Vehicle Description
-Brooklands Green with Tango Wineberry Zinda Connolly leather
interior, Black vinyl soft top, Black vinyl tonneau, 2.2 Liter
Engine, 4-Speed manual Gearbox, Rare and Fully restored.
The Morgan Plus Four Super Sports was developed by Chris Lawrence
and his Lawrence Tune team. Lawrence had begun privately developing
the Morgan Plus 4 for racing in the late 1950s. By 1961, Lawrence
was running the factory Works team of racers in the UK and Europe,
regularly humbling significant opposition. At the time, the Morgan
Motor Company didn't have the resources to officially run or
sponsor a Works team so instead gave Chris Lawrence the support and
encouragement to enable their racing at both national and
international levels, often as Works entries. The Lawrence prepared
Morgan Plus 4 was very successful in the 1959 UK Race Season. In
1962, his competition successes came to the notice of Peter Morgan,
who offered him Morgan works support. As a result, Lawrence won his
Class in the 1962 Le Mans 24 hour race. Under the name Lawrence
Tune, he prepared engines for Morgan when specially ordered. The
Lawrence Tune Morgan Super Sports used the aluminum low-line bodies
prepared specially for Le Mans. In 1960, Morgan teamed up with
Lawrence Tune, who modified the engines of a small number of Plus
4's to be entered into various endurance events, including the Le
Mans 24. Since it was not unusual for these modified cars to secure
at least Class wins, they duly created interest amongst the sports
car fraternity to encourage Morgan to produce equivalent modified
Plus 4's for their road clientele. Hence the birth of the Plus 4
Super Sports.
In February 1961, Morgan launched the Super Sports which
featured:
• Specially modified 2138 cc, 4-cylinder Triumph TR2 engine
developing 125 bhp at 5500 rpm
• Four speed manual gearbox
• Gas flowed head
• Compression ratio of 9.0:1
• Modified camshaft
• Balanced crankshaft
• Two twin choke Webber 42DCOE carburettors
• Special inlet manifold
• Four branch exhaust system using two pipes
• An oil cooler
• Four wheel disc brakes
This Morgan is a factory-built example, it has been documented by
Morgan Archivist - Martin Webb as a LHD Super Sports with Low Line
body, Bucket seats, Selectrides, Heater and Windscreen washer. It
was dispatched on July 19, 1967 to Metro motors, Windsor, Ontario,
Canada. This Super Sports has enjoyed recent long term collector
ownership since 2011 to present.
Used sparingly and maintained where and when needed, this rare and
unique Morgan is in spectacular condition throughout. A truly
unique opportunity, we are honored to be able to offer this Plus
Four Super Sports to market in ready to use condition and for
immediate enjoyment.
