Morgan Plus 8

This is an early Morgan Plus 8, ordered on the Morgan stand at the 1969 Earls Court Motor Show and supplied new to an oil industry worker based in the Gulf of Oman. He collected it from the factory in 1970 and drove it to Rome, then toured Italy, Austria and Greece in it. It was not registered in the UK until November 1974.

The car has had four keepers. The engine was removed in 2011 at 59,885 miles after a rear main oil leak, and was rebored to 3.9 litres by J E Developments. The rear axle and limited-slip differential were rebuilt in 2001, and the Moss four-speed gearbox was rebuilt in 2019. A new petrol tank went in during 2018. The page puts roughly 3,000 miles on the engine since its rebuild.

The current vendor bought it in September 2024. Since then it has had a service, suspension set up with negative camber and adjustable dampers, a lightweight starter motor and an overhaul of the brakes with Mintex linings. A Gemmer steering box has been fitted. The original side-exit exhausts, fitted by the second owner, stay with the car. It has narrow-body factory wings, a history file and a full set of wet-weather equipment.