Pictures from this year’s Club AGM
More pictures from the weekend here A big thanks must go to Paul Jowitt for organising another very successful Club AGM weekend at Woodland Grange Conference Centre & Hotel Leamington Spa.
Visit to Bremont Watch Company
From Chris Golding (Group organizer Touring Group) I’ve launched an event for a visit to Bremont Watch Company’s new manufacturing facility in Henley-Upon-Thames. It’s on Tue 21st Sept from 09:30 to 12:30 followed by lunch: A VIP group tour of the new Bremont Watch manufacturing facility “The Wing”. Tea/Coffee and pastries on arrival, the tour […]
Adrian and Tricia Murray-Leslie’s Summer Barbecue
Last Saturday Adrian and Tricia Murray-Leslie welcomed the YND group, and other club members, to a barbeque in their beautiful garden. Members travelled from far and wide, many arriving in three wheelers, with sixteen cars parked up in the driveway. What a range of models! – Adrian and Tricia’s own 2-speeder Blackburne, Jap and Matchless […]
Your July Bulletin is now online
Good news! Your July Bulletin is now up in the Members area on the website. As always there’s lots to read and enjoy including news of sporting events and other club activities – it’s good to see things are starting to happen again This month’s centre spread is devoted to the latest news of the AGM […]
The Pobjoy Morgan now up for sale
We have just been alerted to the fact the Podjoy Morgan, who’s story was documented in a recent Bulletin, has been put up for sale. More information here at PreWarCar.com
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John Humphreys’ Funeral
Long time club member and three wheeler enthusiast, John Humphreys, died on Wednesday 5th May. John had been in a local care home for a short time before his death. John made many patterns and castings for Mogspares and for that alone, we owe him a debt of gratitude. But more than that, John was […]
West Midlands Group Change of Mid-Week Venue
From Dave Anscombe Unfortunately, The Plough at Shenstone remains closed at the moment and so I propose we gather at The Swan Inn in Chaddesley Corbett High Street (DY10 4SD). This pub has a large outdoor area so we can stay suitably distanced and also serves Batham’s beer. I believe they also […]
Interesting article in Classic Car Weekly This Week
Stephen Clark the clubs registrar has just pointed out that the latest edition of Classic Car Weekly has a quite well-written four-page feature, comparing Pete Jones’ 1922 flat-sided Aero with Greg Garland’s 2018 five-speeder. Grab a copy now, while you still can.
Results and pictures from a wet Wiscombe Park, 8th May
Rob Pike and Chas Reynolds. Chas not in his Morgan Rob Pike TQ at Wiscombe Andrew Rew and Becky Dave Pitt rear gunner to Rob Pike Photo Courtesy of Nigel Cole Alistair Rew &le Rebecca Washington – Morgan Aero – Wiscombe 500 2021 Photo Courtesy of Nigel Cole Rob & Petra Pike – Morgan 5 […]
The first ever F2 now up for sale
We have just been alerted to a unique F2 F2 that has just come up for sale. Chassis F206 – stated to be the first F2. 1935. See https://morgan-cars.com/2021/04/cars-for-sale-arriving-soon-click-here-for-a-list-and-guide-price/
Possible Outing
Hi Several of us enjoyed an outing with the VMCC “Three Wheels on My Wagon” run on Sunday. I have been sent details of another VMCC run, which sounds as if it also might be entertaining. This is “Herefordshire on the Edge” on Sunday 27th June. I think this would be officially described as a “Navigation […]
Your May Bulletin is now online
By this time the Bulletin should have fallen through letterboxes and it is now also up on the website for your perusal. As usual, it is jam-packed with interesting articles and pictures including exciting news about this year’s AGM. Any new model from a manufacturer is always the subject of much speculation and this is […]
Brand New Service for Members
Insurance Valuation Service The Club is to offer a new Insurance Valuation Service for its members. It will cover all models from the latest 5-Speeders to cars dating from 1910 (1910 – 1952). See below; The Club will, from now on, be providing free vehicle valuations for insurance ‘agreed value’ purposes. Obtaining these valuations has […]
The Everyday Workings of Brooklands Museum
A program that might well be worth a look? Showcasing different aspects and goings on at the Brooklands Museum.
