Picking up my Morgan LM62 Works Morgan London February 2022
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- čas přidán 9. 02. 2022
- Harry and I head off for a bit of a life experience, picking up a new car together. Off to Morgan Works, London to collect our LM62 Plus Four.
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Hello from New Jersey USA. Congrats on the Morgan. I love the charming cobblestone street and the Morgan storefront. I wish we had that over here. I am soooo jealous. Two thumbs up!
It’s the last working workshop style London mews. All the others are offices, retail and residential now. Has a great atmosphere of people busy ‘doing’!
Why do you have to play the music so LOUD?
Soz
No shit! I’d rather hear the car.
My first car was a Morgan. I was living in CA, USA. It was a 1964 +4. I paid $2,000 for it. I loved that car with its leather belts over the hood, British Racing Green, spoke wheels, as well as that it could be hand cranked given its not always reliable electric starter. One of my favorite things about it was the owner's handbook which stated "Periodically tighten all bolts..."! I eventually sold it due to no matter what I did it would always over heat. Still miss it though.
Hand cranked option. I have an Austin Healy Sprite with that option. Not needed yet I’m pleased to say. What’s the car you’ve missed most?
Thank you for sharing the pick up of such a beauty. Greetings from Germany.
Thanks for the comment. Still awaiting a break in the rain to get a proper run
I just recently discovered these cars, this is an AWESOME pick. Congrats and love that british green !
Watch this space, I might disappoint you and get it wrapped 😬
@@julian_theviews Hey if you like a different color then absolutely go for it! It would not disappoint me one bit as long as it's what you want out of it!
Oh my God you lucky devil, I can only imagine the excitement of getting up one morning and heading to the Morgan showroom to pick up my new car!. I hope she's still motoring well. Best wishes. Gérard lacey in Ireland.
It really was a special experience. As was the factory visit. I wish I’d taken more footage now.
The very first time I saw a Morgan in person was in 1959 or 60, I was with my brother and a friend and we saw a Morgan dealer with the car in the window. The price on it was about $5,000 oh, and I thought that was super expensive. Most cars at that time were around 2,000 plus dollars. I've owned a total of 43 brand new cars my life, ranging from a 19 64 Opel Cadet station wagon with 46 horsepower, my drive-up price was $1,800. My most expensive car was a brand new Mercedes E420, I think the year was 1996 or 7?, then a Mitsubishi VR4 oh, that one was in the mid-40s thousands of dollars. Today is March 12th 2022. Never did by the Morgan, mainly for the reason I lived in New York at the time in Brooklyn, and the weather is not conducive for an open, convertible. It was one dream I never filled. They are beautiful cars and understand they are all handmade to this day.
It’s never too late
Enjoy the ride!
What a beauty!
I’m chuffed for ya mate. Harry will remember that day. 👍
A cracking day
Picking your own Morgan, sounds like a dream! I loved that white Plus Six with brown interior at 4:17, it looks gorgeous.
I’m a big fan of the brown interior.
There is no white car, its silver grey
I'm only a minute in, already loving the video - very wholesome experience. Enjoy the Morgan, guys!
Beautiful.
Lucky devils, enjoy!
Thanks
Pick up your new toy and then together with your son, how much fun is that.... These cars are beautiful!!
Awesome day out
Oh my. What a beautiful car! That green wow! I’d love to have one here in Ohio.
I’m going to the factory on Tuesday, hoping to find out when the Plus and Super 3 will be arriving in the US.
🥰the ginger hair . Fab
👍🏻
What a beauty.
Thanks. I’m considering silver next
Speaking as a ginger, what an incredibly beautiful red hair your son Harry has, almost going towards deep bronze.
Thanks, I aspire to be as cool as he is.
Ah - a Meopham Morgan owner! I’m in Rochester and should be getting a Plus 4 later in the year. I’ll wave if I see you!
Waving with a grin.
I really wish they would make the bonnets to lay flat on the tape in front of the screen.
I love your Morgan and you've got in in my favourate colour as well. One day, i will have one.
Thanks Mark. It’s all the good things you’d expect, and more
@@julian_theviews Enjoy buddy.
Lovely
Beautiful. Great colour choice. I must say though, I'm not enamoured with the big numbers on he sides.
I felt the numbers had to be done due to the LM element, however i did skip the one on the bonnet
@@julian_theviews Don't listen to me. I'm just some schmuck who'll never get a chance to own a Morgan so....😁
Agree.
Lovely car spoilt by those juvenile stickers.
Anyway, hope you have fun.
For scrutineering at LM 1962, "TOK258" had borrowed silver wire wheels to clear the 120mm ground clearance suitcase...are you going to adopt BRG wheels as used in the 1962 LM race?
Nope. The wheels may change though. Still considering mods.
Would love a Morgan, I can see the factory from my bedroom window. Wife and daughters demand something a little more practical though ☹️😂
You need to trade them in 👍🏻😆
Beautiful
Thinking of changing the colour, thoughts?
@@julian_theviews The green is beautiful but the cream colour top doesn't look right. I would change the colour to match the car either black or green. But it's your car. I see your interior is black. So you can make the body colour any colour you want.
