I just found these photos from a great tour of the Morgan car factory last year, hope you enjoy them as much as I did the tour. Looking down on the back wheel of the new 3 wheeler.
I quite liked the WW11 fighter style paintjob
parked outside was Charles Morgan’s personal aero 8
We started the tour with a walk through the museum to give us a taste of the history of the company, set up by Charles Morgan’s Grandfather in 1910
Next the bodywork shop, lots of handwork here, just like it used to be done.
Bodywork is still all supported on ash frames, is this the 21st century?
These guys were using the lovely fly press to put the vents into a bonnet.
The finished bonnet
bodywork fitted to chassis
cutting out and fitting body panels by hand.
Finishing a dashboard with a spokeshave
These are laminated wheel arches/mudguards
and the clamp for laminating them.
lots of handwork on finishing
into the spray booth, all by hand of course, not a robot in sight.
again everything is made from scratch in this room and skilfully tweaked to fit by hand.
fitting seat belts and steering wheels.
apprentice work, a final polish.
I would love to own one. Our vicar used to race a supercharged Morgan and has a lovely original 3 wheeler which I have driven, it was surprisingly swift and agile for a 80 year old car and everywhere you go in one people grin and wave.
and if you can’t afford a Morgan how about buying a raffle ticket with a chance to win one whilst also supporting a great charity? Morgan donated a 3 wheeler to the Horse Loggers Trust get your tix here
Wow, amazing tour.
wow, i did not know that they still made cars by hand somewhere in the world. thanks for sharing this.
"Wow" seems to be the concensus, and I agree!
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Oooh what a treat, thanks for sharing these pics!!! I just love to see old skills still used and valued today. And just look at the end result; this is eye candy to me. Morgans are a bread of their own. Again, thanks for posting.
Amazing , as a kid I loved to see old Morgans here in Uruguay, It is great that the owner is the grandson of the founder !