[{"id": 12722148, "authorName": "Duncan_same_old", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/duncan_same_old/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Nicely equipped 4/4. Newish-looking varnished floorboards suggest that those were replaced at some point and given that the original optional wire wheels were unlikely to have been chrome plated, I'm betting those aren't that old. The two-barrel carb might mean this is the GT model engine, with around 98 hp instead of the standard 75hp or so, and in a car that weighs under 1500 it the engine likely gives fun performance for a low (in modern terms) horsepower figure.\n\nThe chassis number and most of the physical details are consistent with a 1966 or 1967 Series V model 4/4. Nothing wrong with that.", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1697484511, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12722705, "authorName": "larry_doze", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/larry_doze/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I owned a 1961 4/4 Series III from 1965 to 1973 and it had a Ford 105E 996.6cc 39bhp engine so I'm guessing the engine in this car is either not original or the car is a Series V, which started in 1963. I'm not too familiar with when the GT engine was used so maybe the information on the car is, in fact, correct.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1697486701, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12723725, "authorName": "DC76six", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dc76six/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Are there any service records that accompany this 3 owner car. GLWA.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697490331, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12724971, "authorName": "UKKevin", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ukkevin/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "As @Duncan_same_old said everything points to this as being a late Series V car and not a 1961 car (Series III/IV).", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1697494648, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12725176, "authorName": "MARTY_ROTH", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/marty_roth/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I thought I recalled Morgan using Triumph running gear, at least back in the 1958 Plus-4 which I almost bought back in 1963 to run alongside my TR-2 and TR-3.\r\nIs my memory correct, and if so, when did Morgan switch to Ford engines?\r\nThanks for any info to help keep me on track.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697495421, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12725350, "authorName": "JBS1961 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jbs1961/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Gentleman, I purchased this car from a local dealer who was selling the car from the estate of a local MD along with some of his other cars. I did get a chance to speak to him on the phone briefly one evening and he told me he had owned the car for \"well over 20 years\". He did not furnish me with any other records. I told him I would drive the car over to the adult community where he was presently living, but unfortunately, he passed away before that could happen. I did manage to ascertain the owner prior to him and he had worked for Idaho Statesman and was deceased. I'm happy to answer any other questions you may have to the best of my knowledge.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1697496209, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12725396, "authorName": "Duncan_same_old", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/duncan_same_old/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Marty_Roth the very first 4/4, introduced in 1936, (four cylinders, four wheels, as opposed to the three-wheelers that Morgan had built since 1910 or so), had a 1122cc Coventry Climax, later followed by a 1267 cc Standard Special engine, and was the only 4-wheeled model built by Morgan until the introduction of the Plus 4 in 1950. The new Plus 4 model initially had a Standard Vanguard engine during the flat-radiator period, which was upgraded to the TR2/3/4 motor in 1954. 4/4 production was discontinued at that time, but resumed production as the Series II in 1955, with a low-line body and the curved radiator of the Plus 4, but with a 36 hp sidevalve Ford engine and 3-speed transmission. A line of Ford engines continued to power the 4/4 models until sometime in the early 1980s when a few were powered by 1600cc Fiat Twin Cam engines before the next generation of Ford engines became available.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1697496662, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12725409, "authorName": "UKKevin", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ukkevin/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@MARTY_ROTH. Morgan did not switch from the TR to Ford. The +4 and 4/4 were stablemates. The +4's having the vanguard/TR while the 4/4's, from 1955, were fitted with a range of Ford engines.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1697496730, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12725719, "authorName": "MARTY_ROTH", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/marty_roth/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Duncan_same_old\r\n@UKKevin\r\n\r\nThank you for the clarification-\r\nMy daughter tells me I occasionally think I'm wrong but I'm mistaken.\r\nBTW, the 1938 BarrelBack Trike I owned for too short a time was more fun than one deserves.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1697499972, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12725782, "authorName": "Duncan_same_old", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/duncan_same_old/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I forgot to mention -- it looks like the rubber side curtain seals were replaced with the rubber that goes between the windshield and the scuttle panel instead of the narrower standard rubber seals. Those are available as pre-glued sets from Morgan Spares in New York.\r\n\r\n@Marty_Roth -- I've had Morgan trikes too, one like yours and a '31 Super Sports Aero 2-speeder (beetle back). I'll get another one when the time is right, maybe a pre-1931 Aero 2-speeder, just for their jaunty appearance. I'm still amused by the stark simplicity of those cars and by the exposed valve train on the JAP and Matchless OHV V-twins.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1697500712, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12726678, "authorName": "Player", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/player/", "bidAmount": 2500, "content": "$2,500 bid placed by Player", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697513602, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12726687, "authorName": "Player", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/player/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I noticed the gas gauge read empty. Does the gauge work?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697513815, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12726716, "authorName": "OldishGuy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/oldishguy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@JBS1961, what is all of the white stuff under the car? Salt from winter driving? Something else? My opinion = this is a gorgeous Morgan.