Description
Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire
12th Feb 2025 - 9:00AM
1963 Morgan Plus 4
Fresh engine overhaul by TR Enterprises
Estimate
£20, 000 - £24, 000
Registration No: 559 FYN
Chassis No: 5413
MOT: Exempt
Accompanying history file dates back to 1972 and lists three former keepers
Finished in its original colour scheme of British Racing Green with Tan leather upholstery
Supplied with full weather equipment
Full engine overhaul recently completed by TR Enterprises to fast road specification
First seen in 1950, the Morgan Plus 4 was a larger and more powerful derivative of the company's 4/ 4 and remained in production on and off for seventy years. Up until 1969, it was powered by the four-cylinder engines found in the Triumph TR range, which were mated to a four-speed manual gearbox with well-spaced ratios. The rakish body was mounted on a variant of Morgan's familiar Z-section chassis, underslung at the rear. The suspension was independent by sliding pillars and coil springs at the front and a live axle on semi-elliptic springs at the rear. Braking was by drums all-round and steering by a Burman cam and selector system. As tested by Autosport's John Bolster, the 100bhp 1991cc Triumph-engined Plus Four would accelerate to 60mph in 9. 6 seconds and on to a top speed of a whisker under 105mph.
Manufactured in 1963, chassis ‘5413’ was supplied new to the home market and was first registered on the 26th of June that year. With power supplied by the 2, 138cc Triumph TR3 engine connected to the four-speed manual Moss gearbox, the Plus 4 was finished from the factory in British Racing Green paintwork coachwork with complementary Tan leather interior upholstery. This is pleasingly still the colour combination in which the Morgan presents today, and interestingly, the Plus 4 returned to the factory in 1980 for a full re-trim to its original colours. In several periods of long-term ownership throughout its life, the Morgan is understood to have had just three former keepers. Remaining in the United Kingdom until 1985 when the second owner emigrated from Guildford to California (United States of America), the Morgan accompanying him on the voyage and remaining there for numerous years.
Repatriated to the United Kingdom in 2011, ‘559 FYN’ spent a considerable amount of its American time residing in the dry state of California, which is a testament to its condition now. Recently benefitting from a full engine overhaul completed by TR Enterprises to fast road specification, the Morgan started readily and ran very well during our recent photography session, sustaining excellent oil pressure. Supplied with full weather equipment comprising hood (trimmed in Brown), hood frame, full tonneau, and hood bag to accompany the original jack, wheel brace, and spare wheel cover. The accompanying history file dates back to 1972 with numerous previous invoices and MOTs, an instruction book, American documentation, and a current V5C document showing three former keepers. A low ownership example with a freshly overhauled engine of a British icon!
