my mom’s dad, gave cluds special interest and military vehicles made by motorhome, is in Winkler, MB, and every year just our family a 1960 Studebaker Lark (2 door hard Studebaker as well as several concept cars. One after Labor Day the factory hosts a rally for owners top, white with black interior, 283 V8, automatic, of the most fascinating was a 1959 Lark prototype of their RVs. Participation is limited to about 75 and and AC) for Christmas in 1960. That started my with a rear mounted Porsche engine. you have to register early to be assured a slot. interest in Studebakers though I’ve never actually A N R V M U S E U M An RV museum? Yes, the Since we were planning to head east about the owned one. National Motorhome and RV Museum is in Elkhart, time of the rally we decided that this would be our The museum covers three floors of a beautiful Indiana, about 50 miles east of South Bend. Re year to attend. storing an RV is a challenge of a larger magnitude This was the first time we have done anything of than restoring a car and there are over two dozen an organized nature with RV folks. RVs came from restored RVs with historic significance on display. 25 states and 5 provinces, as far away as southern To prolong Celia’s museum tolerance, we did the California and Florida and there were four long RV museum the day after seeing Studebakers. rows with almost 20 rigs in each. Much like early cars, early RVs exhibited a great When we pulled into our assigned slot in row deal of creativity. Though mass production of travel three we immediately noticed that participants trailers dates to 1929, the earliest trailers on dis were similar to our car club friends in some inter play was built in 1913 for a Cal State professor. esting ways. Most were 65 +/ 10 just like MOGNW The first self propelled continued on page 9 members. The guy in the rig next to ours was from Bainbridge Island, Washington (what a small world), and he was washing the bugs from his Sprinter just as our Morgan friends would have been removing any bit of road grime acquired en A 959 Lark engineering study with route to a show. People immediately introduced a Porsche engine in the rear. themselves to the rigs near them just as we would
NW-Mogazine Volume 34, Number 5 3 September & October 2014 UPCOMING MOGNW ACTIVITIES (see mognw.com/calendar.html for the latest) Please send calendar items to the Editor to help keep our online calendar current! Date Event Time & Location Contact 10:30 at McDonalds, 88th and 204th in Langley; Bob McDiarmid October 5 Cranberry Tour lunch at Bob’s Bar & Grill, 27083 Fraser Highway, [email protected] Aldergrove, BC 3rd Annual Economy Run October 12 Nuffield Imports, Moss Motors and Cost Less Auto
Sunday, Northern Pod Christmas Dinner At the home of Ken and Pat Miles in Surrey Ric MacDonald December 7 (the other three Pod dinners will be in the next Mogazine) Details in the next Mogazine [email protected]
2015 C ALENDAR E VENTS
Saturday, Alderbrook Resort, Union, Washington Michael Amos March 14, MOGNW Biennial Winter Banquet alderbrookresort.com [email protected] 2015 (rooms $129; other details in fall 2014)
June 26 & 27 Details TBA … but it isn’t too early to make your Morgans at Devils Punch Bowl XX Heinz Stromquist [email protected] 2015 reservations and assure your space at Moolack!
• MOGNW 40th Celebration Tour July 22-25 • Western Washington ABFM (Morgan is to be the These promise to be a very special series of events Mike Amos [email protected] 2015 featured marque and MOGNW the featured club!) that you won’t want to miss! Details TBA. • MOGNW 40th Celebration Dinner
RECURRING E VENTS 3rd Tuesday Southern Pod Meeting Location TBA Heinz Stromquist [email protected] 11:30 AM at the Three Lions Pub, Michael Amos 3rd Saturday Midlands Pod Meeting 8115 161st Ave NE, Redmond [email protected] ALWAYS CHECK THE CALENDAR PAGE AT MOGNW.COM FOR THE LATEST EVENT INFORMATION!
NW-Mogazine Volume 34, Number 5 4 September & October 2014 Portland All British Field Meet 2014 August 30, 2014 By Carla Dietz
The numbers are in for the 38th Annual All were handed out in the MO categories. Here British Field Meet held at the Portland are the winners: International Raceway. Plus 8: 1st, Malcolm Sparrow; 2nd, Brian The pre-meet breakfast at Elmer’s Res- Fawcett; 3rd, Roscoe Nelson taurant saw 20 enthusiastic Morganeers Plus 4: 1st, Wayne Harris; 2nd, Fred Bow- gather for coffee and other goodies to man (despite the fact he doesn’t own a +4. sustain them through a long day of view- Way to go, Fred!); 3rd, Richard Wald (who ing, tire-kicking, and voting. apparently was there in spirit only)
4/4 and 3-Wheelers: 1st, Ken Brown; 2nd, Ric MacDonald; 3rd, Jim Haldors
Congratulations to you all.
Following the event, a 22.6 mile drive into the country brought us to the after-meet party hosted by Davy and Tricia Crockett at their lovely home. A big thank-you to the Crocketts is in order for all the time and energy put into organizing this affair, and an especially big thank-you to Davy for the much-needed balloons to keep There were 13 Morgans on display as part guests on track those last few miles. of a field of 666 (667 if Wayne Harris’s double payment snafu actually added one more car). Despite a brief drizzle, the day was a perfect 74 degrees under partly sunny skies.
John Woodward’s No 30 competition Mor- gan took to the P.I.R. race track for an impressive heat, while John Svensson par- ticipated in the slalom event. For someone (moi) not used to seeing Morgans as any- thing other than a beautiful touring car, this was quite a treat. A potluck dinner for 36 hungry Morganeers put a cap on a thoroughly enjoyable day, as well as the good wine and conversation with Morgan owners from near and far. Ric MacDonald and Malcolm Sparrow made the long drive from Canada while Richard and Maureen Routt traveled up from southern Oregon. How nice it was to see and catch up with out-of-towners.
Add up all these numbers and the 2014 After hours of voting for the people’s Portland ABFM was a memorable success! choice awards, 9 best-in-class trophies
NW-Mogazine Volume 34, Number 5 5 September & October 2014 Dick and Ann Tilden, Cati Waterman and Dee Buffum. MOGNW Wine Tour XIII Following breakfast, the drive began without any hint of what By Wayne Harris was to come. A nice drive of 45 minutes with some gravel roads Photos by Carla Dietz taken at zero miles per hour, and then we arrived at the drive way to our first winery, Penner Ash. There has been some thought that we should have moved from Wine Tour XII to Wine Tour XIV and skipped XIII altogether. However, we have several subtitles for this years tour: Four Wheeling in a Morgan, Morgan Off Road, or simply Dirt (explained later).