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697514474, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12727102, "authorName": "morganplus8", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/morganplus8/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Looks to be a sound well enjoyed Morgan. Don't care much for the carpeted interior, but glad to see it still has the push pull shifter! Another Morgan idiosyncrasy that should be retained.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697540433, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12727389, "authorName": "Geri53", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/geri53/", "bidAmount": 2600, "content": "$2,600 bid placed by Geri53", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697547319, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12727750, "authorName": "ChrisVilla", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chrisvilla/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Very nice 4/4. \r\nI own a 1969 4/4 that has a Ford 1600 engine. I enjoy it very much. The buyer will have lots of fun with this 4/4.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1697551677, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12728050, "authorName": "JBS1961 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jbs1961/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Player, I think I mentioned in the write-up that the fuel gage was a little erratic. About a year ago I pulled the sender unit out of the gas tank and cleaned it and made sure the float was moving freely. That seemed to cure the problem for a while, but lately it seems to be happening again.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697554892, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12734306, "authorName": "Rimusbugeye", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rimusbugeye/", "bidAmount": 2700, "content": "$2,700 bid placed by Rimusbugeye", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697584864, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12735561, "authorName": "rldgrm", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rldgrm/", "bidAmount": 2800, "content": "$2,800 bid placed by rldgrm", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697600632, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12738840, "authorName": "MogCottage", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mogcottage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "From factory despatch records:\r\nChassis B1337\r\nMotor GT K2563-B129\r\nPaint- blue grey\r\nInterior- black\r\nTemp gauge\r\nWire wheels\r\nSliding side screens\r\nWood steering wheel\r\nTop louvers on bonnet\r\nDespatched 16 Dec 1966\r\nTo Sterne Motors\r\nVancouver BC", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1697652582, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12743599, "authorName": "larry_doze", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/larry_doze/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Looks like from the factory records it must, in fact, be a 1966 or 1967.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697679698, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12744044, "authorName": "OldishGuy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/oldishguy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "For what it's worth, my 1968 4/4 Comp (RHD, owned in the UK) was chassis # B1735. Someone with the annual production numbers for the 4/4 could help zero in on the proper year for this car.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1697686450, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12744627, "authorName": "WarrenM", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/warrenm/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "As the car was dispatched from the factory in mid-December of 1966 it must certainly have been built in 66.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697717349, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12750714, "authorName": "Mordizzle", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mordizzle/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "If the buyer's goal is to drive and enjoy, the effects of the model year discrepancy\r\ncould be a price advantage . However if looking for value down the road, it would be helpful to reconcile the 6 year gap.\r\nIMHO. Good fortune to both seller and buyer.\ud83d\ude0e", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1697749473, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12751305, "authorName": "UKKevin", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ukkevin/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@OldishGuy, @MogCottage has confirmed the build date, its 1966", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1697751576, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12751746, "authorName": "Schaemr", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/schaemr/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "For what it\u2019s worth\u2026 the model year does not matter. That\u2019s the whole point of a Morgan, isn\u2019t it? My 110th anniversary Plus4 is documented as MY 2019\u2026 but I saw it in person, being built at the factory on February 28, 2020. Morgan Motors doesn\u2019t really know (or care) what year it is :-)", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1697754587, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12751828, "authorName": "WarrenM", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/warrenm/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Schaemr : Absolutely! You got it. Morgan never bought into the \"model year\" concept.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697755494, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12754236, "authorName": "Soflomobilia", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/soflomobilia/", "bidAmount": 3000, "content": "$3,000 bid placed by Soflomobilia", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697808848, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12757369, "authorName": "bringatrailer", "authorUrl": "", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The listing information has been updated regarding the model year. Thank you.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697827179, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12762719, "authorName": "WarrenM", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/warrenm/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I wonder if the original wood-rimmed steering wheel is included. (?)", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1697895257, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12763038, "authorName": "JBS1961 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jbs1961/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "WarrenM I do not have the wood-rimmed steering wheel.