Diesel RVs: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Re : I was supposed to be driving a Morgan by now.

Alan,

Sounds like you are describing my MGA's, not that they (nor Metropolitan Kelvinators) should be mentioned in the same breath as a Morgan, down to the wooden floor boards. I still miss that openness and simplicity.

If F. Scott Fitzgerald were alive today he would be driving a Morgan.

Chip
Houston

--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Alan Boucher <alstheone@...> wrote:
>
> On 1/20/2012 9:55 AM, Chip wrote:
> >
> > Nate,
> >
> > I thought Morgan's came with Rover V8's?
> >
> > Chip
> >
> > --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:diesel_mercedes%40yahoogroups.com>, "Nate" <vwnate1@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Well ;
> > >
> > > Let's have a look :
> > >
> > > Diminuative size , check .
> > >
> > > Tiny little engine , check .
> > >
> > > Fun to drive but a TOTAL DEATHRAP , check .
> > >
> > > Leaks oil like a sieve no matter what you do and has below any
> > charts poor initial build quality , check .
> > >
> > > Made in the damp Isle of Jolley Old Englande , _CHECK_ .
> > >
> > > So , what's not to like nor think it's not an LBC ? .
> > >
> > > Interestingly , most LBC FHC's leak water in the rain , nearly as
> > badly as the DHC's do . go figure .
> > >
> > > " Why , when Brittany rules the waves , will her cars not go through
> > a puddle ? " .
> > >
> > > -Nate
> > > (who loves his LBC Metropolitan Nash FHC & drives the snot out of it
> > , even in the rain )
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> Actually in a demonstration of infinite wisdom the '50s - 70's Morgans
> were made with wooden floor boards that allowed the water that ran in
> the top to run out the bottom. With my 4 seater that looked like one of
> Rommel's command cars or a Russian Jeep there was plenty running in.
> Then there was the defroster situation. Virtually no air flowed through
> the small vents by the windshield so in order to keep from fogging up
> the windshield it was necessary to inhale facing forward and then turn
> your head towards the center of the car to exhale. At least the movement
> kept your neck from freezing up. Heat - you must be joking. Then there
> was carb icing. The heat transfer to the intake manifold from the
> exhaust manifold on the TR-4 engine was by 2 - 1" square bosses. The
> net effect was zero.
>