Our first impression was that the road was blocked by a mound of dirt. True. There was a tractor, however, leveling the dirt. Hardy fools that we were, we pressed onward though the tractor tracks ‘til we reached pavement. Well, some wags have suggested that we were driving though virgin dirt. OK. On arriving at the winery, we were greeted by friendly accom- This 13 th running of the MOGNW Wine Tour officially was modating staff, who led us to a beautiful tasting room, where we held on August 16, but there were a few souls who arrived in were the only ones being served. The view to the east was spec- McMinnville on Friday the 15 th , and thus the party began. Kit tacular. The haze unfortunately kept us from seeing Mt. Hood in Raetsen and Jo Cockshutt, Bill Button and Loretta Nelson, Bob the distance. and Barbara Stinson, Jerry Olsen and Rosemary Hardin joined The wines, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Viognier were marvel- Linda and me for dinner at the Golden Valley Brew Pub on Fri- ous. day evening. After dinner we walked down 3rd Street, Amer- As we left Penner Ash, we had a different pile of virgin dirt a ica’s # 2 main street according to Parade Magazine, and had an head of us, but we made it through. after dinner drink at the roof top bar of the Hotel Oregon. A delightful drive through the hills of Yamhill and Carlton, past wineries and vineyards, brought us to the quaint village of Lafayette. Lafayette once cursed by a witch, burned three times and known as the Athens of the West in the late 1800s.
Saturday the 16th was clear and promised heat. We cara- vanned from McMinnville to Tigard and met the rest of the crowd at Elmer’s restaurant for breakfast. This years participants were: Don and Lorlyn Arner, Fred Passing through Lafayette, we arrived at Stoller Vineyard. Bowman and Kay, Bill Button, Kathy Colgrove and Marc, David The setting for the tasting room is on a hilltop with views over and San Crandall, Wayne and Linda Harris, Mike and Elizabeth the valley. Our tastings were held under the trees where we Miles, Garth Morgan, Loretta Nelson, Jerry Olsen and Rosemary tasted Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Lunch snacks were served Hardin, Kit Raetsen and Jo Cockshutt, Bob and Barbara Stinson, and as with all of Oregon’s premier wineries, the wines were Heinz Stromquist and Carla Dietz, John and Cindy Svensson, superb.
NW-Mogazine Volume 34, Number 5 6 September & October 2014 The route from Stoller to the next winery took us on the by- gave us tastes from eight or nine barrels that had just been pass around McMinnville and past the Evergreen Aviation and blended from each of nine vineyards. Each vineyard had a dif- Space Museums. It’s impressive to see a Boeing 747 parked in ferent soil (dirt) from volcanic to sedimentary, some from the lava the middle of a field in front of the museum as well as another flows of millions of years ago and some from the Missoula floods 747 sitting atop a water park attraction. when the ice dams in Montana broke and water came gushing down the Columbia River gorge. Each vineyard provided a dif- ferent characteristic that he uses in blending his Pinot Noir. We ended with tasting of his (Not Port) since he can’t call it by that name. It was a lovely finale.
Our third winery, R. Stuart, in is the middle of the Granary District of McMinnville. The winery is indeed in a grain ware- house. Rob Stuart, the owner and winemaker met us as we ar- rived and parked our dozen Morgans in a display in front of the winery. We were treated to a glass of Pinot Gris and an explana- Finally, the Harris back yard was filled with food and friends tion of the winery. and wine and the Tour XIII came to an end. We then moved to the barrel room in the warehouse and Rob
Our Morgan Friends Get Around Submitted by Frank Gruen
Thought that I’d share this with you now that I know that my Plus 8 has a good home and is getting well used. Many of you know that Ted and Judy Carew Gibson have retired to their new home in Penticton. Ted now has more time to spend on the sport that he loves. This can be evidenced by the recent showing last Saturday at the Rotary Wheels Car Show.
From The Daily Courier in Kelowna (E Edition), Saturday, August 2: “Terry Sadler, left, of Peachland, and Ted Carew-Gibson of Penticton with their 1962 Morgan Plus-4 and 1969 Morgan Plus-8 cars at the 19th annual Rotary Wheels Car Show, sponsored by Murray Buick GMC Penticton. The show was presented Saturday at Rotary Park in Penticton.” http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/life/image_ef014a10-1aaf-11e4-b216-0017a43b2370.html
G B STERNE DOCUMENTS MISSING so I gave them to someone in the club to return to Vancouver and MARV COULTHARD return to Ted. Ted never got them as we discovered this year at the ABFM. Now I am looking for the GB Sterne folders with all documents of all the for the life of me I can not remember who I gave them to. Perhaps a cars imported by GB into the Burnaby dealership. Ted loaned them to small note in the next Mogazine might jog a few memories and get me several years back. I have what I could glean out of them on the them back to Ted. computer here. It would be nice to have them found. Please email me if you have Last year I missed going to the ABFM In Vancouver so I took them information. to the All Brits in Beacon Hill Park. Ted did not come over for that one [email protected]
NW-Mogazine Volume 34, Number 5 7 September & October 2014 meet the faces behind the names and car. Inciden that in the afternoon after one has seen all the Northern News tally, the Lewin Mog won the first place ribbon for cars voted for one's favorites, and talked to any By Ric MacDonald, Northern Pod Rep people's choice in the Foreign Car class. one of interest, one can hop into the grandstand The Haney show is a laid back show on grass for an afternoon of vintage motor racing. And there Hello Fellow Morganeers, with 135 cars this year, set amid the very interest were some good races with full fields. It was nice Yes, unfortunately this marks the last issue of ing restored buildings, with live music and no to see some of our cars driven to their ultimate the summer, but it does lead into the fall drives crowds, just enough people to make it interesting. performance. with cooler weather for the cars and beautiful col This is a fun weekend with two very different During the awarding of prizes, Malcolm's Plus 8 ored scenery for us. More on that later. shows and one I will repeat next year, maybe won 1st in class and my 4/4 won 2nd in the Trike & Ray & Ruth, friends from Palm Springs visited putting together a tour. 4/4 class (and, no, I didn't understand this class early in August. Ray volunteers, as I do, at the On the 17th there were two events. Win Mueh either!). Then it was off to Dave and Tricia Crock Palm Springs Air Museum. He is also a car guy ling and Chris Allen went out to Mission Raceway ett's for the traditional post ABFM dinner. Aside and owns a 1923 T Bucket Ford Roadster and is for the historic races, meeting John Rennie in his from the delicious dinner, I really enjoyed seeing active with it in Palm Springs car events, often Lotus Cortina Mk 2 there. In the afternoon I met some of the Southern Pod folks I don't get to see accompanied by Ruth. Interestingly, while we do Malcolm Sparrow with LaVerne Barnes (making a very often. One of the great delights of this Club is not drive our cars much in winter as it is too cold rare and welcome appearance) in his +4, Les and the Wonderful People in the Northwest who make and miserable most June Burkeholder in their DHC and the McDiar up our Morgan club!! of the time, they do not drive their cars much in mids in their Plus 8 in North Vancouver. Led by Admittedly it's been quite awhile since I last summer as it is too hot and miserable! Anyway, Malcolm, we took the scenic route along the ocean came south for an event but I can guarantee it while they were here we took my cars, Ray in the and through West Vancouver to join the Sea to won't be so long until the next time! Both Malcolm Jag and me in the Mog, on a trip up the Sunshine Sky Highway to Squamish for the Sunday Prime and I feel we will return next year for the drive, Coast to Powell River (a route we often