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697898538, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12763163, "authorName": "StevieP", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/steviep/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "So where could someone get a wood wheel for this car? never mind, sorry, was thinking out loud its a scary thing sometime..", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697899813, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12766042, "authorName": "2138mom", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/2138mom/", "bidAmount": 3250, "content": "$3,250 bid placed by 2138mom", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697915143, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12766081, "authorName": "Soflomobilia", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/soflomobilia/", "bidAmount": 3350, "content": "$3,350 bid placed by Soflomobilia", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697915290, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12767656, "authorName": "morganplus8", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/morganplus8/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What's under that horrendous padding attached to the Moto-Lita wheel that is on the car? The one I had on my 4/4 was indeed very nice wood.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697925774, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12767759, "authorName": "rldgrm", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rldgrm/", "bidAmount": 3450, "content": "$3,450 bid placed by rldgrm", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697926998, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12767783, "authorName": "2138mom", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/2138mom/", "bidAmount": 4000, "content": "$4,000 bid placed by 2138mom", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697927342, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12768049, "authorName": "WarrenM", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/warrenm/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@StevieP: One could get \"a\" wood wheel from any number of sources.\r\nHowever, the build record provided by @MogCottage indicates that the car had one as original equipment. This would have been a Walsall wheel, no longer in \"production\" (they were hand made) and hard to come by. I've only seen one for sale on an auction site and it sold for over $2000.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697931266, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12768808, "authorName": "Soflomobilia", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/soflomobilia/", "bidAmount": 4200, "content": "$4,200 bid placed by Soflomobilia", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697943954, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12769210, "authorName": "migoldies", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/migoldies/", "bidAmount": 4300, "content": "$4,300 bid placed by migoldies", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697971632, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12769302, "authorName": "NBGCLPLE", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nbgclple/", "bidAmount": 6100, "content": "$6,100 bid placed by NBGCLPLE", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697976463, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12769337, "authorName": "migoldies", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/migoldies/", "bidAmount": 6200, "content": "$6,200 bid placed by migoldies", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697977548, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12769365, "authorName": "WarrenM", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/warrenm/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Pet peeve: The dashboard isn't \"woodgrain\", it's wood actually.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1697978252, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12770236, "authorName": "joelbernard", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/joelbernard/", "bidAmount": 10000, "content": "$10,000 bid placed by joelbernard", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1697989772, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12773743, "authorName": "meremer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/meremer/", "bidAmount": 10253, "content": "$10,253 bid placed by meremer", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698007315, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12774666, "authorName": "DaveD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/daved/", "bidAmount": 11111, "content": "$11,111 bid placed by DaveD", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698020377, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12774757, "authorName": "Geri53", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/geri53/", "bidAmount": 11361, "content": "$11,361 bid placed by Geri53", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698021444, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12774772, "authorName": "DaveD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/daved/", "bidAmount": 12500, "content": "$12,500 bid placed by DaveD", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698021595, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12774937, "authorName": "RCDore", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rcdore/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Start up video, twelve hundred + seems a little high for the idle, why is the speedometer moving at start up? Like the colors and air filter,not possible with theTR3engine.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698023921, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12774963, "authorName": "RCDore", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rcdore/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Correction: Another rock screen for an air filter!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698024317, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12775104, "authorName": "meremer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/meremer/", "bidAmount": 15553, "content": "$15,553 bid placed by meremer", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698026644, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12776213, "authorName": "OrigOnceOldForever", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/origonceoldforever/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sure it's late October, etc...its a 4/4 not a +4, but this is really not showing the response a nice looking, working and will always be a desired fun MOG should get. Yes, hours to go...but a few serious better stop by....", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698069561, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12776732, "authorName": "JBS1961 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jbs1961/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "As the auction winds down, I will be available to answer any last minute questions. Thanks to everyone who offered constructive comments.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698074645, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12777261, "authorName": "moodymanitobamorgan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/moodymanitobamorgan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Okay, so the car may not be for the ultra- purist among us but the bidding thus far seems to indicate an absurd disinterest in it. I doubt it will achieve reserve today although I hope to be proved wrong.