Chris Acklam wrote:
One of the cups at the LMC is a team cup, and the teams are made up from a car in each grid (all carrying the same number). They try to put the same marques in the teams where possible, so seeing Morgans of different ages with the same number is highly likely. Confusing, though....
Especially if they all look exactly the same...... I'll get me coat.
Perhaps I ought to "out myself" now; before Bob does. I am a Lotus person.
In mitigation I shall plead that, back in 1975, I bought Houston Bowden's "First and Last of the Real Sports Cars and very nearly put down a deposit for a +8. The waiting list was, iirc, about 8 years at the time. My pal did put his deposit down; however I became side-tracked in a complex deal involving a nearly new V12 E-Type, a Frazer Nash (with or without hyphen), and an Austin Healey. When the music stopped, I ended up with the Jaguar; what I really wanted the FN. As luck would have it, someone came along with a silly offer on the shiny red Jag and I moved it on for a handsome profit before I had even paid for it! Happy days, although I'll always regret having missed the FN.
Some years later, my pal, having forgotten about the +8, received a letter from Malvern informing him that his car would be ready shortly and would he mind making arrangements to pay the outstanding balance? Marriage, house purchase and baby had occurred (although not necessarily in that order), panic ensued but fortunately he off-loaded it via one of the Sunday newspapers.
I'll try not to be rude about Morgans again, although I once had a very bad experience with a Bayonet tack and, come to think of it, a damp-proof course.
Cheers,
Pete.