Jay Leno tests the Morgan 3-wheeler

[GeoffCee]

OK, you sit in it and not on it but it's still a reverse trike and it has a 2-litre S&S (Harley) engine but little else.
Like no ABS, no power steering, no nanny to limp your ride home, etc, etc.. Just British eccentricity, circa 1910.

[Woody]

So why is the engine in FRONT of the hood???

[GeoffCee]

So why is the engine in FRONT of the hood???

I think it's because it's an air-cooled engine and it will get all the air it needs out front. If I'm wrong there will undoubtedly be several people along directly to tell me so. It's why I love this forum.

[Mo Lee]

So why is the engine in FRONT of the hood???

Probably because that is the way the original one was.

[boborgera]

I think it's because it's an air-cooled engine and it will get all the air it needs out front. If I'm wrong there will undoubtedly be several people along directly to tell me so. It's why I love this forum.

Can't cover an air cooled engine...

Plus the Harley [ss] engine is a work of art and doesn't need to be hidden under plastic like.... some...

[Bob Denman]

It's out there for cooling, for styling, and to pay tribute to the original...
...And I'd have it in my garage in less than half-a-heartbeat!

[Chupaca]

mostly for the leg room..will he park it next to his spyder #001..??

[ARtraveler]

Very nice. I am guessing a bit "pricey"?

[grumpybob]

It's out there for cooling, for styling, and to pay tribute to the original...
...And I'd have it in my garage in less than half-a-heartbeat!

With the steering wheel on the right or left?

[OJ UK]

They're hand built, individually and they sell at around £30,000 depending on which trim/extras/paintjobs the customer wants. And BTW the S&S motor owes more to Victory than Harley. I've already looked at these as I have a Main Dealer not ten minutes away! Absolutely stunning!

[Bob Denman]

I have trouble counting change...
Can you give me an idea of how that all works out in U.S Dollars?

[ARtraveler]

I have trouble counting change...
Can you give me an idea of how that all works out in U.S Dollars?

$44,823.00: It sure ain't no Elio.

[COOLMACHINE]

I have trouble counting change...
Can you give me an idea of how that all works out in U.S Dollars?

1 british pound sterling equals 1.49 dollars, so say about $45 grand

I'd love to have one. Sounded pretty good too.

[GeoffCee]

Very nice. I am guessing a bit "pricey"?

You can buy one new for £30,000 Sterling, (latterly British colonial money but don't let's get into that, I'm having a nice day), which at about $1.5 to the Pound is $45,000, or about 2 Spyder RT's worth and change. It would be scary to know what the Morgan cost in 1910.

[GeoffCee]

Can't cover an air cooled engine...

Plus the Harley [ss] engine is a work of art and doesn't need to be hidden under plastic like.... some...

Funny you should mention that, I was thinking how incredibly butch the Honda V-Tec looked under the hood of my new Civic and it crossed my mind as I checked its oil what a pretty coffee table it would make with a glass top. Alice wouldn't stand for it, though, she doesn't see engineering as an art form. Maybe I attract the wrong kind of women.

[retread]

Ace Cycle Car in Seattle developed and built these for several years before Morgan contracted with them to build the new Mog from Ace's plans. The Ace version is still available, check 'em out.

john

[Bob Denman]

Although I seem to recall that they're even a bit more expensive than these...

[retread]

I don't know, Bob, the last time I was in their website, the baseline model with a 96 inch H-D was 34K.

john

[Bob Denman]

I certainly could be wrong . I thought that I had seen pricing up around $52,000.
I kind of hope that I am...

[ARtraveler]

I certainly could be wrong . I thought that I had seen pricing up around $52,000.
I kind of hope that I am...

Off subject--but I see you changed your avatar.

Klatu--Virada Nicktow

[Ga Blue Knight]

Probably because that is the way the original one was.

I believe the originals were inline water cooled three cylinders.

[asp125]

All prewar Moggies were powered by a V-twin hung off the front. http://morgan3w.de/general/meeting/ger03_1.jpg
There were some 4 cylinder liquid cooled Moggies after the war. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mo...arp.750pix.jpg

[Bob Denman]

Off subject--but I see you changed your avatar.

Klatu--Virada Nicktow

I think that it makes me look taller...

[draboo]

I think that it makes me look taller...

I suggest you flip it upside down, and then see what everyone thinks it is!