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698078668, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12777546, "authorName": "makerdad", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/makerdad/", "bidAmount": 16000, "content": "$16,000 bid placed by makerdad", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698080550, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12778148, "authorName": "DaveD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/daved/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@JBS1961 ~ Where exactly is that \"Assigned ID Number\" plaque (Photo 151) affixed on the car? Why was it assigned and not the original builder's ID plate? Does that \"State of Idaho\" Control No. 15640 or the ID No. 019640 have any meaning outside the state? Seeing as how it's registered in Idaho by that number as a 1961 model, when in fact it's a 1966 model, will this be problematic to register it correctly in California?\r\n\r\nCan you give some detail into the oil leakage issue? How much oil leaks when stored, how much after a run, from where, etc., The underside in front is pretty well \"lubricated\" it appears!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1698082798, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12778419, "authorName": "Cabin9", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cabin9/", "bidAmount": 17777, "content": "$17,777 bid placed by Cabin9", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698083539, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12778488, "authorName": "Cabin9", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cabin9/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "On the steering wheel, woods very nice ,but I\u2019d take the leather off and wrap the wheel with cord as we did in 1961 soft on the hands and no slip", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698083737, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12778845, "authorName": "unicornbc", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/unicornbc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "In regard to oil leaks, the subject is barely worth comment...it's normal, but the Ford Kent engineis probably the least likely to have engine oil leaks...it has proper crankshaft oil seals, unlike the majority of Morgans, with the Triumph engine which did not. Only equipped with machined scrolls on the outer crank journals, no seals at all. I vintaged raced a TR3 and high RPM use meant lots of oil leaking...some tracks even made us Triumph racers put diapers under the entire car...or we were barred from the track !", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698085029, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12778880, "authorName": "Cabin9", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cabin9/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Does the windshield lay down ?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698085143, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12778902, "authorName": "unicornbc", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/unicornbc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Forgot to mention that the BRNEFIT of the oil leaks is less chassis rusting, a well known Morgan problem. My +8 had to get a new chassis, probably because it's 3.5 Litre V8 had real oil seals !!!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698085249, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12779286, "authorName": "JBS1961 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jbs1961/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "DaveD I talked to BAT months ago about the assigned ID number that is rivetted to the firewall. When I purchased the car, the number on the title did not correspond to any number like a chassis number on the car. The State Inspector came out and will all documentation, assigned that number. It is a very common practice with some cars that are imported to the U.S. Now that is the number on the title and I assume acceptable with other states as well.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698086943, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12779305, "authorName": "WarrenM", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/warrenm/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@DaveD - If by \"oil leakage issue\" you mean the oil on the front suspension and steering parts shown in pics 130-132, that a side effect of the \"one shot\" kingpin oiler system. You'll see that in all Morgans of this vintage where the one shot system is still in place (many have been wisely removed) and used. It is not a defect of this particular car.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1698087002, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12779326, "authorName": "JBS1961 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jbs1961/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Cabin9 No, unfortunately the windshield does not lay down but I have seen the hardware advertised that lets you do that.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698087085, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12779389, "authorName": "WarrenM", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/warrenm/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@unicornbc - The oil leak that I think @DaveD is referring to is from the front suspension oiler, not the engine. ...and by the way, this is a 1.5L pre-crossflow Kent and still used the old rope seals. The later 1.6L crossflows had modern synthetic seals.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698087315, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12779452, "authorName": "DaveD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/daved/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@WarrenM ~ Can the seals from the earlier engine be upgraded to the later modern seals? \n\nAs a longtime collector of British cars and motorcycles, I've heard every Lucas joke, oil leak joke, etc. But the truth is, any engine can be made leak-free with proper materials and careful assembly. Unless, of course, like my 1938 BSA G14 1000cc V-Twin, it's a \"total-loss\" lubricating system, which doesn't recirculate the oil but allows it to \"escape\" from various random places (which to me is a joke of engineering itself). If a total-loss system stops leaking...it's actually out of oil! No joke!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1698087656, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12779495, "authorName": "makerdad", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/makerdad/", "bidAmount": 18027, "content": "$18,027 bid placed by makerdad", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698087810, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12779657, "authorName": "WarrenM", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/warrenm/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@DaveD - Don't know if the seals can be upgraded, but I have to wonder how practical (cost effective) that would be even if so. \r\nMy own 4/4 was built in 65 with the pre-crossflow engine, and came to me in 2011 with 37k miles on the clock. ...and yes it leaked from the rear main bearing seal. But not horrendously. I could have lived with it. Replaced the engine with a rebuilt crossflow . Still leaks a bit but not nearly as much.