Your April Bulletin is now online
Welcome to The Bulletin This month’s has something for everyone; ranging from fuel additives for the older cars, to the dangers of wet sumping in modern 5-speeders, to technical articles for F- types, and an interesting article on vintage racer W.Douglas Hawkes, complete with centre spread of The ‘Flying Spider’. Another […]
Night Trial Postponed
Over the last couple of weeks, I have investigated the implications of the recently announced Government Covid Guidelines (for coming out of lockdown in stages) for the MTWC 75th Anniversary Night Trial. Key restrictions that will still be in place on the proposed date of the 24th April mean: Possible quarantine for our overseas members. […]
Touring Group End of Season Bash.
22nd to 25th October. Touring Group End of Season Bash. Will be held at The Abbey Hotel, Malvern. We have negotiated an excellent package with the hotel who are keen to host the group. The hotel has an excellent private car park, we have been given free use of the function rooms and local leisure […]
News About This Years AGM
The 2021 MTWC AGM & Rally Weekend 17th-19th September 2021 Well, it looks as though the Covid shackles are slowly loosening. At the beginning of March I sent an email to all those who attended the 2019 AGM and Rally to gauge the enthusiasm to attend this year’s event at Leamington Spa in September. I […]
Colin Wilson a message from Chris Booth
I have today spoken to Colin Wilson who is in Hospital having suffered an accident when some moulding boxes fell onto him. resulting 2 cracked vertebrae. He is in a neck brace, awaiting for results from X rays. but has been told that he will be laid up for at least 6 weeks. […]
Mallory Practice Day Cancelled +
As a result of the continuing Covid-19 restrictions it is with regret that, following a long discussion with the committee, BHR have had to cancel the planned test day for the 19th of March. It is unclear at the moment if we will be able to reschedule for later in the year of have to […]
TOURING GROUP POST LOCKDOWN GETAWAY.
Touring Group have a post lockdown getaway planned at the end of May. The trip is to The Forest of Dean at a really nice 8 roomed hotel where we plan to have all the rooms. We have booked two separate three day breaks. It looks like there will be one or two rooms available. […]
Your March Bulletin is online
Editor Julian has had a rush of blood to the head (well, he certainly needed one for last month’s editorial!) and has produced a wonderful two page centrefold this month – enjoy. I suspect that if members have been doing their homework inspired by recent Bulletin articles, we should have the best handling Morgans that […]
Trailering to Europe?
I can see some big problems looming for anyone planning to “trailer” their Morgan ( or any vehicle) to events in Europe. The cost of a Carnet de Passage is hundreds of pounds plus extra Insurance. I am an Official of the ACU and I was alerted to this last week by them in an […]
Front Slider Bushes article + amendments
Dave Anscombe would like to alert members to some issues with the links in his articles ‘Front Slider Bushes’ and ‘Inspection lamp‘ in February’s Bulletin (p.14/15 and p.24), together with a price change – see below: Errata: Slider Bushes: Unfortunately, the link in my February Bulletin article to the bearing catalogue for the slider bushes […]
Provisional Sporting Calendar
Sent in by Tony Pearson, here is the new provisional 2021 Sporting Calendar.
New Dates For Your Diary
Some provisional dates for us to look forward too, fingers crossed, next year!
New Historic Photos just uploaded
Tony Birks has kindly shared some of his collection of photos with the website and these can be viewed in the Members area. View Here Here’s a taster – Vegetarians look away now! […]
Morgan Announce New Special Edition 3-Wheeler
NEWS: Introducing the Morgan 3 Wheeler P101, a finale for one of our most popular models Revisiting the same inspirations as the original project to revive the 3 Wheeler – codenamed Project 101 – this latest model is limited to just 33 examples, and will mark the end of current 3 Wheeler production in 2021.What […]
New Touring Group Zoom Events
Latest News from Touring Group HQ. We now have our own Zoom Channel. This is unlimited in size so we could have up to 100 participants, but we will not. It will be kept to a sensible number. Earlier in the year we did a similar project which worked well so in these difficult times […]
Interesting M3W Blog
The Club’s 5-Speeder Liaison Officer, Ian Brett, recently sent me a link to an interesting M3W blog by Javier Molina, well worth a look.
Creating the Morgan Three Wheeler Touring Group
It all started several years ago when Ian and Maria Parkinson, having been doing extensive touring in UK and Europe in their 1934 Morgan Matchless Super Sports embarked on a mission to engage with owners of the new M3W and create a group of owners who enjoyed the pleasures and pitfalls of using their […]