take with Roast at the Shady Tree Pub. (though we did have to drive the dreaded I 5 Ken and Pat Miles on the long way to the Father's If you've ever gone through Brittania Beach and home), and especially the hospitality of our South Day dinner and picnic on the Island). Ruth alter wondered where the road beside the old mine ern Pod friends. We hope more from the north will nated back and forth, though she preferred the goes, we now know! Anyway, it was a nice after come with us on this southern adventure! Mog (good taste that woman!). They were awe noon for a drive followed by the delicious roast Up-coming events: struck, to say the least, at the fun roads and our dinner. Unfortunately this was the weekend of a October 5 (Sunday): Steve Hutchens and Celia awesome (an overused word but in this case ap very large mountain bike competition in Whistler usually do our October run, but as they are away propriate!) scenery. Their wilderness consists of so after about 4:30 the road south was bumper to touring in their motorhome Bob and Judy McDiar sand and desert while ours is mountains, trees bumper at least until Brittania Beach making for a mid are planning a Cranberry Tour, date depend and ocean. We also enjoyed dinner and a drive slow drive for those heading south. We will do this ant on when the cranberries are to be harvested, with local Morgan owner Ken Kutner. again next year, but choosing a weekend without a but we are thinking October 5. Inquiries to Bob & The point here is that it is all too easy to be major event in Whistler! Anyway, it was a good Judy at 604 539 4636 or [email protected]. Please come used to and complacent when it comes to drive with good friends to a good dinner. let them know you're interested. the beautiful place we choose to live in. By com The end of the month saw Malcolm Sparrow October 13 (Monday): The guys at Classic Car parison, think North Dakota for the Americans and and me venturing south to Portland for the ABFM Adventures organize a North Vancouver Brittania Saskatchewan for us Canadians. I have occasion and Vintage Races. Neither of us much like the I5 Beach Thanksgiving Day Run. Last year Malcolm ally heard it said when asking someone to plan an freeway so we met just across the border to join Sparrow and I joined this with about 200 cars of all outing that “we've been there before” or “we al Old Highway 9 and then over the Cascade Moun types. As we stopped at the Gallileo Restaurant at ways go there.” First of all, I think it's the company tains on Highway 2 to spend the night in Leaven Brittania, there were cars double parked for a mile I drive with that matters most, and secondly, we worth. It was a great drive with no I5. After enjoy up the highway! This is a great chance for a last are fortunate to have so many fun roads with gor ing a brat for lunch and a Bavarian style dinner in fall drive and see friends you might not see again geous scenery. So next time you're out enjoying a this admittedly hokey Bavarian make over town, until spring. A collection for the Squamish Food drive in your Mog with friends, think of those poor (and it is a well done hokey) it was off again the Bank was made. folks in North Dakota or Saskatchewan and won next morning for the last leg to Portland. This route November 2 (Sunday): OECC hosts their an der where they find a curve and what they're look took us down highway 97 to the Columbia River nual London Brighton All British Run. This year the ing at! where we turned to follow the river. Along the river route was chosen by two of our members who On now to events of August. we passed at least 50 Porsche 356s in various (continued from the previous page) I was off to Kamloops on the second weekend groups. I don't know what they were up to, but they wish to remain anonymous until the run is a suc for the Hot Nite In the City show. City streets are seemed to be having a fun drive. It was also an cess! Registration is from 9:15 until 10:00 with the blocked off to accommodate 360 cars of all sorts, other fun drive for us but very windy. This was a first car out at 10:00. The start is at the Delta Town a bit of everything, including semis all polished. If first for Malcolm, who could now understand why and Country Inn, junction of Highways 17 and 99 we think it's work to keep our cars clean, imagine this area is so popular with wind surfers. in Delta. More information is on the OECC web working on a Kenworth yet there were about a After cleaning Malcolm's Plus 8 and my 4/4, we site at oecc.ca or from Walter Reynolds at dozen, all immaculate! went over to Portland Raceway, the site of the [email protected]. There is a $ 5 charge which On Sunday I shared a drive with the local Old next day's ABFM and races to pick up our info will be donated to a local charity. This is always English Car Club folks to the R J Haney Heritage packs. A pleasant surprise was a complimentary fun with the diversity of cars. Museum just outside Salmon Arm. Our group dinner of sandwiches and salad, complete with - December 7 (Sunday): Ken & Pat Miles are included a TR6, a Jag XJS, a Lotus 7, a Triumph beverage and cookies. There I met Ken and Adele hosting our Northern Pod Christmas Dinner. De Stag and a Porsche 911 (not English but he's my Hedges of the Old English Car Club who were tails to follow. brother!). The museum consists of several re down from their home on Vancouver Island. Aside - March 14, 2015 (Saturday): The MOGNW BGM stored buildings and was hosting their 16th Annual from the cars one always seems to renew friend (Biennial General Meeting) will take place at the Car Show. ships at these events. Alderbrook Resort. See upcoming Mogazines for As I pulled onto the grass there was another I'm sure someone from the Southern Pod will details. Morgan, one I had not seen before. It was under write up the event so I will just comment on a few - July 22-25 (Wednesday to Saturday): The the care of relatively new members Simon and things. One of the things I like about this event is MOGNW 40th Club Anniversary Celebration will Heather Lewin. It is always a pleasant surprise to
NW-Mogazine Volume 34, Number 5 8 September & October 2014 from page 8 Editor’s Minute from page 3 ancestors of motorhomes apparently for the Western New York Morgan Owners Group. She and take place in conjunction started turning up in the mid teens (there was a picture of a her husband John live in a beautiful country home that dates with the Western Washing 1916 Road Yacht), but the oldest example on display was a to about 1810. They restored the house and two barns that ton All British Field Meet 1928 House Car that could be mounted on your choice of house a fascinating car collection. In addition to a Plus 8 and where Morgan will be the truck chassis (the unit on display was on a Stewart). One of Plus 4, they enjoy a Volvo 544, a Triumph TR3, a Datsum featured marque and the cutest was the 10’ 1958 Airstream prototype dubbed “der 240Z, two new Minis, and probably the nicest Austin 7 Ruby MOGNW will be the fea Kleiner Prinz” developed to explore the European market. survivor in the world (Larraine proudly says that it is her car tured club. With this double C ONTACTS W I T H M O R - and if a car ever gets points for patina this Ruby wins them in honour, we hope to have a GANEERS In the last Mogazine I spades. John may have a project or two that I forgot. fantastic turnout for this mentioned that we planned to visit the In Freeport, Maine we met Frank and Meredith Wnek at the memorable series of newsletter editors of several Morgan Azure Café just a block from Bean’s home store. Frank is the events . The Celebration will clubs. We reached the first stop in our editor of the Morganeer, the newsletter of the 3/4 Morgan include a tour July 22 24, editor series when we arrived at the Group. We enjoyed a wonderful lunch and swapped all kinds the WW ABFM, and the home of Ken Long near Whitehouse, of Morgan stories. Frank and Meredith use their Plus 4 exten post ABFM 40th Celebration Ohio. Ken is the editor of OHMOGGIE, sively on club events. which will be the grand the newsletter of the Ohio Morgan Owners Group. He lives in It was just a short drive from Free finale. Details will follow as a beautiful rural location several miles from