The iconic Morgan car: Alex Sully talked to members of Bishopsteignton Probus Club about his experience of owning and racing Morgan cars.

He bought his most recent Morgan in 2014, when during construction, he and his wife were encouraged to visit the Morgan factory, took photos and were given updates on progress.

Alex has enjoyed hill-climbing and trials up muddy tracks, and having damaged his first Morgan on the way to an event, he reassured the audience that you can easily remove damaged panels, buy and fit new ones.

Alex shared myths and legends about Morgan cars, including the false belief that you can buy a kit and build your own Morgan.

It is also untrue that Morgan cars had wooden bodies; the body frames are made with English ash and the bodywork is made of aluminium. The bonnets are handmade and, therefore, each is unique to the particular car.

So far as the paint is concerned, customers can select any colour from up to 14,000 colours.

The current factory is built on a slight slope and the engineers are able to push individual cars from the first bay where construction starts, downhill to the next bay for the next stage. When that is finished, the car is pushed down to the next bay, etc.

The Morgan Motor Company’s reputation was founded on their iconic three-wheeler with its metal body which proved very popular. Its strong reputation built rapidly and was helped by Gwenda Stewart, a dedicated record-breaker at Brooklands where she was known as one of the fastest people on three wheels in her Morgan Aero.

Over the years, the Morgan Motor Company expanded their range of cars to include the modern three-wheeler, the aluminium chassied Aero with its BMW 4.4 litre engine, and perhaps the best one for its time, the Aero Max with its unique bodywork of which only 100 were made.

The cars have not changed much over the years, but the customers have; in the past, owners were often young, but with the high cost of a Morgan today (Plus Four costs some £80,000), the customers tend to be somewhat older.