Morgan offers its customers an unrivalled palette but Connaught Green, a riff on the BRG we all love, is surely one of the very best: Understated, elegant, and timeless it showcases the Morgan’s classic lines to perfection.
A Morgan wears a light patina better than most, so the fact we spotted scratches on the nearside wings and the driver’s door along with chips on both rear wings and the driver’s door, means less here than it might on a more modern sportscar.
But it’s easy to set such fripperies aside because the panels still hang together well, but then they should as they were coaxed into place by hand onto a ash frame and a steel chassis, a time-consuming process that ensures peerless build quality alongside unsurpassed longevity.
Black wing beading serves to further demonstrate the Morgan’s panel alignment, while tight shutlines prove that handbuilt need not mean artisanal build quality.
Its curation has been every bit the equal of its build as the louvres still run straight and true and the radiator grille remains shiny and imposing. The chrome bumpers are in similarly fine fettle; straight and free of dinks, the suite of brightwork includes multi-adjustable door mirrors.
The light lenses are also in good order, including the matching Wipac headlamps. Free of chips, cracks, and other issues the factory-fitted illumination includes a high-level third brake light, something that’s even more important given how low the Morgan sits.
This fastidiousness extends to the 15-inch ‘Cobra’ chromed wire wheels, which are also in a fine condition with virtually no tarnishing, pitting, or rust – and that assessment extends to the matching spare wheel that’s mounted at the rear below and equally good chrome luggage rack.
The luggage rack also provides somewhere to store the side screens when they aren’t needed, enabling you to tour with the confidence you can handle whatever Mother Nature throws at you.
The tyres are matching 195/60R15 Avon ZV1s, surely the quintessential rubber for a classic British sportscar. However, as the originals they are a quarter of a century old.
The black PVC hood furls and unfurls as it should, and seals as well as any Morgan roof does when it is raised. This 4/4 comes with door tops too, which also fit well and appear to have been used as sparingly as the roof as all remain free of rips, tears, and other damage. The doors are also equipped with sliding glass windows, making paying car-park fees and péage charges a doddle.
Of course, a Morgan wouldn’t be a Morgan if it didn’t come with a tonneau cover. This Rivenhood mohair example is also piped in green, has a zipped driver’s compartment, and looks to have barely used, something we trust the new owner will waste no time in rectifying.
As for stuff you will need to do – apart from fitting the tonneau and buying an Irvin sheepskin flying jacket, of course – the only things we identified were the headlamp and front and rear light bezels are tarnished, something that also afflicts the mirror arms and windscreen frame. And there is some blistering around the headlights plus a small scuff on the nearside rear corner.
A professional paint correction wouldn’t go amiss either, but that’s only to remove the polishing swirls and allow the factory paint to reveal its full glory.