town. We enjoyed port to Cape Elizabeth where we met they become available. We getting acquainted and seeing his diverse collection of cars Bill and Shiela Alexander who, like the hope members will partici which in addition to his Morgan includes a Mini, a Morris Crandalls, belong to both the 3/4 Mor pate in as many of the Minor, and an Alfa Romeo. gan Group and MOGNW. Bill has an events as they can. From Ken’s we ventured south to meet Steve Stierman in almost insatiable appetite for Morgans That about wraps up this Worthington, Ohio, a northern suburb of Columbus. Steve is and his garages include no fewer than six, including a beauti edition of Northern News an enthusiastic Morganeer and frequent author in OHMOG ful flat rad DHC. His latest project is a vintage Jeep Scram but there is still lots of driv GIE. His garage includes his Morgan, a beautiful MG TC, and bler that he bought on a nearby island that had only 4,500 ing to enjoy before winter so a first generation Mazda Miata that looks like it just came off miles from new. It was a wonderful visit as we looked out into get out and enjoy your Mog of a showroom floor. He and I also share a passion for bicy the harbor over dinner. with someone. Remember cling. As we were wait to board the ferry to Martha’s Vineyard we North Dakota and Sas From Ohio we drove beautiful secondary state highways saw a yellow Plus 8 drive on. Luckily, we were parked next to katchewan (no malice in east into Pennsylvania and then north it when we boarded and were able to meet Steve and Jane tended to those who live in into central New York. Fall color was Shapiro of the 3/4 Morgan Group who were visiting friends on those places) and appreci just beginning to peak through when the island before returning home to Norwalk, Connecticut. ate fall in the beautiful Pa we arrived in West Winfield to meet As we head south to Virginia we anticipate meeting several cific Northwest! Larraine McNulty, the newsletter editor more Morgan enthusiasts as the adventure continues.
NW-Mogazine Volume 34, Number 5 9 September & October 2014 Arutunoff's trophy case sits among his trophied collection of cars. Photo by Phil Berg. the door, gearshift lock, ignition, and trunk. I drove that thing all over L.A.” The Secret Life of Toly Arutunoff His parents got him a ’51 Belair hardtop; he specified a manual transmis By Phil Berg on 6/29/2007 sion for it. Then when he went to college he lusted after a Jaguar 120 as a replacement for the Chevy. However, master macabre actor Vincent Price Editor: Toly was at the Portland ABFM in 1984 (yes, 30 years ago … purchased the family’s L.A. home, and back to Tulsa they moved. “My see the September 1984 Mogazine, page 3). A 4-page article on Toly is parents said if they still had the house in L.A., they would buy a convertible reprinted in the November 1984 Mogazine (pages 3-6). On one trip to XK 120 for me, but because we lived in Oklahoma, they said ‘we’ll get you Tulsa to visit my son, I saw one of Toly’s racing Morgans resting be- a Lincoln convertible, or people will talk about us.’ ” hind a cart track west of Tulsa just waiting to be brought back to life. So Toly added headers and dual exhausts which came out through running boards, to the Lincoln. He added a supercharger and alcohol injec James Thurber’s iconic character Walter Mitty actually wanted to be tion. He also added a “continental kit” and he had the convertible top made come Anatoly Arutunoff, we believe. entirely of clear plastic. “It would do 133 mph, and peel the tread off the “Toly” has raced with Bob Bondurant, Phil Hill, Richie Ginther, Dan Gur tires.” ney, Ak Miller, and Carroll Shelby back when cars slid, drivers were visible, Although Arutunoff began racing in “normal” sports cars, such as his and the average privateer like Arutunoff could finish fourth in a grand prix Porsche Carrera Speedster in 1957, and then a really quick short race against the factories. His father invented a special in ground pump for wheelbase Ferrari in Italy’s spectacular Targa Florio enduro in 1967, he oil wells that served the oil industry boom early in the 20th century, and considers them just tools of their time. You get the sense, even, that he’s relocated the family from Czarist Russia to Oklahoma. His family aimed at bored with these super classics. overachieving: His sister Ana invented a holographic art medium called In the 1970s, he drove in two genuine Cannonball Baker coast to coast Holodeons, which intrigued and were collected by artist Salvador Dali. races, and has raced on just about every road race circuit in the U.S. and Even though Arutunoff is proud of his ancestry, and his family’s accom many in Europe. He even built his own road course, the Hallett Motor Rac plishments, he considers himself a true American and pokes fun at his ing Circuit, not far from Tulsa. And he still drives in European vintage ral heritage. “Well, my mother was Ukrainian,” he says, “and my father was lies, and was seriously considering the latest Bullrun outlaw jaunt from Armenian, and there are portions of my mother’s family who didn’t think my Montreal to Key West last May. “I also won the very first Palm Springs father—being from Armenia—was a white person. He came from the Cau vintage race. I ran the first two Colorado Grands, the Copper State in Ari cuses mountains, where the word Caucasian originated. Once at a gather zona, the first Silver State open highway race in Nevada, then we put on ing, a relative of my mother’s came up to me and said ‘You know we still four rallies ourselves: One in Arkansas called the Hillbilly Mille, two in Las call your dad black.’ ” He considers the irony, and adds, “You know, Amer Vegas and two French road rallies, one themed “the French chefs” and one ica is the least racist place on the planet.” for the Champagne region.” Whatever the genealogy, his parents supported his car desires, espe What appeals to Arutunoff about the vintage rallies isn’t the speed of cially at the times the family was living at a home they owned in Los Ange cars on a racetrack, but the recollection of driving quickly on real roads, les. “The first thing they did was lie to get me a driver’s license at age 15. and the attitudes of the spectators of real road races gone by. He specifi That’s because once when I was 14 and living in Los Angeles, I went to cally remembers the 50th anniversary of the Grand Island, New York, road see a friend, and his mother asked me if I wanted to drive their Peugeot race, a re creation of a five mile run the town’s mayor hosted in more inno convertible. All I remember about that car is that it had a separate key for cent times. “He just let them drive as fast as they wanted all day. One guy
NW-Mogazine Volume 34, Number 5 10 September & October 2014 in a Porsche went off, flew over a woman with a baby buggy, and the result was the dealer sold a whole bunch more cars because of how safe the car was because the driver lived. People said it was really exciting. The Por sche actually hit a car in the parking lot and landed upside down.” These days gentleman racer Arutunoff says his small collection of one off, uniquely crafted sports cars mean the most to him. There’s a reason for this: Not even jaded car enthusiasts have ever seen some of the cars that he’s parked in his 10 car garage, “Real gearheads, car guys, everyone loves seeing the oddity of the cars here, because they’ve never seen them before. It doesn’t matter if you like them or not. Six cars here are one of a kind or one of three total. It’s great fun—weirdness like this red Lancia that needs paint. Young Andrea Zagato was there when I first showed the car, and he looked at it and said ‘original paint?’, and I said, ‘No, it’s been painted. It was dark green and the English folks I bought it from painted it ‘resale red.’ ” Arutunoff is a confirmed old car junkie. “I get so fed up reading about new cars, if it doesn’t have 350 hp, it’s underpowered.” One of his Lancias, a Flavia Zagato, he calls the ugliest ever made. He owns a Cooper Mark IV that even confused John Cooper as to its origins: “John Cooper looked at it, and it was a Mark IV sports, and he said to me ‘It looks kind of like UNDATED -- one.’ ” The man who founded Hallett Motor Speedway, west of Tulsa, is back Arutunoff also has a slick concept Studebaker powered Ascot. “This in Oklahoma after a terrible accident. was to be the competitor to the Corvette. The first one looked like a Ferrari. Published reports say Anatoly Arutunoff was on his way to a car show in This one was the April ‘54 Hot Rod cover car. I bought it in Center Harbor, Vegas Tuesday when he stopped to help a driver stuck in the snow near New Hampshire.” Amarillo, Texas. He also has an MGA that was re styled with four different kinds of wood They say another car slammed into him and then sped off. The crash making up most of its body. He has a concept AC Bristol with a Zagato amputated his right leg and shattered his left. body that never went into production, “This is a one off, and they were Anatoly's wife Karen, tells me she's isn't sure about the facts of the going to go into production, but Zagato cancelled it. Huge amount of rear crash because her husband is still in and out consciousness. leg room because it’s on a sedan chassis.” He is considered by many to be a legend in the car collecting and vin Arutunoff’s one off of all one offs is the tube frame, canvas body road tage car racing world. He claims his first word was car and says his parents ster he calls the “Lapin Agile” (AutoWeek, April 9, 2000) that he built him lied for him so he could get his driver's license at age 15. self. “It has a straight eight engine. I wanted an exhaust that came all the That fueled a life long love of racing unique cars all over the world. Peo way down the side, and the guy fabricating the exhaust got cute and put it ple we've talked to say Anatoly is a gentleman and a real character with a under the curved fender. There’s no emergency brake, so I have some boisterous sense of humor. wheel chocks, but they’re covered in leather. These cylinders are the gas He was born in Russia. After his father invented a specialized pump that tanks,” he describes. Canvas covers the engine, and unsnaps for access. made the family millions, they immigrated to America, first to LA, then to “I can’t believe that canvas hasn’t burned yet.” At 70 years old, he still has Oklahoma. more designs that he wants to build, too. He began racing in 1957 and raced with the likes of Richie Ginther, Dan Just after his first marriage 10 years ago, two weeks shy of his 60th Gurney and Carroll Shelby back in the day. birthday, Arutunoff built his garage behind his pool, with French doors and News On 6 found pictures of him at race events all over the world. Pub an office, and ivory tinted epoxy floors so that it “didn’t look like a garage,” lished articles say he raced on just about every road race circuit in the U.S. says wife Karen. “He really does need a place of his own. When I met him and many in Europe. he was living in a 4,000 square foot house, and it was full of this stuff. I told He owns some of the most unique cars ever created. In 1976, Anatoly him, ‘I understand stuff. I have stuff. I love all of your stuff. But I’m not sure built his own racetrack, Hallet Motor Speedway, 35 miles west of Tulsa. I want it in the house.’ ” Enthusiasts say it's a technically difficult 1.8 mile, 10 turn road racing Although Arutunoff at one time owned the first Ferrari dealership in course that's hosted both professional or amateur auto and motorcycle Oklahoma, as well as Ford, Saab, Saturn, BMW, Volvo, Mazda, and Ster racing events. ling shops, he’s pared down to a share of a Honda store, and even though Anatoly's wife Karen has been posting information on her Facebook it provides him a new Accord as a daily driver, he’s more fond of doing page. errands in his quirky Subaru SVX, “which is the rare front drive model,” he She said Anatoly is now in the hands of some of Oklahoma's best ortho jokes. pedic trauma surgeons, and among them are the premier prosthesis doctor He’s trying to figure how to squeeze one more car into the garage, a and Olympic team doctor, so they have high hopes for his recovery. Cunningham, also a one of a kind, which is being restored as a project at a Friends say Karen and Anatoly's tremendous faith will get them through local outreach church called “Guts.” this. Karen says she believes they've already experienced one miracle. “We are the oddest people in the church,” says Karen. “It’s all run by She learned Anatoly's main artery was severed during the crash and he young kids, and the pastor is a great friend who is a motorcycle nut. We should've died in 3 1/2 minutes, but she says thanks to the bitter cold and are the oldest people by 30 years. Toly is like the mascot.” God's grace, the artery closed on its own, which saved his life out on that highway. Read more: www.autoweek.com/article/20070629/ Source: free/70625008#ixzz2uxdND1oS www.vintageracerules.com/forums/ ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=487
NW-Mogazine Volume 34, Number 5 11 September & October 2014 This all leads me to my next point Trunk and Junk rhyme for a reason. And for you Brits, Loot and Boot rhyme too. Every car I have ever owned has had a trunk full of junk, except for my Morgan of course. Different useless things always just seem to naturally accumulate in those trunks, and perhaps breed on their own, beginning as two pieces of junk and then propagating to a colony of junk. Junkville!
Morgans don’t have that Junkville subdivision. As I pedaled my bike down the coast after Steve contacted me, I looked at every car that passed us for an hour or so. Hundreds passed, and they all either had trunks, hatch backs, or other configurations and places to store things. To me they began to all look like mobile mini storage units. Storage units full of heavy junk. Too Much Junk in the Trunk by Dave Doroghy But I have to admit I am the worst offender when it comes to filling those trunks. Before leaving on this trip I sold my daily driver Mercedes 320 SLK. I When you travel light…you travel farther, you travel faster and most impor had to clean the trunk out before handing it over to the new owner. Here is a tantly, you travel happier. I just got back from a 24 day self guided bicycle ride partial list of about one third of what I found in the trunk: from Vancouver to San Francisco with my girlfriend Jeannie. We traveled light and happy. Everything we needed was in one of our four ten pound pannier * One widowed sock *A pair of broken eyeglasses *A broken ski pole *An bags, that between the two of empty can of WD40 *A life us we carried on the sides of jacket *Two frisbees *Three our bikes (photo). And I mean books *A lampshade that everything, including our ac needed to be returned to Ikea commodation, which was our *A big serving fork and spoon tent and our kitchen appliance, *A bottle of wine *A stapler which was our MSR camping *Eight bungee cords *A pair of stove. (As a side note we did jumper cables that don’t work not spot one Morgan while *A stale bag of potato chips *A cycling on the 960 mile coast dozen broken pens and pencils line drive mainly on Hwy 101 *A rusty jack knife *The broken and Hwy 1.) end of a garden hose *A cas serole dish *The cord for an While on the trip, Editor old laptop computer that I don’t Steve kindly reminded me by have anymore *A mouse trap email about the submission of *A basketball *Two old used my next Dorg Morgs article, coffee cups *An old moldy and then while pedaling up a orange steep hill just outside of Lincoln City, Oregon, the genesis for a And what is in the trunk of short article hit me. I pondered my Morgan? Silly Billy, a Mor the analogy that one of the best gan doesn’t have a trunk. parts of the cycling trip was the freedom of traveling with such So there you have it. A Mor a small amount of stuff. And gan is a beautiful, sensible and one of the best parts and cool efficient car. Its original est things about driving a Mor trunkless design was a stroke gan is that you are also forced of genius, forcing its owners to travel with very little stuff. As NOT to carry the entire con Janis Joplin so aptly and wisely tents of a thrift store with them stated in her famous 60s hit on every trip they take. Encour song, Me and Bobby McGee , aging them to travel lighter, “Freedom’s just another word travel faster, and travel happier, for nothing left to lose.” just like we did on our bikes.
