Advertising Last completed movie pages 1938 Morgan 4/4 DHC Comments about this vehicle| Author | Message |
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◊ 2010-04-11 11:40 |
I've done a bit more research, and this appears to be a 4-4, made between 1936 and 1955 (!) The +4 didn't appear until 1950, after this film came out. The small round thing on the bonnet (/hood) is a holder for a British tax disc. |
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◊ 2010-04-11 14:22 |
Sorry, Zodiak, let's have it right: 4-4, not 4/4. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Motor_Company . Don't blame me, blame the Morgan Motor Company  |
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◊ 2010-04-11 14:32 |
That would mean we had to change all Morgan 4/4 to 4-4: /vehicles_make-Morgan_model-4%252F4.html , right? |
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◊ 2010-04-11 14:39 |
No, only the pre-1955 ones .gif ";)") ; in fact the shorter ones with flat radiators. The 4/4 replaced the 4-4 in '55 according to Wikipedia (although it ignores the fact in the model list further down the page)  . -- Last edit: 2010-04-11 14:40:42 |
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◊ 2010-04-11 21:52 |
@Mike: seems to be just these four: /vehicle_293807-Morgan-4-4-1936.html /vehicle_104423-Morgan-4-4-1938.html /vehicle_263519-Morgan-4-4-1949.html /vehicle_110987-Morgan-4-4-1952.html |
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◊ 2010-04-14 21:47 |
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◊ 2010-04-14 22:12 |
These 4 4/4 changed to 4-4 |
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◊ 2010-04-15 09:15 |
![[:thumbs]](https://imcdb.opencommunity.be/images/smileys/thumbs.gif "[:thumbs]") |
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◊ 2011-09-17 23:22 |
This is a 4-4 Drop Head Coupe. Note the square top of the windscreen and High doors. There are only 7 of them on the Morgan Registry in the UK dated between 1938 and 1950. |
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◊ 2011-09-18 01:19 |
As this is a 3* car, is there a shot showing the number plate in case it's dateable or could identify the car against the Registry? |
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◊ 2011-10-28 07:16 |
The issue of 4-4 vs. 4/4 is pretty complex. The original designation in 1936 was \"4-4\", meaning \"4 wheels, 4 cylinders\". Production was interrupted from 1939 to 1946 by World War II. When post-war production resumed in 1946, Morgan advertisements used the name \"4/4\" for the car which was barely changed from 1939. So one school of thought would be to use \"4-4\" for 1936-39 models and \"4/4\" for 1946 and later models. In practice, the Morgan community refers to all 1936-50 four-wheelers as \"4/4 Series 1\". The Morgan in the picture is a 4/4 Series 1 Drophead Coupe. The Drophead Coupes were first sold in 1938, so it couldn\'t be a 1936 model. Because it is lacking a mascot on the radiator cap, it would appear to be a postwar 4/4, but that is a simple feature to modify. |
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◊ 2011-10-28 07:20 |
Somehow my previous post was marred by a number of backslash symbols "\". Carefully note that they are different from "/". |
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◊ 2011-10-29 11:09 |
That happens when you try to post a comment, but you are required to re-enter your username and password. The backslashes appear next to every quotation mark and apostrophe. |
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◊ 2017-05-01 17:14 |
![[Image: _00_43_35-4757-03-10-11h46m34s912.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/3890/_00_43_35-4757-03-10-11h46m34s912.jpg) |
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◊ 2023-09-13 16:44 |
immatriculation: 8711-RQ3 ?? département de Seine ? 1948 ? -- Last edit: 2023-09-13 16:45:59 |
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