Author Archives: flaagan

Not much

Posted on August 14, 2012 by

Haven’t touched the MogRod since the getting the EcoTec motor mounts in the mail; between a few remodeling projects, work getting incredibly slow (yet still keeping me busy), and a number of other things, I haven’t really had time to … Continue reading →

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Mounted

Posted on July 4, 2012 by

The replacement motor mounts for the Ecotec showed up today. Good timing on that, as a mix of holidays and reduced work hours means I can soon attempt to make the motor / transmission stand.

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Morgan in the Gumball

Posted on June 17, 2012 by

My father pointed out an awesome article to me this morning. The company chief and grandson of the founder Charles Morgan took a brand-new-from-the-factory Morgan 3 Wheeler to the USA and entered it in the Gumball run with his wife … Continue reading →

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Motoring~… and, uh, transmissioning~

Posted on June 11, 2012 by

So despite being on the tail end of a nasty head cold, I took to removing the motor and transmission from the Solstice today. I started by putting the car up on the lift and removing the drive shaft. This … Continue reading →

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Shoulda, woulda, Cuda

Posted on June 5, 2012 by

So this past weekend was a major milestone for one of our other vehicles. For the past ~15 years I’ve been rebuilding a 1970 Plymouth Barracuda convertible from the ground up. This is something I’d started on in high school … Continue reading →

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Here’s your sign…

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

Well, someone just saved me a lot of headache. Along with those windshield wiper gears I got off of Ebay a week ago, I also found and bought a reproduction “Morgan Sales & Repair Centre” sign from another seller. As … Continue reading →

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Hey big spender~

Posted on May 13, 2012 by

Got back from Mexico about a week ago, just been busy getting caught up so I haven’t been able to update this. A lot of replacement / upgrade parts have arrived over the past few weeks, so time to show … Continue reading →

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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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1956 Morgan +4 one-off sports racer

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

Came across this article about a one-off ’56 Morgan +4… gotta say I really dig the body styling. http://www.forgottenfiberglass.com/?p=17651

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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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