Traveling light, or with noth On a final practical note, all ing, is the ultimate expression that weight in the trunks of of freedom. Baggage, both other cars must reduce their emotional and physical, just gas efficiency. I bet if you cal weighs you down and holds culated the cost savings of you back. It was such a great feeling to wake up in the morning on this bike driving a trunkless Morgan with trip and be able to find my shoes in my pannier bag because I only had one absolutely no excess junky weight for the lifetime of the car, and extrapolated pair of shoes in that bag. It is such a great feeling to pedal up a steep hill and that into a cost savings dollar sum, you would come up with handsome sum of not have a whole heavy wardrobe of clothes pulling you back. And what a money. Perhaps even enough to buy a bike! feeling to jump into my 1966 Plus Four Morgan without the burden and the load of a trunk. All of my past Morgan articles can be viewed on my personal website www.dorg.ca
NW-Mogazine Volume 34, Number 5 12 September & October 2014 consisting of urban, rural, freeway, hills and dales. There will be a 3rd Annual Economy Run question sheet to give your navigator something to do. October 12, 2014 END: We will end up at a gas station to fill up and turn in our fuel SPONSORS: Nuffield Imports, Moss Motors and receipts, then off to a local restaurant for food and beverages while Cost Less Auto. we figure out who is the craftiest cheat and the biggest loser. There will be lots of great prizes and awards donated by the three sponsors. START: Meet at the Shell gas station on the corner of Fruit Valley Road and Fourth Plain Blvd, Vancouver, WA. FREE: This is a free to enter event and no pre registration is neces sary. TIME: Drivers meeting at 12:45. Be gased up and ready to leave promptly at 1:00 pm. INFORMATION: Call (360) 694 7464 or email [email protected] DISTANCE: This event will take you on a drive of about 125 miles Come join us!
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NW-Mogazine Volume 34, Number 5 13 September & October 2014 NW-Mogazine Volume 34, Number 5 14 September & October 2014 quaintance that had purchased a shiny black, chrome wire wheeled Plus 4 Dry Rot brand new, and actually I would bet this was one of the last to come into the country. But this dark red car was something different, it had that Super Sport … scoop and when it went down the road, made a lovely shriek from those Steve Stierman unsilenced carbs and I new it was a special version called a Super Sport. The sound and visuals of this car made an impression that I did not easily Back in June, OhMoggers Christ, Zuber, Sayers forget. and I drove up to Mid Ohio for the Vintage Races bright and early on a sunny Saturday Time went buy, most of us grew up and became adults to some extent with morning. We pulled into the designated Mor responsibilities and bought other old and new cars. But I never forgot gan area and as we parked I spied a rather about that one dark red Morgan and always wondered what had happened interesting old Plus 4 that I had not seen before. to it. Super Sports were sought after; the serial numbers were recorded, This old car was done in a number of shades, they were restored and bought and sold. What happened to that one? primer wings, a dark red cowl and bonnet, with Canton was not that big of a town, was it sitting in a barn somewhere wait pretty much a bare metal tub. A well used car From the Morgan Club ing to be found or had it been sold and restored years ago? The answer with an interesting patina I thought. I intro Newsletter Exchange was in front of me; this car now at Mid Ohio was the car that I saw in my duced myself to the owner and we chatted for a few minutes about where youth, owned and enjoyed by the same owner for almost 40 years. We he had come from, “south of the Canton area” he said, and some other both looked a little different from those days, but a mystery has been laid to pleasantries. I walked around the car and began to notice a few things. rest and I will sleep better now. Morgans are just like that; they tend to Those wings were a bit wavy, perhaps they were alloy as most of the un stay with their owners for a long time. So Art, enjoy and I hope you use painted sections appeared definitely to be aluminum. The rear edge of the your Morgan for many years to come just as it is. bonnet had an unusual lip on it as well as a riveted on carb scoop. I was getting really interested now, “May I look under that bonnet?” and yes in I put together a stainless steel exhaust system for the Plus 8 a short while deed those are a nice old set of Webers. “ Hmm, is this actually one of the ago. Something I had been meaning to do mostly because from the side one hundred real Super Sports?” I asked. The owner admitted that yes, it view of a Morgan you can see the muffler and pipes and I thought stainless was a high body Super Sport that he had owned since 1966 as a youngster would look nicer then dusty galvanized steel. I did some searching on the in Canton in a neighborhood not far from where I grew up, we went to rival internet and came up with a company called Stainless Works in Chagrin high schools it turned out. He had replaced the body tub and done a good Falls, Ohio that does a lot of custom stuff for street rods and the like as well deal of work over the years to keep it running, but was satisfied in leaving as offering a wide variety of headers, mufflers, pipes, clamps and various the cosmetics as they were. While the Lawrencetune motor, other than the bits needed to put them together into a useful system. I had several con carbs was not in the car at the present, it was in his garage being rebuilt. versations with helpful customer service person, “Matt” and based upon additional orders of mufflers and pipes from members Putsch and Zuber I thought back for moment; and now I shall digress and wind back on down we even got a decent discount. These folks will, for an up charge have all the road, as Jimmie Page would say, to the summer of 1967. I was be your parts polished to a nice shine. Don’t worry I didn’t go that far, the stuff tween my freshman and sophomore years of college and KSU had invited looks good as it is. Chuck was kind enough to pick up our parts and drop me back for another year as I had raised my grade point to a stellar 1.98 or them in Columbus saving Jim and I freight or a trip up north. something like that. I had retained my 2 S deferment, a fine thing as the Viet Nam war was picking up, a concern to all of us at that time. Things An early Plus 8 is a bit more difficult to build an exhaust system for then were good, I had not yet met my ex wife and Katie was in the 7th grade. some other models. I’ll bet you didn’t know they had a cross over pipe and single muffler down one side. No self respecting 60’s guy runs a V8 with a The economy was strong, Republic Steel, Hoover, and Timken were some single pipe; ever. There is a slightly wider chassis and narrow rear axle that of the big employers in our area and there were jobs. If you were lucky you requires some flattening of the tale pipes to provide tire clearance. The could get summer employment at Sugardale or Superior Meats, the guys head pipes are not flex pipe, but they still go through a cutout in the chas used to say that hot dogs hot off the line were the best. There were no sis and in my case bolt to the headers, necessitating some bending and shopping malls or cell phones either. cutting and welding