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Making a Morgan - 17 days of craftmanship: step-by-step from specification sheet
Anotace
| Vazba: | Brožovaná | ||
| Počet stran: | 160 | ||
| Rozměry v mm: | 240 x 285 | ||
| Počet obrázků: | 380 | ||
| Rok vydání: | 2018 | ||
| Vydání: | Oficiální dotisk původního vydání | ||
Features
• An incredible journey beginning in the Chassis Shop of the factory
• 17 days from specification sheet to finished car
• Every detail of the build recorded in words and pictures
• Meet Morgan’s craftsmen and apprentices
• Discover how generations of the same families have built Morgans
• Be amazed at age-old techniques used to shape wooden frames
• See the skill in traditional panel beating and rolling
• Understand what makes Morgans and the Morgan factory so special
Description
Morgan’s way of producing cars is unique. In this day and age, the company still makes use of real craftsmanship in every aspect of building its characterful cars, and every Morgan can be made to a bespoke specification to suit the individual customer’s wishes.
In Making a Morgan, the reader accompanies a very traditional model, a Morgan Plus 4, through every step of its build, from customer specification sheet to finished car – a process that, in this instance, takes 17 days.
During their stay in Malvern, the authors spent every day at the Pickersleigh Road factory and, in doing so, established a real rapport with the the Morgan craftsmen and craftswomen. A rapport that allows this book to present a truly intimate portrait of the individuals who so proudly build Morgans, and the painstaking way they go about their work.
Featuring some 380 images, including a range of archive photos from the Morgan factory, this is a rare overview of a unique, and very British, manufacturing tradition.
Never before in over 100 years of rich history has the Morgan production process been documented in such detail.
Synopsis
In ‘Making a Morgan’ the reader accompanies a very traditional model, a Morgan Plus 4, through it’s build from customer’s specification sheet to finished car. A process that, in this instance, will take 17 days.
All Morgans can be bespoke, and the unique thing about ‘our’ car is that it will be built with a narrow frame front end that properly belongs to a 4/4 model. Invisible, except to Morgan cognoscenti, this non-standard front end means that the distance between the headlamps and the radiator grille is somewhat less than on the standard Plus 4 models. Most likely, this customer prefers understatement, but on the other hand didn’t hold back when specifying the car’s equipment: sports model without spare wheel, a 2-litre engine, polished wire-spoke wheels, door pockets, full leather interior in red, map light, hood, sidescreens, tonneau cover in black mohair, front and rear overriders on the bumpers, sun visors, and a radio with CD player.
Oh, yes, before we forget, this car will be painted in the very traditional, dark, Irish Green paint, code L4069. Why there should be so many green Morgans is a mystery to us; after all, customers can choose from a palette of around 40,000 colours!
Although the car will be delivered to a London Morgan dealership, what we have here is a model with left-hand drive steering. Most likely, the customer lives on the Continent. He, or she, doesn’t know that a book is being written about their Morgan but, of course, the authors will see to it that the car’s new owner gets an autographed copy of the book.
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