ordered Roadster

[1560]

hi
ordered Morgan Roadster (new engine type)

NO wire-wheels
NOT racing green with beige interior

YES
alle performance options
roll-bar
hardtop
black exterior (incl.painted rims)
burned orange interior


Waiting
for the engine remap (240bhp)
delivery end of January (dealer had a production slot reserved)
old-style-horn

Need to find out how to
organise TomTom-mount
tell my relatives I bought one

previous Morgan history
learned to drive in a '78 4/4 4seater (parents back garden)
first crash in that same 4/4
sold it last year
it was in our family for 22years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so, my second british car
angry brother for my '05 MINI cooper S
daily: Benzy break diesel automatic
on the whish list: Laro Defender (of course) and a P911GT3, winning the lottery: MacF1

[rodschwarz]

Congrats!

What remap are you waiting for, Bluefin for the S 2?

http://www.librands.co.uk/products/exhaust_roadste...

Rod

(Roadster S 2)

[1560]

from now on, they put a new type of the 3litre ford engine in the roadster,
slightly less power, better ecological/tax results
librands hasn't yet made the new remap
we will allready mount their sport-exhaust

thanks to the slightly less power, we have to pay 2500 euro less registration-tax

[rodschwarz]

1560 said:

from now on, they put a new type of the 3litre ford engine in the roadster,
slightly less power, better ecological/tax results
librands hasn't yet made the new remap
we will allready mount their sport-exhaust

thanks to the slightly less power, we have to pay 2500 euro less registration-tax

I didn't know there was a new engine again.

Last year (July) they chose a new engine (CSG630) 150kW, 225 g/km CO2 (instead of > 230 g and 166kW For the Series 1) for the Series 2 Roadster.

What will be the figures for your engine?

Edited by rodschwarz on Wednesday 8th October 16:45

[1560]

150kw
to be build in january

[1560]

it will (on the outside) look like this one:
http://p1.pinkbike.com/photo/2570/pbpic2570325.jpg

inside:burnt orange (not burned)
(not best interior-pic)
http://p1.pinkbike.com/photo/2570/pbpic2570326.jpg

the old one:
http://p1.pinkbike.com/photo/2570/pbpic2570339.jpg
http://p1.pinkbike.com/photo/2570/pbpic2570338.jpg
after it was rebuild

(just registered on Talkmorgan)

[rodschwarz]

I do like the black hard top. Today I saw a Battleship Grey 4/4 with a black hard top in Duesseldorf during the 4/4 Sport launch in Germany. Very nice too.

[Boshly]

1560 said:

it will (on the outside) look like this one:
http://p1.pinkbike.com/photo/2570/pbpic2570325.jpg

inside:burnt orange (not burned)
(not best interior-pic)
http://p1.pinkbike.com/photo/2570/pbpic2570326.jpg

the old one:
http://p1.pinkbike.com/photo/2570/pbpic2570339.jpg
http://p1.pinkbike.com/photo/2570/pbpic2570338.jpg
after it was rebuild

(just registered on Talkmorgan)

Hi 1560

Looking firward to what sounds like a great looking car! My type of look

Boshly

[1560]

I've asked on another forum to photoshop the chrome-parts in to black

[jellison]

They are Bloody good cars. I race against alot of them in the Thoroughbredsportscar.com Championships (they were lumped into our class a few years back and we (in the most highly modded TR6's and Jag D-Types) struggle to beat them) most of the times (and our 6 is about as modded as you can get (bar loosing a bit more weight). We give away 15 - 25bhp and a chucnk of torque and they are about the same weight and simialr brakes and tyres.

I have some race vids some where with some in no doubt.

See Jonathan Ross has one with Bling Wires on.

Of the shots below - it have to be the black car with black wheels and hardtop;)

[1560]

f_ck
thought the waiting would be easy....NO,
next tuesday I'll go back to the garage to
pick up some more of the ambiance over there

might go to Malvern when they are building it

[jellison]

Gonna race it?

[1560]

first I'll try to get used to driving it on the road
meanwhile I'm following a course (lessons) on driving on a circuit with my MINI
and this monday I'm going to the Nuerburgring

when I'm ready, the Morgan will go to the track
on a dry day even on the Nordschleife

really racing: no thanks
I' race mountainbikes (marathons like Grand Raid Cristalp)

when I'm 40, and got bored of the bike-races,
then I'll probably buy an old +4 to race stuff like "tour de france" etc.
(hopefully)

[jellison]

Ah cool - Mind I am 44! Tour de france (that is a rally or something- not racing).

Is yours black or black wheels?

[1560]

it will be black (metallic) with painted wheels (alloy), hardtop and dashboard
orange leather inside

[jellison]

1560 said:

it will be black (metallic) with painted wheels (alloy), hardtop and dashboard
orange leather inside

Whoooa - That sounds mega - ogange Leather - Good call.

[AeroMan]

jellison said:

1560 said:

it will be black (metallic) with painted wheels (alloy), hardtop and dashboard
orange leather inside

Whoooa - That sounds mega - ogange Leather - Good call.

A real stealth look; until you see the interior!

[1560]

when the hardtop is on I'll take the headrests off,
to make the orange less visible from behind

[jellison]

Nice one competeing at the Castle Combe Sprint yesterday. Can remeber the chaps name but races a bit too.

[1560]

a 3.0V6?