Morgan Plus Four back on the road

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Fulfilling all the criteria for the traditional British sports car, the Morgan Plus Four, like the T-series MGs, Jaguar XKs and Triumph TRs, soon became a favourite in America, especially with former GIs who, whilst stationed in Europe, had learnt to appreciate the enjoyable combination of brisk performance and precise handling. Like the other sporting brands, Morgans maintained a distinct character that has spawned a legion of marque devotees.

As if to live up to expectations, the featured 1953 Plus Four was dispatched from the factory to New York, and found its way to an owner in California who dismantled it in the 1970s and packaged it in some US Army ammunition boxes. The dissembled car was repatriated to Devon in 2014 and lay untouched until coming to the attention of a Morgan fanatic who was prepared to take on the challenge of turning the pile of parts into a useable car.

Three years down the line, the car is on the road and a testament to the hard work of the owner and associates who went to the trouble of saving the rare lhd example. In his Back on the Road series, Michael Ware charts the Plus Four’s progress in the April issue of The Automobile, on sale now.

(Words Zack Stiling, photographs Michael Ware)

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