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698088435, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12780135, "authorName": "elly18", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/elly18/", "bidAmount": 18277, "content": "$18,277 bid placed by elly18", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090496, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12780163, "authorName": "TShans1941", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tshans1941/", "bidAmount": 18550, "content": "$18,550 bid placed by TShans1941", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090597, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12780175, "authorName": "elly18", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/elly18/", "bidAmount": 18800, "content": "$18,800 bid placed by elly18", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090636, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12780182, "authorName": "ChrisVilla", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chrisvilla/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I bought a beautiful dark green 4/4 with a Ford engine because it's easy to maintain, with cheap replacement parts and very reliable. It seems to me that the Triumph engines are much more complicated.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090647, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12780185, "authorName": "morgannut", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/morgannut/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This looks to be a really nice 4/4 and will surely be a delight for her next driver. Gotta love the saddle shoes colors. Very teutonic.\r\n\r\nGlad to see some bidding!\r\n\r\nGLWA", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090655, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12780191, "authorName": "mwchristian", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mwchristian/", "bidAmount": 19250, "content": "$19,250 bid placed by mwchristian", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090698, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12780197, "authorName": "meremer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/meremer/", "bidAmount": 19553, "content": "$19,553 bid placed by meremer", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090709, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12780201, "authorName": "mwchristian", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mwchristian/", "bidAmount": 20000, "content": "$20,000 bid placed by mwchristian", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090720, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12780204, "authorName": "DaveD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/daved/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@morgannut ~ Yep, lovely livery...but you think it's Germanic-looking?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090727, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12780210, "authorName": "TShans1941", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tshans1941/", "bidAmount": 20500, "content": "$20,500 bid placed by TShans1941", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090742, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12780219, "authorName": "elly18", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/elly18/", "bidAmount": 20750, "content": "$20,750 bid placed by elly18", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090767, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12780225, "authorName": "mwchristian", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mwchristian/", "bidAmount": 21000, "content": "$21,000 bid placed by mwchristian", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090786, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12780230, "authorName": "TShans1941", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tshans1941/", "bidAmount": 21500, "content": "$21,500 bid placed by TShans1941", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090800, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12780232, "authorName": "billyblyth", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/billyblyth/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ChrisVilla The TR engine isn't at all complex or hard to work on. It does have bit more jump than the Ford, but nobody is buying these for drag racing. Both good engines.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090804, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12780233, "authorName": "morgannut", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/morgannut/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@DaveD Not the car, the colors!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090808, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12780241, "authorName": "elly18", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/elly18/", "bidAmount": 21750, "content": "$21,750 bid placed by elly18", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090832, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12780243, "authorName": "morgannut", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/morgannut/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Or maybe the colors are Swiss - milk and white chocolate?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090839, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12780247, "authorName": "TShans1941", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tshans1941/", "bidAmount": 22500, "content": "$22,500 bid placed by TShans1941", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090850, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12780256, "authorName": "elly18", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/elly18/", "bidAmount": 22750, "content": "$22,750 bid placed by elly18", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090874, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12780259, "authorName": "mwchristian", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mwchristian/", "bidAmount": 24000, "content": "$24,000 bid placed by mwchristian", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090885, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12780263, "authorName": "DaveD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/daved/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@morgannut ~ That's what I was referring to. The livery. I think it's quintessentially British without being typical BRG. Whatever\u2014it's beautiful!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090894, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12780266, "authorName": "TShans1941", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tshans1941/", "bidAmount": 24250, "content": "$24,250 bid placed by TShans1941", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090903, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12780273, "authorName": "mwchristian", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mwchristian/", "bidAmount": 25000, "content": "$25,000 bid placed by mwchristian", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090925, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12780279, "authorName": "TShans1941", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tshans1941/", "bidAmount": 26000, "content": "$26,000 bid placed by TShans1941", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090947, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12780287, "authorName": "billyblyth", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/billyblyth/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A yellow body might be fun!