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1939 MORGAN THREE-WHEELER MX4 SUPERSPORTS
Registration No. NJ 5579
Chassis No. D1876
Engine No. MX689
Red and black with red interior.
Engine: water cooled V twin Matchless MX 4, 990cc, O.H.V., compression ratio 6:1; Gearbox: three speed chain drive; Brakes: three wheel drum; Suspension: front, independent sliding pillar, rear, quarter elliptic springs. Right hand drive.
H.F.S. Morgan, the founder of the Morgan Motor Company, produced the first of his three-wheeler cars in 1910. This single seater was available with four horsepower and eight horsepower J.A.P. engines and by 1911 a two-seater became the standard model with a choice of deluxe or sporting bodies. The Grand Prix Aero and Super Sports models followed and achieved outstanding success in competition, being actively raced and trialled as well as being used for record breaking. The three-wheeler was produced for over forty years and its fine sporting tradition is kept alive today through the enthusiasm and competition activities of the Morgan Three-Wheeler Club.
The barrel-backed Supersports model was introduced at the 1933 Motorshow. It was available with either the air-cooled Matchless MX2 engine, or the more desirable overhead valve, water cooled Matchless MX4. The engine was guaranteed to produce 40bhp and the price of the car was £150, as compared with the beetle-back model at £125 with the MX2 engine, and £135 with the sixty degree J.A.P. engine. The sleek new barrel-backed MX4 featured a chromium luggage grid, rear mounted spare wheel and a low V windscreen. The 1934 models were the first to use double "D" shaped cutouts at the side of the bonnet in order to improve cooling, as well as a modified gearbox casing giving better workwheel cooling and running on Castrol D oil. This introduction of the new gearbox caused the chassis numbers to change from the R to D Series (as on offer today) and was the last and most advanced Supersports model.
This particularly attractive MX4 Supersports is finished in red over black with red upholstery. The car is described as running and driving well, is very well presented and appears to be in excellent restored condition throughout.
The MX4 Supersports is regarded as one of the most desirable production three-wheeler Morgans. It can provide exhilarating pre-war motoring and is equally at home on the open road or the Vintage race circuit.
Registration No. NJ 5579
Chassis No. D1876
Engine No. MX689
Red and black with red interior.
Engine: water cooled V twin Matchless MX 4, 990cc, O.H.V., compression ratio 6:1; Gearbox: three speed chain drive; Brakes: three wheel drum; Suspension: front, independent sliding pillar, rear, quarter elliptic springs. Right hand drive.
H.F.S. Morgan, the founder of the Morgan Motor Company, produced the first of his three-wheeler cars in 1910. This single seater was available with four horsepower and eight horsepower J.A.P. engines and by 1911 a two-seater became the standard model with a choice of deluxe or sporting bodies. The Grand Prix Aero and Super Sports models followed and achieved outstanding success in competition, being actively raced and trialled as well as being used for record breaking. The three-wheeler was produced for over forty years and its fine sporting tradition is kept alive today through the enthusiasm and competition activities of the Morgan Three-Wheeler Club.
The barrel-backed Supersports model was introduced at the 1933 Motorshow. It was available with either the air-cooled Matchless MX2 engine, or the more desirable overhead valve, water cooled Matchless MX4. The engine was guaranteed to produce 40bhp and the price of the car was £150, as compared with the beetle-back model at £125 with the MX2 engine, and £135 with the sixty degree J.A.P. engine. The sleek new barrel-backed MX4 featured a chromium luggage grid, rear mounted spare wheel and a low V windscreen. The 1934 models were the first to use double "D" shaped cutouts at the side of the bonnet in order to improve cooling, as well as a modified gearbox casing giving better workwheel cooling and running on Castrol D oil. This introduction of the new gearbox caused the chassis numbers to change from the R to D Series (as on offer today) and was the last and most advanced Supersports model.
This particularly attractive MX4 Supersports is finished in red over black with red upholstery. The car is described as running and driving well, is very well presented and appears to be in excellent restored condition throughout.
The MX4 Supersports is regarded as one of the most desirable production three-wheeler Morgans. It can provide exhilarating pre-war motoring and is equally at home on the open road or the Vintage race circuit.