Info sought for Morgan 4/4 Ser.5 competition EVR 282
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:01 pm
Hi everyone
As a longstanding Morgan admirer I recentlly had the chance to acquire a 1965 RHD Morgan 4/4 Ser. 5 competition model. The car had (reputedly) only 2 owners from new, the last owner (before me) had it for more than 40 years. It has only done 60,000 miles from new. The car is factory black and runs on wirewheels. It is equipped with some parts giving the hint to some possible motorracing early in its life, reputedly with the first owner. It is equipped with a very sixties looking rollbar, a front oilcooler, no bumpers and an aluminium firewall between the tank and the cockpit. Furthermore the revcounter is turned in a way to have the more critical revrange facing upwards. The car is said to have been delivered via London to Kent where the first owner obviously lived before it was later sold on to the last / second longterm owner in the early seventies. He had no racing ambitions, so it must have raced before that time. If someone has any information about EVR 282 and/ or the racing activities or the first owner of the car I would be more than pleased to hear from you. As a keen historic racer myself (admittedly in an MGB not in a Morgan) I would be delighted to learn something about the sporting past of my Moggy.
Thanks in advance, best regards from Germany
Michael
As a longstanding Morgan admirer I recentlly had the chance to acquire a 1965 RHD Morgan 4/4 Ser. 5 competition model. The car had (reputedly) only 2 owners from new, the last owner (before me) had it for more than 40 years. It has only done 60,000 miles from new. The car is factory black and runs on wirewheels. It is equipped with some parts giving the hint to some possible motorracing early in its life, reputedly with the first owner. It is equipped with a very sixties looking rollbar, a front oilcooler, no bumpers and an aluminium firewall between the tank and the cockpit. Furthermore the revcounter is turned in a way to have the more critical revrange facing upwards. The car is said to have been delivered via London to Kent where the first owner obviously lived before it was later sold on to the last / second longterm owner in the early seventies. He had no racing ambitions, so it must have raced before that time. If someone has any information about EVR 282 and/ or the racing activities or the first owner of the car I would be more than pleased to hear from you. As a keen historic racer myself (admittedly in an MGB not in a Morgan) I would be delighted to learn something about the sporting past of my Moggy.
Thanks in advance, best regards from Germany
Michael