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090981, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12780289, "authorName": "elly18", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/elly18/", "bidAmount": 26250, "content": "$26,250 bid placed by elly18", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698090985, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12780299, "authorName": "ChrisVilla", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chrisvilla/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@billyblyth, well that's not my experience. Triumph engines come with double carburetors, my Ford has a simple throat carburetor. A much more reliable solution.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1698091013, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12780305, "authorName": "morgannut", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/morgannut/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@billyblyth - Mine's middle chrome yellow - in your face yellow!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1698091027, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12780318, "authorName": "meremer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/meremer/", "bidAmount": 26553, "content": "$26,553 bid placed by meremer", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698091082, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12780324, "authorName": "morganplus8", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/morganplus8/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The color is really a cream crackers motif that early T series MG's were often done up with.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1698091119, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12780327, "authorName": "mwchristian", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mwchristian/", "bidAmount": 27000, "content": "$27,000 bid placed by mwchristian", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698091140, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12780336, "authorName": "billyblyth", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/billyblyth/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The TR has dual carbs for a reason. It worked out pretty well for the TR4.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1698091170, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12780340, "authorName": "elly18", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/elly18/", "bidAmount": 27250, "content": "$27,250 bid placed by elly18", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698091182, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12780346, "authorName": "mwchristian", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mwchristian/", "bidAmount": 27500, "content": "$27,500 bid placed by mwchristian", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698091197, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12780360, "authorName": "meremer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/meremer/", "bidAmount": 27753, "content": "$27,753 bid placed by meremer", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698091261, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12780377, "authorName": "DaveD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/daved/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Ooops! While typing that last comment, bidding passed my budget here! Selling well!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698091297, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12780389, "authorName": "mwchristian", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mwchristian/", "bidAmount": 28007, "content": "$28,007 bid placed by mwchristian", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698091331, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12780403, "authorName": "billyblyth", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/billyblyth/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "So glad folks are warming up to this one! Join the Morgan Club and meet some really fun folks!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1698091386, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12780410, "authorName": "meremer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/meremer/", "bidAmount": 29553, "content": "$29,553 bid placed by meremer", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698091417, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12780442, "authorName": "meremer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/meremer/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sold on 10/23/23 for $29,553 to meremer", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698091538, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 12780449, "authorName": "mwchristian", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mwchristian/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congrats on a sweet ride!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1698091566, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12780448, "authorName": "larry_doze", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/larry_doze/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wow - what a steal!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698091566, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12780456, "authorName": "billyblyth", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/billyblyth/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Well bought and sold! I envy the fall spins you will enjoy in this one!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698091589, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12780457, "authorName": "Geri53", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/geri53/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congrats enjoy the ride!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1698091594, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12780499, "authorName": "ChrisVilla", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chrisvilla/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "no doubt, the Triumphs had bigger engines, but a 1.500 cc, or a 1.600 cc as mine, are more than what many of us need. I can ran mine a 120 Km/h in highways.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698091765, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12780519, "authorName": "morgannut", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/morgannut/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@meremer, congratulations! Your bidding and winning history on Bat is amazing! You're making lots of sellers and truckers happy and other bidders sad. I hope you drive them all.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1698091851, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12781938, "authorName": "moodymanitobamorgan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/moodymanitobamorgan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@meremer- Well done sir. miles of smiles with it!...\r\nCongratulations to you and the seller. \r\nA very pleasurable auction for all concerned, \r\nbidding or merely kibitzing.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1698096524, "type": "comment"}]