[Leica] Morgans

[alal at duke.poly.edu (A. Lal)]

Ok chaps. 

At the risk of prolonging an off topic thread, I really must ask a naive
question. What is so special about this marque and why does it appeal?
Is it perhaps a cult object?

Akhil
(Utterly Mystified in New York)

> 
> Joseph,
> 
> Hot diggity! I'm not the only Plus 8 owner here! :-)
> 
> Mine's a 1998 as well, but I only waited three years. The 
> allocation for
> the Far East must have been the culprit. Do you have a 3.9 or 4.6?
> At least waiting all that time, you got a car with stainless valances
> and bulkhead, and all the Superform alloy wings. The long-door is
> a much better car than a 1990.
> 
> John (Collier),
> 
> Morgan is doing quite well today after a couple of years fighting with
> the debt service on the new Aero 8 assembly building. The "new"
> traditional V-6 Roadster, replacement of the Plus 8, has filled the
> order books and saved the day. The Aero 8 shop is now being
> used for final assembly of both cars.
> 
> ON topic, you could say that Morgan has survived precisely because
> it does not chase trends, but concentrates on what it does best and
> what others can't. In spite of the pundits here, Leica may do best by
> following a similar path.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/album25/LUG4?full=1>
> 
> William
> 
> At 12:34 PM 02/19/2005 +0800, you wrote:
> >on 19/2/05 10:54 am, Mike Durling at durling@cox.net wrote:
> >
> > > Morgan hand makes cars and it takes two years to get one 
> after you order it
> > > IIRC.
> >
> >If this is the case I have to say Morgan have come a long 
> way.  I ordered my
> >Plus Eight in 1990 and did not take delivery until 1998.
> >
> >Joseph
> 
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