Around the Houses with Mike Ognenis
June 2019
Australian club member Mike Ognenis has resurrected Clarrie Coombes’ J.A.P. engined Barrel Back Morgan and recently enjoyed a sporting weekend in Albany, Western Australia.
The Morgan has lived in Australia for many years, initially with John Coombes in Melbourne and later in Perth which is where Mike found it in February 2019.
Mike’s spent a lot of time fettling the car and “getting it out of mothballs” and his weekend of fun is the result. The event was the Albany Classic – Around the Houses which is part of the Western Australia Regularity Championship. Click here for more info.
Mike had a great time and is now getting used to using his Morgan – quite a change from his Messerschmitt and Isetta three wheelers!
There’s a great video of “Around the Houses”. You’ll see Mike a couple of times starting about 1 min 30 secs in (we’ve started the video just before Mike’s entry on – we think – 2 wheels).