Last December we ended our five year adventure on our trusty narrow boat SKYY (see The adventures of Narrow Boat Skyy) and returned to our home in Sanderstead, Surrey. a new step grandchild was on it's way and this time we wanted to be closer to hand. We had considered many options of where to live, but being back amongst chums and family won, despite our abhorrence of the traffic down south.
After a very active life travelling around the UK's canals and rivers I needed to ensure that I wouldn't get bored. Before we started our travels I had totally rebuilt a an old Harley Iron Head and renovated a Moto Guzzi California, which now lives in the South of France with our biking chums and gets ridden once or twice a year.
My first thought was to do up another bike, but riding in the UK doesn't hold much charm now, my second thought was to do up an old Morgan three wheeler, until I realised the price and found out that the Morgan Motor Company had after 50 years or so, started to produce a thee wheeler at £30,000 plus, way out of my price bracket.
Now, a replica Morgan kit car was within budget and would just about fit into my well stuffed single garage and as it uses a Moto Guzzi engine, final drive and back wheel, all of which I was very familiar with, this seemed the perfect project. When I found that Arthur Raynor's operation was just down the A23 at Ditchling in Sussex ( http://www.spitfireart.com/braprices.html) and after a visit, that was it, I was hooked.
Now I, the garage and trestles await, it shouldn't be long now, end of month, fingers crossed.