to make all come together. I was lucky to find a helpful fellow at a local Midas shop that was able to make some gentle bends that I was driving a decent MGA roadster that I bought a couple of years previ I could cut and weld into the shapes I needed. By the way we found that ously. There were a number of foreign car dealers in the area. Stark stainless does not bend as easily or as cleanly as standard pipe so don’t Sports Cars, Bill’s Auto Sales, Geller’s, Jaguar Cleveland, Stoddard and a plan on making any tight bends. You can buy various angles already done few others. We even had the mid west distributor for Turner cars, Tri City and this would be the way to go. As I mentioned, I also had to flatten some Sports Cars in our midst and there were quite a few Turners running sections of the tail pipes for tire clearance by heating and hammering. In around town. I recall lusting after a red one on the showroom floor with an any case after a good deal of crawling around on the floor, burning various overhead cam Coventry Climax engine. You could buy TR3s and MGAs arms, fingers and hands I came up with a pretty nice looking and sounding for six hundred bucks and nice, big Healeys for a thou or so. T series MGs system for a most reasonable cost. were somewhere in between. If you liked fun old affordable British sports cars, these were the golden years. I would suggest anyone wishing to put together a system for a Plus 4 or 4/4 using stainless flex pipe for a head pipe would probably be able to do it just We had a local watering hole where the kids used to hang out, called the by cutting and fitting, probably no welding would be required. The nar Round Table owned by a couple of high school teachers. Remember 3.2% rower chassis would not require any flattening of pipe next to the rear axle beer? Generally an orderly place, with a loud jukebox that got a pretty and by choosing the correct muffler, maybe with a bit of an offset things good crowd on weekends and hot summer nights. I recall seeing a dark would go together rather nicely. In any case the URL for their informative red Morgan more than once parked on the street not far. I admit to not web site is http://www.stainlessworks.net/. Mention Ohio Morgan Owners knowing too much about Morgans in those days. I did have a well off ac Group and they might even give you a discount!
NW-Mogazine Volume 34, Number 5 15 September & October 2014 Search for the perfect Morgan ends with stellar restoration Sports car purchase disaster turns into a father and son bonding experience Alyn Edwards, Special to The Sun Published: Friday, May 17, 2013
When father and son Les and Ross Burkholder went to the docks in Ta coma, Wash., to pick up the restored 1964 Morgan drop head coupe they had purchased from Hawaii, their spirits sagged. What was supposed to be a beautifully restored car had been grossly mis represented by the eBay seller. It may have been restored once, but that had to be at least three decades before. Les Burkholder had the dream of owning another Morgan drophead coupe for all the years since his growing family forced the sale of the example he bought new from the Morgan dealer in Windsor, Ont., in 1962. The Ford trained wood patternmaker had been a sports car and rally buff, owning an MG TF and a new Triumph TR3. But the ultimate car for him was a Morgan, and the drophead coupe was the one to have. His excitement turned to disappointment when the crane hoisting his new 1962 Morgan sports car onto the ship portside in England dropped it into the ocean. Within a few months, another drophead coupe was shipped from the VanDusen Botanical Garden and best restoration overall at the prestigious Morgan factory and Les ultimately received his dream car. British car meet in Bellevue, Wash. Three years later, after marriage, a move to California, the acquisition of a "I was totally dedicated to helping dad make this car better than new," Ross basset hound, the birth of his first son with another on the way and the need to says. "The need to totally rebuild this car actually brought us closer together." relocate to Calgary, he was forced to sell his beloved Morgan. It was uncere Both restored Morgans will be among more than 600 vintage and classic moniously traded in on a used Volkswagen Beetle on a Los Angeles car lot. cars displayed at the 2015 All British Field Meet on Saturday at the VanDusen Les regretted selling the drophead coupe almost immediately and the Botanical Garden. A very proud Les Burkholder will be on hand. thought of getting another of these rare Morgan sports cars never left him. In He is now working on a very rare 1932 Morgan three wheeler sports car. the 1990s, he bought a 1969 Morgan 4/4 which he and his son subsequently restored from the ground up. His oldest son, Jeff Morgan Burkholder, had also acquired a 1970 Morgan +4. But the search by Les for the drophead coupe would become an obsession. In 2009, Ross Burkholder was browsing eBay when he spotted the car: a 1964 Morgan drop head coupe "fully restored" and in Ha waii. One click with a top bid ensured the search was over. The car was purchased for his father. The original owner of this car was flamboy ant San Francisco publicist Bob Zinkhon. When he had the car restored after years of use, he held a party with the car as the centre piece at the San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts. "In my opinion, it's the last classy car being made," he was quoted as saying at Morgan is the world's oldest family owned automobile manufacturer, with the the time. The car was sold when he died in 1995. company currently being run by Charles Morgan, grandson of H.F.S. Morgan So now the car was on the dock in Tacoma. For Les and Ross, the disap who founded the company in 1910. pointment in discovering the car that had been described as being in "number Morgan three wheeler cars powered by front mounted motorcycle engines two concours condition" was in fact a very well used car in need of a complete were built from the company's inception 113 years ago until 1955. restoration turned to a determination to rebuild the car. Les's 1932 model was discovered hanging in a barn in England over two "Even though the transaction was disturbing, this was still a good car," Ross vintage Rolls Royce cars. The tiny car was flown to Canada where it was raced says. "It was just misrepre and rallied by a friend for more than 30 years. sented and needed to be fully Les and Ross are doing a meticulous nut and bolt restoration of the car, restored." which will likely debut at the 2014 ABFM. Ross and his father rolled Saturday's All British Field Meet runs all day at VanDusen Botanical Gar up their sleeves and com den, 37th Avenue and Oak Street in Vancouver. Featured makes include Aston pletely disassembled the car to Martin, Morris and Vincent motorcycles (see Andrew McCredie's story on Page rebuild and restore every G4 for more). Visit westerndriver.com. piece. Their efforts were re warded last year with a land Alyn Edwards is a classic car enthusiast and partner in Peak Communicators, slide of awards, including best a Vancouver based public relations company. aedwards@ peakco.com in class at the 2012 All British © Vancouver Sun 2013 Field Meet held in Vancouver's
NW-Mogazine Volume 34, Number 5 16 September & October 2014 Reprinted from the January 1952 Road and Track found in the library of Verne Hutchens, Editor Steve Hutchens’ dad. The text was reset for legibility. I wonder if this Morgan is still around?
