Morgan fabriek

Photographs taken at the Geneva motorshow 2007. 

View of the stand on set up day

Morgan Aero 8 GT3 click here for details

Morgan AeroMax and Aero 8 GT3

AeroMax click here for details

Aero 8 rolling chassis showing how the ash coachbuilt frame sits on the aluminium body, front view

Aero 8 rolling chassis showing how the ash coachbuilt frame sits on the aluminium body, rear view

The first press day - the calm before the storm!

Racing legends Alain Prost and Gerhard Berger chat next to the Aero 8 GT3 with tennis legends Ilie Nastase and Thomas Muster

Gerhard Berger, Alain Prost and Charles Morgan stand in front of a sea of press photographers

As seen for the first few days at the Geneva Motorshow 2007 and now in preparation for the first race at Silverston in May.

Motor racing legends Alain Prost and Jacques Laffite with the Aero 8 GT3.

In Meeting of the Club Morgan Aero Eight

28^th September to 1^st October 2006

The first meeting of the Club Morgan Aero Eight was held at the beautiful and historic Chateau de la Mesardiere in St Tropez.  The event was a celebration of the passion which the Morgan Aero Eight provokes. 22 Aero Eights representing the life of the production model looked resplendent in the car park in the gardens of the Chateau on the evening of Thursday 28^th September. It was particularly heartwarming to see Aero Eight Number One in St Tropez. This was the first pre production prototype which the factory team evaluated and tested in Malvern and at Miramas track before the car’s launch at the Geneva Show.

The event begun with a cocktail and a fascinating talk by Jean Claude Biver, the owner of Hublot watches. Jean Claude shared his extensive knowledge of the production of and market for finely engineered Swiss watches. He drew a parallel between the design and concept of a Hublot watch and the Morgan Aero Eight. The two products he said were a fusion of crafted precious materials and high technology. This combination provided a discerning customer with a combination of reliability, practicality and crafted speciality. He also claimed to have been inspired by the idea of the Morgan waiting list to insist that his watches be ordered rather than sold from stock. But most appreciated of all was his immensely generous offer of two of his latest “Big Bang” watches to be given away during the course of the event. These watches won the award for the best Swiss watch design of 2005. After an excellent dinner at the hotel the group retired to bed.

Hier zie je enkele detail foto's van de nieuwe Aeromax.

2009 At a Glance!

This is a year long celebration which aims to include the whole of the Morgan world from employees and owners to dealers and suppliers and you will see that each event is themed to take this into account. Everyone has different associations with Morgan and their own special part to play in the celebrations.

January
Opening ceremony at Morgan factory.
(Please note that attendance will have to be by invitation only)

February
MSCC Annual Dinner
(an MSCC event for its members and invited guests)

March
Morgan Supplier Day

April
Specific special visitor days at factory

May
Morgan Dealer Day

June
Works Family Fun Day

July/August
Civic Reception at Malvern Winter Gardens

25th/26th July - PRESCOTT FUN WEEKEND
to include hill climbs, trade stands etc.

27th/30th July inclusive - Various day time and evening events to be confirmed

31st July/2nd August - CENTENARY CELEBRATION WEEKEND AT CHELTENHAM RACECOURSE to include a gala dinner for 1200 people, trade stands, car processions, gymkhanas, steam fair, balloon rides, and much, much more, all rounded off with "Party in the Park - The Morgan Proms!"

September
Morgan Three Wheeler Club Annual Dinner

October
Thanksgiving Service at Malvern Priory

November
Special charity event to be announced

December
Works Centenary Dinner for Morgan employees past & present

Bruce Stapleton en co-driver Alistair Cown wonnen de "Tour Brittannia". Zij versloegen 31 andere pre-1977 old timers incl. 7 Porches, 5 Mustangs, een Ferrari, een Chevon, Lotus en Sunbeam.

Zij reden met een gele +8 door Engeland.
Proficiat!!

Voor de liefhebbers:

17.07  Jubilation and congratulations to all in the team.  Fantastic effort well done.  25th overall, 6th in class - tremendous.

16.01 Final pit for driver change, tyres fuel enough for home - fingers crossed. - Under the hour to go.

15.08 A quick pit for fuel - still running nicely - 26th position overall 6th in class.

14.00  A nice empty pits still.

13.53 pm Still going well - 27th place - just done a 2.10 lap and the car sounds perfect.  Nicola Thorne has fed most of Silverstone with yummy food all weekend......behind every team is a...............

1.20 pm Up to 29th - all looking good. 6th in class with 3 hours 38 minutes to go.

12.23  Car just pitted for driver change, pads, tyres, fuel etc.  Running well.  Oil was a combination of over filling and the loss of a scavenge pipe in the overnight pit stop due to damage.  All well now

11.03  Car running to plan, but starting to use a little oil which is a concern to the team - watch this space.

10.30 Car in for a quick driver change - sounding and going well.  Last lap 2.12 - running 32nd overall and 7th in class.

09.25  Following a brief stop for a sticky throttle and a flat spot on the tyre, the Morgan is back out - 31st position 8th in class.  The team were running 19th overnight, but the oil pipe pit stop put them back.  Car has just put in 2.09 time - the aim is to finish.

Dave Bradley (car manager checking the data log)

An empty pit again

08.25  Safety car is now in - the race continues.

08.10 Out again for 10 laps before a refuel and visual check.  Car is sounding really sweet. Safety car is still out.  The fog is worse on some parts of the circuit than others.

07.50  Car currently in the pits - came in for a new set of pads and an oil leak was noticed from an oil hose - the most difficult to reach of course, but a chance for an oil change too.  We believe that the car visited the gravel in the night, but the drivers are staying tight lipped.  This is all made less of a problem because the safety car has been out for 3 hours!!  Fog has made visibility very poor on hangar straight.  9 hours to go, and the Morgan should be back out in the next 15 minutes or so.

03.47 am  Still running to plan - rather more incidental pit stops than planned but nothing serious.  Running 2.12s to plan and in 22nd place now 7th in class.  Melvyn Rutter, Tim Whitworth (Morgan Financial Director and Fuelling team) and Richard Thorne, the man behind the whole entry pose for a photo.

12.20 am  After a short stop to change an oil filter and adjust the pressure release valve things are as they should be.  Running in 26th.  James and Dan looking like they've been going for 24 hours already!! - probably have!!

9.17 pm  All still "on track",  all the cars have done many laps behind the safety car or so it seems. The Morgan is running 6th in class, and 16 cars have already bitten the dust!

7.37 pm  Car running like clockwork - 2 pit stops and consistant 2.11s on instructions - currently running 28th.  Empty pits a good sign.

5.41 pm   After 41 minutes - running a steady 22nd overall (6th in class) at 2 mins 12 per lap - best lap 2.09 but told to SLOW DOWN - we want to finish.

Ready for the off

The grid is just lining up now with 20 minutes to go.

And now back together - plenty of time to spare.