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- December 11, 2018
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- December 11, 2018
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- December 11, 2018
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- December 11, 2018
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Behind-the-Seat Canvas w/Morgan Logo & Zip Side Pocket
(20 x 12 x 12)- December 11, 2018
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Stylish Hardcase with Green Morgan Roadster
(20 x 12 x 12)- December 11, 2018
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Gorgeous Vintage Look Leather Hardcase (30 x 18 x 9)
(30 x 18 x 9)- December 11, 2018
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1930 Morgan Aero Van
Not your average beer truck- November 26, 2018
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According to the records from the MTWC registrar, Steve Lister, OF 7062 has an eclectic lineage. It has the straight bottom tubes on the front typical of a Super Aero from 1927 to 1929 but with other features, like the M type bevel box and oil tank more appropriate to 1929-1933. Pictures from Mike Andrews, a previous owner (1964-1966) show it with a Blackburn radiator and JAP engine. The Birmingham registration number OF7062 was issued in late 1930 but the chassis number M326 (a Deluxe Family model) wasn’t dispatched from the Morgan factory until December 1930. What is known for certain is that in 1968 Alexander Frazier owned it. It was Mr. Frazier who fitted
Aero Van1
Period photo of the original livery by Alexander Frazier
the van box to promote his vintage auto parts business.
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For a profile in Hemmings magazine Click here.
“Aero Van” aka The Porta-Pub
1930 Aero OF7062Anyone who has been in this Morgan World for any length of time knows that its orbit will sweep in great circles but end up back where it started; again and again….and again. I bought my first Morgan in 1972 in Los Angeles, California. LA is a funny place in many respects. South Pasadena, where I lived at the time, is way out to the north east of the city and Long Beach is a bazillion miles to the south west; but miles in LA don’t seem to matter. A 50 mile drive to go to a movie was not uncommon so it seemed perfectly reasonable for me to drive from Pasadena to Long Beach for Morgan Plus Four Club of Southern California meetings. Unfortunately that first Morgan, and the several that followed it, were not paragons of reliability so I never really integrated with the club. But I did meet people; Morgan people, like [...]