[Leica] Morgans

[joelct at singnet.com.sg (joelct)]

Hello Joseph

Find your Morgan and I will ship it to your door in HK - as for repairs - I 
shipped an old RR back to Crewe for repairs and it came back nearly 8 months 
later to the entire satisfaction of the owner. It seems RR did more than 
just CLA..

Just fyi I used to handle brand new Aston Martins and other
English uppish cars for the Brunei market in my time.

Let me know when you find one - it will be my pleasure to handle something 
for you for change

Best regards

Joseph Low




-- Joseph Yao <joseph@yao.com> wrote:

> William,
> 
> Sorry for the late reply.
> 
> I was living in the UK at the time and my Plus 8 was ordered through
> a
> dealer there.  Even the UK waiting list was long in the late
> '80s/early
> '80s.
> 
> Mine had a Rover 3.9 V8, although at the time of ordering it was a
> 3.5.  I
> never kept the car - by the time it was available I had already
> moved to
> Hong Kong, where the car would be subjected to 60% tax and there was
> also a
> question if it would pass the emission test here.  In addition, it
> was also
> the wrong car for our climate, with no air conditioning etc.
> 
> The recent discussion of Morgans has fuelled my interest in their
> cars
> again.  I am not in a position to get an Aero 8, I am more
> interested in the
> Plus 4 and the new Roadster V6 and I would love to hear your
> comments on
> them.
> 
> Without an official dealer here it will be fun and tricky to bring
> one in,
> not to mention about servicing.  I noted from the Morgan website
> they now
> demand a despite of £1,000.  I was only £125 when I ordered my last
> one.
> 
> Bests,
> 
> Joseph
> 
> 
> on 19/2/05 1:00 pm, William G. Lamb, III at
> lambroving@worldnet.att.net
> wrote:
> 
> > 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
> 
> 
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