Great video and I hope you are enjoying your LM62. Quick question, are the wire wheels on your car chrome/polished or silver-painted?
Just steel on mine, although I believe there are options for chrome and black
Nice...
The drive home would have been a nice touch.....
More driving to come
Fantastic. Now, when will the basic PlusFour be available in North America? I and many other current Morgan owners are VERY interested in seeing a few of these here. We can start with my garage in Arizona.
I thought it was. I’ll check it out and get back to you
Spoke to the Morgan factory. There should be cars arriving later this year.
Lovely sentimental Morgan, will be wonderful on nice days with the roof down. Music is annoying and having a number on a roundel on a road car was only done by cowboys back in my day. Not cool then or now. I seem to recall that RAC competitions license holders couldn’t do it under the rules then.
I wasn’t too sure on the number too. Yet the choice for me was either a nod to the heritage or do something modern. May yet change my mind and do a wrap. Although staying as is for now.
🙌🙌🙌
That's the first Morgan I've seen with a hard top which is a brilliant idea. Until they automate the soft top I won't be buying one!
The hard top on the plus range is great. Although I did get a soft top for it too. Easy up and down, yet I’m not that bothered with open top driving, hence the hard top 👍🏻
I'm in Hartley. Why didn't you go to Brands Hatch Morgan at Borough Green? Why aren't you using it anymore? I'll be at the factory on Monday
Sarah and the team at Brands Hatch Morgan are fantastic. I didn’t purchase through them due to a slight twist of fate opposed to much else. Going through the factory has some benefits for me as I like to record bits. The Plus Four has gone back to Morgan and I’m now in a Plus Six. It’s quite a different drive. A full review will be posted soon. Hope you enjoyed the factory visit.
Very Fun
Roll on the sunshine
Genial 🤩
Nice comment, thanks
Nice car, music no.
New content amended accordingly 👍🏻
Right after I got out of the Army in 1969, I bought a ‘67 (I think it was) Morgan 4/4 with a hardtop for $2,500. The original owner was president of the Morgan Club in Los Angeles and he said the hardtop was one of only 3 in the US. Great car, but I had to sell it when I was in college as I didn’t have the money to maintain it and I didn’t want it to fall apart.
Treat yourself again 😁
@@julian_theviews LOL, I almost talked myself into it about 10 years ago. Even visited Morgan West in Santa Monica, CA. My current hotrod is a ‘64 Beetle that I had converted to electric drive with approx. 4 times stock torque and 3 times stock HP. It’s a rocket!
Still debating the electric route. Thinking a silver shadow. Sounds like you’re sold on it? Pros and cons?
The current project is a jag mark2. Retromod project just starting out.
@@julian_theviews Yeah, we like electric. My first EV was a BMW i3. Great little car, nimble, quick, but just not enough range. Plus, the generic chargers are hard to find (that’s changing now) and poorly maintained (many don’t work). We’ve got 2 Teslas, X & S. Yesterday I got a Model 3 loaner while the service center did maintenance on my X’s driver’s door. It’s the first time that I have driven a 3, what a great car! Handled like a sports car. The user interfaces were very different from the S & X though. The service writer had to give me a brief training before I could drive it and it still took me 15+ minutes to figure out how to adjust the mirrors and things. Electric cars are very low maintenance since there is no oil, gas or spark plugs. Brakes will probably last the life of the car due to the regenerative braking. The main drawback is charging times on trips although there is a lot of work being done to improve battery technology and reduce charging times. At home charging is no big deal as you charge at night so you are always good to go in the morning with charged batteries. Good luck with Mark 2. A friend of mine used to own XK’s Unlimited in San Luis Obispo where he did service, restoration and even construction from scratch of Jags. He built from new an SS that he took to Pebble Beach and even an owner of a real SS didn’t know it wasn’t an original. He was also on Jay Leno’s Garage a bunch of times.
Great info. I’ll be sharing on our podcast. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/motoviews/id1669287420?i=1000605461438
Interested in what you think of our waffle
What is the name of the colour? Have an MGA which is soon to be repainted, and must admit this colour is just perfect
Morgan jet green. It’s the same as Porsche bruster green I believe
@@julian_theviews great :) Thanks
Sounds like a two stroke DKW F9 out of the fiveties, only quieter 😞
Morgan plus 8 vrom the sixties to the nineties is the real thing. Sorry.
I now have a plus six. Doesn’t have the same theatre as the V8, yet it handles better, and is considerably faster (obs).
The plus four is great, yet missing that spark (and sound apparently)
What a lovely work of art that car is. This little beauty is exactly what the climate fanatics want to remove from the road, damn shame, i hope you get many many years of joy out of it & then pass it on to your son. Good video, music grates on the nerves. Ric, ontario canada. ( green with envy).
Thanks for the comment. I’ll be upgrading to the plus six soon. More videos, less music.
Transmission?
Manual of course. I tried an auto, which is only any good when you’re using it in flappy paddle mode….. so keep it hands on in my view.