An item almost as strange to our continental rocket the Morgan along at 70 mph flat out, but curtains are provided, but it must he presumed shores as the narwhal or the unicorn, but without according to Mr. Edmiston, this mad pace de- that Mr. Edmiston owns a good Turkish towel for the spectacular radiator ornaments of those crea- tracts somewhat from general comfort, and cruis- mopping-up purposes after driving in the Califor- tures, is the Morgan three-wheeler. Still more ing between 50 and 55 mph is less liable to rotate nia rain. scarce is a superbly clean one, but fortunately for one's kidney. The baggage rack thoughtfully attached by the the sidewalk car inspectors, such a specimen A 6 gallon fuel tank (under the hood, together makers is sturdy and functional, but for long daily makes its rounds in the effervescent Los with the tool box) is sufficient to give this minus- trips, a choice would seem in loom between a Angeles traffic. cular jewel a normal cruising range, as from 35 to barren wardrobe or a larger car. The seating Owned by Walker Edmiston of North Holly- 40 mpg is easily obtainable. The steering is very position is quite comfortable, and as on so many wood and driven by him with an occasional quick indeed, and the three-wheel brakes do a British cars, leather covered air cushions softly clashing of its square cut gears, this little Mor- fine job of halting all progress when required. support one's … ah … natural contours. gan, like the Davis, bears but one small badge of (As for driving a three-wheeler fast on wet cob- There is some reason to call the little three- shame, a motorcycle license. For some peculiar blestone streets copiously laced with streetcar wheeler a mobile lumberyard, since the floor- and darkly mysterious reason, the State of Cali- tracks, this author can only tell you from cad boards, engine room side panels, and most of the fornia considers any motorized vehicle with less experience ... DON'T! It was in Liverpool daring frame (with the exception of the two main side than four wheels a motorcycle, and despite any 1934 when this knowledge sank in after a short members which are of steel) consist of stout and all anguished wails of outraged three- wheel but disastrous drive, but that iss another tale!) British hardwood, but even with all this arboreal car owners, the State stands firm. Like other Morgans, the front suspension com- substratum, there are few rattles or squeaks. Unlike early Morgan three-wheelers, which bines springs and shocks in one unit, and fre- In finishing this learned discourse, one word of were powered by motorcycle engines mounted quent applications of lubricant are de rigeur . advice … do NOT lean against the left hand side where bumpers normally sprout, this 1948 model Chain drive to the lone rear wheel adds some- of this potent little wagon as you will draw back sports a Ford Anglia flathead under the hood, a what to the general clatter, but so far has proved a barbecued shin, for that shiny pipe harbors most logical place for in engine, in our opinion. quite reliable. The tires are 4:00 x 18s, and the some highly tropical exhaust gases. Developing 23.4 hp, this modest powerplant will top reposes a la XK-120, behind the seat. No side
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NW-Mogazine Volume 34, Number 5 18 September & October 2014 AUTOJUMBLE RULES (PLEASE NOTE: SOME MAY BE NEW) 1) Ads are FREE to MOGNW members and non-member individuals seeking to sell, buy, or MOGNW Autojumble find Morgans and Morgan-related stuff; 2) No commercial advertisers; 3) Ads run for one issue; 4) RENEWALS ARE NOT AUTOMATIC … PLEASE NOTIFY THE EDITOR
MORGANS FOR SALE HEMMINGS MORGAN ADS 1950s (15) ►1985 Morgan 4/4 2-Seater. Left hand drive, 45,553 km., 1600cc 4 cylinder Total Morgan ads: (63) 1960s (10) engine (original), 5 speed as of October 4, 2014 1970s (2) manual transmission. The 1980s (3) colour of the car is metallic Vehicle Condition 1990s (3) blue with black interior. Mint (28) 2000s (8) Dashboard is made from Excellent (9) 2010s (15) birds eye maple with a Le Good (5) NA (1) Carra inlaid wood steering Fair (1) wheel. The car comes with Project (1) Ads With black leather tonneau Prices (32) cover, leather top, remov Models Photos (51) able windows, Pioneer radio with removable con 4/4 (3) trol panel and rear chrome lug Aero 8 (2) Price Range gage rack. Kept in garage and F 2 (1) Under $5k (0) only run during summer and fall Plus 4 (22) $5k $10k (0) months. Runs very well. Re Plus 8 (10) $10k $20k (5) cently serviced. Asking Super Sports (1) $20k $30k (3) $35,000.00. For more informa 3 Wheeler (old) (2) $30k $50k (12) tion, please e mail as 3 Wheeler (new) (13) $50k + (12) [email protected] No Price (31) Year Range
1920s (1) Transmission 1930s (4) Auto (2) 1940s (1) Manual (44) ►1969 Morgan 4/4 4- Seater. RHD in original condition. Lady Jane shows some signs of age, is complete and running. I have replaced the soft cover hood, the tires, the clutch, crankshaft seals, new timing chain and leather seats. Very re CMC Enterprises (1990) Inc cently, Jim Walters of Bristol Motors personally Reg Beer Coachbuilders Inc serviced the clutch cylin www.regbeercoachbuilder.ca ders and replaced the front brake rotors and pads. She purrs and has a good CMC Enterprises has been supplying North America with feel on the ground. The orange colour is original, licensed in BC with collector parts and sales of vintage vehicles since 1990. plates. The AS IS price in 2014 US dollars $32,000 firm. A selection of books Reg Beer Coachbuilders have been offering the best in and manuals comes with the car, also the complete log book from 1969 to full service restorations, general repairs, tuning and present. There will be a rise in price mid year 2014 owing to normal annual modifications. Martin and Stephen Beer have been the sole collector car appreciation. More information is at www.artistwilson.com/ Morgan dealers in Canada since 1990. We have the Morgan.aspx. Contact Ron Wilson at [email protected]. largest stock of Morgan parts in Canada. Our inventory MORGAN PARTS FOR SALE consists of new and old parts, some extremely hard to find or no longer in production. Parts can be fabricated ►Several items I’d like to put up for sale: in-house by our skilled craftsmen. Morgans have been 1. Dashboard for 1991 Plus 8 tan/no instruments $50 our specialty for over 40 years and we have 2. Tonneau for 1991 Plus 8 tan, “bump outs” for headrests, like new $125 numerous best-in-show awards to prove it. 3. Tonneau cover for 1991 Plus 8 black & flat/New! $150 We work closely with clients, ensuring that work is Brian at 603 233 4323 (cell) [email protected] completed to their specifications at realistic costs. FREE STUFF Martin Beer & Stephen Beer ►Wonder what's happening in the British Morgan World? I get 12944 Albion Vaughan Road extra copies of the mother club's terrific magazine, Miscellany . Bolton, ON L7E 4C6 Single copies of free. Send your address, lower 48 only, to [email protected] David Crandall at [email protected]. (905) 8573210
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