Category Archives: 1966 Morgan +4

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Parts arrive…

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

… as we leave. Our UPS guy showed up as we were loading up the Avalanche this morning, delivering some medical supplies and a nice big box from Morgan Spares. When I get back from our trip I’ll dig in … Continue reading →

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Dazzled by the lights…

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

Just shelled out almost $600 on all-new lighting fixtures for the MogRod. I ordered new front signal, rear signal, brake light, and headlight assemblies for the car from Morgan Spares. I have some of the original lighting fixtures, but they’re … Continue reading →

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Nice set of headlights..

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

The halogen headlights with integrated signals showed up today, did a quick test fit and they look like they’ll work. I’ll be honest, not totally in love with the build quality, or the fact the LED circuit board is visible, … Continue reading →

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Shelving the frame

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

Bit more clean-up around the place today. I rolled the Morgan’s wood frame out from under the shelving and took it off its cart and then proceeded to disassemble the cart. After picking up a piece of lumber, I added … Continue reading →

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Mystic blue smoke

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

So today was spent digging around online finding potential new switches for the central dash panel, may have found a good source that I’ll be following up on. In other news, I decided to look into the windshield wiper motor, … Continue reading →

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Some simple cleanup

Posted on March 18, 2012 by

Just some more pulling and prodding on the Morgan this time. Tackled the floorboards and the driveshaft, and vacuumed up the piles of debris and rat crap that had accumulated around the that area as well. Nothing too major, just … Continue reading →

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We’ve all got wheeeeeels~

Posted on March 10, 2012 by

The wheels I bought from a Saturn Sky forum member (almost a month ago) showed up today. Big thanks to my uncle Forry for holding on to them for so long and handling them getting shipped out here! Picked them … Continue reading →

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12 Bolts

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

Just 12. That’s it. 12. That’s how many bolts were holding the wood frame to the chassis, and all twelve of them are out now. The only thing holding the frame to the chassis right now is gravity. I was … Continue reading →

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Buyin’ stuff

Posted on March 4, 2012 by

Stopped by a local paint store today and picked up a large can of “Restor-It Epoxy Sealer” off of Bill’s recommendation. The ‘demo piece’ of the stuff they had there had a fully rotted piece of wood soaked through and … Continue reading →

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Caution, your firewall is disabled.

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

I’d managed to test-drive the Barracuda yesterday (new power steering setup), so that freed up my plans for today. Decided to dig in to the Morgan, instead of putting the suspension together on the Solstice. The firewall and transmission cover were … Continue reading →

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