Only way to go in my opinion!
What is an LM62 Works?
LeMans 1962 class winner… current LM62 is a tribute limited edition Morgan Plus Four
I attempted to watch this video, I really did, but the volume difference between the speaking and the inserted back ground music was so drastic that I had to give up.
Sorry about that. It was a first punt. picking up a Plus Six later in the year, hope to do a better job
Music good
You stand alone given all the other comments.
Four minutes in and STILL no car! --- I gave up.
Sorry martin, it’s one to scroll through as it was more for my son and I than anything else! try the first drive or Morgan handover (now that has car detail)
Video spoilt by that "music"!
Indeed! New stuff less the noise will follow
Just don´t take it out in the rain!
Yaris GR for the wet stuff 👍🏻
turn that poxy music down
Off, I’m turning it off!
Nice car, ver annoying music!
Later stuff has no music!
Oh please! Treat a brand new engine decently! And a hard top on a Morgan?
I checked with Morgan about running in a new engine at the time of collection, apparently it’s no longer a thing (although it is on Triumph motorcycles). When the engine is warm it is not going to do a huge amount of harm. Although I get what you’re saying, and it’s not a habit.
Yup, a hard top. This is a limited edition LM62, and has a hard top like the 1962 LeMans winning Morgan (2ltr class). I’m about to take delivery of a Plus Six, it will have a hard top too. Having said that, I believe they are about to stop making the hard tops due to a lack of take up. Being carbon fibre it’s an expensive addition.
We don’t require loud music why waste it
Soz
That music spoiled the video.
Yep, sorry
I really tried to watch but had to fast forward through nearly the whole video due to the truly awful music which for some reason is much louder than when you speak so the volume had to go up and down. Shame as your car looks lovely.
One of my first videos….. hopefully newer ones will be better, when I get the car back from Morgan that is.
Great video but awful loud music!
You’re a bit Tate to the party on that one. Thanks for watching and getting through it. Later vids are better (I hope)
The music is awful, I just turned off of my one and only visit to this site.
I’m surprised you took the time to message if you’re never coming back.
I’m in complete agreement, the music is dreadful. Yet as my first ever attempt it’s a learning curve. Don’t come back though, I can’t promise it’ll get any better
I think you WILL improve Julian
Why 62 were you born in 62 .# me 2
LM62, it’s a leMans tribute to the winning car in 1962.
dreadful music funny old car
Music won’t be on all future stuff 👍🏻
Too much drama
I know. Sorry about that. For me it was less about the car and more of a day trip. Thanks for the advice 👍🏻
Pity about the completely sh 1 te music which really ruins the video
New stuff will be coming up….without music 👍🏻
@@julian_theviews that will be worth looking forward to as the video content and editing is otherwise great!!
No need for the stupid music.
That’s been well and truly established….. later stuff will get better. Appreciate the feedback 👍🏻
Fucking awful noise, didnt watch!
Hey steve, no need for the swearword, other adjectives are available👍🏻. Yep agreed about the music though. One of my first videos!
@@julian_theviews sorry but there is a need to swear, jolly awful noise just doesnt do it
😆 that bad!!!
Please enable CC. Otherwise 👎
What’s CC? New to this!
Nice cars. Awful music.
Indeed it is. First punt at filming. Others shouldn’t be so bad. Take a look and let me know. Always glad to get feedback
Horrid music and angles.
Filmed by a 14 year old. I’ll pass on the constructive criticism.
Music is down to me, and I agree entirely 😁 hopefully later stuff is better. Have a look at some of the later stuff and let me know what you think
Love Morgans, but ..... worst car video ever. Lots of video of a London mall & other random stuff, overlaid with some awful heavy rock music & some barely audible mumbling.
I think you missed the point. It’s not a car video, it’s a father and son trip.
What a load of Crap.... I've worked on them and driven them... , but these are pure Shite.... From Malvern.... the home of the parts bin special....!
Have you driven one since the aluminium chassis and the parts bin being mainly from BMW? I agree they still have some way to go, yet I’d give a new one a drive as you may be surprised……try and ignore the door handles that look like chrome versions from my metro.
@@julian_theviews isn’t the internet a wonderful place. Just ignore comments such as this and enjoy your car.
I think these comments are a great balance. Everything is subjective and Ivan has his own experiences and opinions which is all good with me…… and if I don’t like it I’ll just block the comment 😆👍🏻
Two kids traveling to a store in London to get an older kid a toy…… Amateur and immature video …..
Love the looks of Morgan cars…. Never experienced driving one. The engine (on multiple videos) does not impress me with sounds of coughing, burping and farting …. Must be a design feature of plus 4 …. Always dreamed to own one - maybe will someday…..
Of course it’s amateur, filming an adventure with my youngest isn’t my profession. I’m unsure how you’re applying the definition of immature, yet you’re probably right there too. Hopefully I’ll be filming more toy buying in the future.
The exhaust note is better than anything I’ve managed to catch in the recordings. It’s completely different with the S button pressed. Get yourself down to a Morgan dealership and have a test drive and let me know what you think 👍🏻