Morgan 4/4 Flat Rad

This is a 1938 Morgan 4/4 Series 1, the 'Flat Rad' car named for its flat radiator grille. The 4/4 was Morgan's first four-wheeled production model, and this one uses the 1,122 cc Coventry Climax four-cylinder engine with an unsynchronised four-speed Meadows gearbox.

The current owner bought it in 1989 and it was fully renovated by Brookstead Panel Craft in Rotherham during the 1990s. The restoration included a set of reconditioned weather gear that has never been used. For about 20 years from the early 2000s it was serviced and developed by Ledgerwood Morgan.

Work listed includes a new alloy radiator and fan unit in March 2019 and a top-end engine overhaul. Fuel lines, tyres and hub caps have been renewed more recently, and the electrics now use a single 12-volt battery in place of two six-volt units in series. The dealer says paperwork for the Ledgerwood work is thin. The car is being sold because of the owner's ill health.