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Series Ones 4-4

Morgan Series 1 4-4s were the first four wheel cars made by Morgan. They were built from March 1936 to 1950.

This is a chance for our Club Members to display their cars. If you are a member and would like to add your car to the gallery either send an email with brief details on car (year, model, chassis No. & owner) (max 20 words) and a digital photo (max 800x600 pixels) attached to webmaster@morganownersclub.com.au  

Year Chassis #
 
1936 79
Owner: Tony Parkinson. Some 70 years since it last raced, the Boughton 4/4 has been fully restored. The car raced by Jim Boughton at Australian Grand Prix meetings at Bathurst (1938) and Lobethal (1939). It has been superbly restored by Tony Heard to its 1938 stripped roadster configuration. Here John Bowe tests the car at Lobethal for "Unique Cars".
1938 720 Bob Bailey. "Cassie" is a 1938 DHC, chassis #720, engine # MA812, date of dispatch from the factory 19/12/1938 with Coventry Climax engine. One of only 34 4-4 Series 1 DHCs produced. Original owner was Mr Colmore from Birmingham. The car is a work-in-progress. This photo shows bereaved former owner (right) and the excited new owner (left) when Bob picked up the car in September 2005. 
Little DHC web.jpg (48062 bytes) 1939 - Bob Little. Complete rebuild by Bob in 1982.
1947 1668 Alan Coulson
1948 1822 Owned by K.R. Harnett, SA since 1966
PICT0498 web.jpg (47177 bytes) 1948 1826 Reg 30146H. Brad Little. Complete rebuild by Bob Little in 1996.
Mitchell Series 6 web.jpg (55174 bytes) - -

Graham & Judy Mitchell, Reg MOG 051   

1948 1766 Owned by Ray Nichols
Wilkinson series 1web.jpg (55737 bytes) 1948 1776. Owned by Trevor Vale, NSW. Engine number Q393E. This vehicle was restored in Bendigo, Victoria, after having been purchased as a basket case in 1981. The restoration was completed in 1985 and the car was purchased by the current owner in 1994. The vehicle is a 1948 manufactured Morgan having left the factory on 25th September of that year. It is fitted with a Standard 10 OHV engine with a Moss gearbox and Solex down draft carburettor. The car was green with black leather trim, this being its present form.
1949 1838 Owned by John Merton since 1966. An original club car from 1958
1950 2019

After 1 year of planning and research together with 5 years of restoration, the car was registered on 19 December 2005. Drive: -  1964 Ford 1500 cc motor to GT specs, 1970 Ford Sierra 5 speed gearbox and hydraulic clutch.Front: -  Later 4/4 with splined hubs for wire wheels, 1970 model disc brakes, Vesconite Hi Lube kingpin bushes. Rear: -  Triumph TR3 differential with Triumph 10” brakes and hubs. Wheels: - 15” wire wheels

 
Technical Services Bulletin from MSCC

Series 1 World Wide Owner's Register
The request for Series 1 owners to send their vehicle details to either Bill Billingham or myself has been very successful and I would like to thank all of you, we have received some lovely letters and photographs from very proud owners.  Thank you.  There are, however, a lot of owners who have not responded to our request, please do so, especially those of you I know personally.  We will not publish a list of owners or give out vehicle details to third parties.  As I said in the first article, we need vehicle numbers for future spares production and stock numbers.  Help us now - you could help yourself later.

Please send your details to either Bill Billingham or George Proudfoot.  Please click here for contact details.