PRIOR CONVICTION
Matt Prior
They use new tools at the Morgan Motor Company, of course, like the ones for bashing most metal panels.
Today they’re metal-tipped rather than wooden so they don’t deform over the years like they used to, which would make different examples of the same car a different shape.
But there are still old tools too, such as the ancient ones they use to put louvres into car bonnets. And perhaps no tool is more significant to the enduring shape of a Morgan than the wooden press that initially shapes out Plus Four rear wheel arches. It dates from the early 1950s. It might even be the first one. They can’t be sure: paperwork wasn’t what it is.
As a result, an original Plus Four from 1950 and a new one have effectively interchangeable rear wings; it’s only a bit of extra width that separates them.