Description
Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire
12th Feb, 2025 9:00
1933 Morgan 3-Wheeler Super-Sports
Estimate
£16, 000 - £20, 000
Registration No: EX 6915
Chassis No: D236
MOT: Exempt
JAP-engined V-twin Morgan
Subject to a comprehensive body and engine overhaul in 2003
Affectionately known as 'Castrol' and previously displayed at the Haynes International Motor Museum
Offered in need of light recommissioning
An ingenious concept, HFS Morgan built his first three-wheeler in 1909. Based around a tubular steel frame, its low centre of gravity and advanced 'sliding pillar' independent front suspension endowed it with excellent roadholding. Progressively developed, the single rear-wheel-driven platform played host to a variety of JAP, Matchless, Blackburne, Anzani and Ford powerplants over the years (though, the prototype used a Peugeot unit). Fearsome competition cars, Morgan three wheelers driven by the likes of HFS himself, Clive Lones and Harold Beart acquitted themselves well on race circuits and trial stages alike (Mrs Gwenda Stewart recorded 115. 66mph during a record run at Montlhery in 1930). An evolution of the JAP powered Aero model, the Super Sports appeared in 1927. By 1933 Morgan's three-wheeler chassis could be ordered with four types of body, namely: Super Sports, Sports Two-Seater, Sports Family and Family. The Super Sports was notable for its chromium-plated exhaust pipes that run the length of the body. Interest in Morgans of this period has never waned and, if anything, increased in recent times - the company's inspired decision to create a modern three-wheeler having brought the early cars to the attention of a new audience.
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