This three wheel Morgan Super Sports is quite simply just great fun and has to be one of the most enjoyable sports cars I have driven. It is a real seat-of-the-pants wind-in-the-hair machine which combines strong performance with taut suspension and direct steering and you soon become totally involved in driving it.
Giving just under 40 bhp at 4,600 rpm the very useable power of its twin cylinder air cooled ohv 990cc Matchless engine is matched by the lovely noise that comes out of the twin fishtail exhausts. Given that the cars weighs only 950 pounds (432 kilogrammes) it has a power to weight ratio of nearly 95 bhp per ton which is quite a lot for a small 1930s two seat road car. This means it can give some of its originally more expensive sub-one-litre four wheel competitors like MG and Singer a seriously good run for their money.
It has an easy to use three speed and reverse gearbox with clutch and brake pedals on the floor and throttle and ignition control levers on the steering wheel. It doesn’t take long to get used to the hand levers and you soon find yourself flicking the throttle with your thumb to control your road speed or the engine revs when you double declutch to change gear. The lower section of the steering wheel is cut out to make access a bit easier however some degree of personal agility is still a useful asset when getting in and out of the car though you don’t really sit in a three wheel Morgan, it feels more like you wear it.
It has Morgan’s sliding pillar independent front suspension which they first used in 1909 and still use today plus this car has been fitted with hydraulic brakes.
Its chassis frame was restored with new tubes using the original lugs and the barrel-back body has been rebuilt in aluminium. The paint, interior trim and brightwork have all been finished to a very high standard.
Even Morgan’s most ardent enthusiasts will have to admit that it isn’t very practical as there is virtually no space to carry any shopping or holiday luggage so it won’t be too easy to justify buying it as a family runabout but who cares as its only raison d’etre is to be driven for the sheer joy of it.
Giving just under 40 bhp at 4,600 rpm the very useable power of its twin cylinder air cooled ohv 990cc Matchless engine is matched by the lovely noise that comes out of the twin fishtail exhausts. Given that the cars weighs only 950 pounds (432 kilogrammes) it has a power to weight ratio of nearly 95 bhp per ton which is quite a lot for a small 1930s two seat road car. This means it can give some of its originally more expensive sub-one-litre four wheel competitors like MG and Singer a seriously good run for their money.
It has an easy to use three speed and reverse gearbox with clutch and brake pedals on the floor and throttle and ignition control levers on the steering wheel. It doesn’t take long to get used to the hand levers and you soon find yourself flicking the throttle with your thumb to control your road speed or the engine revs when you double declutch to change gear. The lower section of the steering wheel is cut out to make access a bit easier however some degree of personal agility is still a useful asset when getting in and out of the car though you don’t really sit in a three wheel Morgan, it feels more like you wear it.
It has Morgan’s sliding pillar independent front suspension which they first used in 1909 and still use today plus this car has been fitted with hydraulic brakes.
Its chassis frame was restored with new tubes using the original lugs and the barrel-back body has been rebuilt in aluminium. The paint, interior trim and brightwork have all been finished to a very high standard.
Even Morgan’s most ardent enthusiasts will have to admit that it isn’t very practical as there is virtually no space to carry any shopping or holiday luggage so it won’t be too easy to justify buying it as a family runabout but who cares as its only raison d’etre is to be driven for the sheer joy of it.