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Jay Leno tests the Morgan 3-wheeler
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.
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So why is the engine in FRONT of the hood???
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Originally Posted by Woody
So why is the engine in FRONT of the hood???
Probably because that is the way the original one was.
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Well..!!
mostly for the leg room..will he park it next to his spyder #001..??
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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!
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I have trouble counting change...
Can you give me an idea of how that all works out in U.S Dollars?
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U.S. about 45 grand
Originally Posted by Bob Denman
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.
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Originally Posted by akspyderman
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.
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Originally Posted by boborgera
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.
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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.
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I don't know, Bob, the last time I was in their website, the baseline model with a 96 inch H-D was 34K.
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Originally Posted by Mo Lee
Probably because that is the way the original one was.
I believe the originals were inline water cooled three cylinders.
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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
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Originally Posted by akspyderman
Off subject--but I see you changed your avatar.
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I think that it makes me look taller...
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