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1 | Date | Morgan Event |
2 | 8/11/1881 | HFS Morgan born. |
3 | 1/6/1906 | Harry Morgan opened his Worcester branch of Morgan & Co. on Worcester Road. |
4 | 2/11/1909 | First Morgan built. |
5 | 11/21/1910 | Morgan first shown at Olympia Motor Cycle Show |
6 | 12/26/1910 | Harry Morgan enters Morgan's first competitive event, the MCC London to Exeter Winter Trial in a Runabout, and won a Gold Medal. |
7 | 12/5/1911 | Harrod's becomes the sole concessionaire for Morgan, and introduces their own bodywork for it. |
8 | 3/27/1912 | 1st cyclecar race to be run at Brooklands, won by Harry Martin in a Morgan |
9 | 4/1/1912 | Morgan & Co. becomes Morgan Motor Company Limited. |
10 | 6/12/1912 | Harry Morgan marries Hilda Ruth Day. |
11 | 11/24/1912 | HFS Morgan races his cyclecar to almost 60 mph at Brooklands. |
12 | 7/13/1913 | Gordon McMinnies places first in the Cycle Grand Prix at Amiens, but was not awarded the prize. |
13 | 11/24/1913 | Olympia Motorcycle Show opens to rave reviews for Morgan. |
14 | 8/7/1914 | Completion of Morgan's new Pickersleigh Road works. |
15 | 9/12/1914 | Harry Morgan patents a design for a four-wheeled Morgan. |
16 | 10/16/1919 | Official opening of the Pickersleigh Road extension. |
17 | 11/3/1919 | Peter Morgan born in Malvern Link. |
18 | 11/22/1919 | A new model, the Aero, is introduced at the Olympia Show. |
19 | 11/22/1919 | A new model, the four-seater Famiy, is introduced at the Olympia Show. |
20 | 9/7/1929 | Gwenda Stewart drove 101.55 miles in 1 hour, the first time a 3-wheeler had covered over 100 miles in an hour. |
21 | 12/27/1935 | Morgan announces their four-wheeler, the 4-4. |
22 | 11/10/1936 | Preb. HG Morgan dies. |
23 | 4/10/1937 | First test of V8 Morgan. |
24 | 8/16/1937 | 4 passenger Morgan introduced. |
25 | 6/21/1938 | Prudence Fawcett places 13th at Le Mans in a 4-4. |
26 | 8/8/1938 | First drophead coupe announced. |
27 | 10/16/1938 | DHC introduced. |
28 | 2/5/1939 | Introduction of Le Mans Replica. |
29 | 3/12/1939 | Introduction of 4-4 Le Mans Replica. |
30 | 12/14/1940 | Peter Morgan marries Jane |
31 | 7/29/1945 | 1st post WW2 Morgan produced. |
32 | 9/23/1950 | Plus 4 announced. |
33 | 10/18/1950 | Plus 4 introduced at Earl's Court Show, London |
34 | 1/20/1951 | 1st Plus 4 to USA; Angell Motors, Pasadena, CA; P 2104. |
35 | 2/20/1951 | Last Series 1 4-4 chassis number dispatched, chassis 2081. |
36 | 3/13/1951 | Last Series 1 4-4 dispatched; chassis 1902. |
37 | 3/16/1951 | 1st Plus 4s dispatched to (then) east coast Morgan distributor: Fergus Motors; P 2114, P 2115, P 2116. |
38 | 7/29/1951 | Charles Morgan born. |
39 | 7/14/1953 | Final Three-wheelers leave the factory. |
40 | 10/18/1953 | First 4 seat DHC introduced. |
41 | 2/9/1956 | Ruth Morgan dies. |
42 | 9/14/1956 | First time Morgan was said to have a sliding pillar front suspension (incorrectly) by "AutoCar" road test of Series 11 4/4. |
43 | 10/25/1956 | Series 11 4/4 introduced. |
44 | 8/19/1957 | Last 4 seat DHC produced. |
45 | 5/10/1959 | Chris Lawrence wins his first race in a Morgan at the BRSCC Brands Hatch Marque Race. |
46 | 6/15/1959 | HFS Morgan dies. |
47 | 9/5/1959 | Lalah Neuman Tallinghast first woman to drive in first Daytona International Speedway sports car race in a Plus 4. |
48 | 4/11/1960 | 50th anniversary of the MMC. |
49 | 11/12/1960 | Plus 4 Super Sports produced. |
50 | 2/14/1961 | First Super Sports introduced. |
51 | 4/29/1962 | Lew Spencer, C Production SCCA National Champion, Plus 4 SS (Baby Doll) |
52 | 6/24/1962 | Morgan wins class in LeMans. |
53 | 10/15/1963 | First Plus 4 Plus introduced at Earl's Court Motor Show, London. |
54 | 11/27/1965 | Carl Swanson, E Production SCCA National Champion, Morgan Plus 4 |
55 | 2/16/1967 | First Plus 8 roars into life. |
56 | 4/20/1967 | Last Plus 4 Plus produced. |
57 | 11/15/1967 | Introduction of the Plus 8. |
58 | 2/17/1968 | First road test of Plus 8. |
59 | 5/6/1968 | Last Super Sports produced. |
60 | 3/21/1969 | Last DHC produced. |
61 | 1/8/1985 | Xan Morgan born. |
62 | 5/1/1990 | BBC Troubleshooter shown. |
63 | 9/2/1998 | Maurice Owen dies. |
64 | 4/14/1999 | BBC Troubleshooter 2 shown. |
65 | 2/29/2000 | Aero 8 introduced a Geneva Motor Show. |
66 | 1/29/2001 | First message sent on Emog, from Lorne Goldman to Ed Herman. |
67 | 9/10/2003 | Original Morgan factory demolished. |
68 | 9/15/2003 | Demolition of Morgan & Co's first garage of 1905. |
69 | 10/20/2003 | Peter Morgan dies. |
70 | 3/31/2004 | First V6 Roadster produced. |
71 | 5/4/2004 | Last Plus 8 produced. |
72 | 3/1/2005 | Introduction of the Morgan AeroMax at the Geneva Motor Show. |
73 | 9/22/2005 | Morgan LifeCar announced. |
74 | 12/5/2008 | HFS family home demolished. |
75 | 4/24/2009 | Introduction of the new Morgan Aero SuperSports. |
76 | 7/24/2009 | Official Morgan Centennial Celebration begins. |
77 | 5/5/2010 | Introduction of the concept Morgan EVA GT at Pebble Beach Concours |
78 | 11/1/2010 | Introduction of the new Morgan Three Wheeler |
79 | 3/13/2012 | Introduction of the new Aero Morgan Coupe at Geneva Auto Show |
80 | 3/13/2012 | Introduction of the new Morgan PLUS 8 at Geneva Auto Show |
81 | 1/27/2012 | First production model of the Morgan Three Wheeler registered |
82 | 3/7/2012 | Introduction of the Morgan E at Geneva Auto Show |
83 | 10/18/2013 | Charles Morgan released from Board of Directors at MMC |
84 | 9/3/2014 | Introduction of the Morgan ST-1 at the factory |
85 | 9/22/2014 | Introduction of the Morgan Plus 8 Speedster |
86 | 8/25/2014 | MMC produces its 1000th New Trike chassis |
87 | 3/3/2015 | Introduction of the new Morgan Aero 8 at Geneva Auto Show |
88 | 7/24/2015 | Introduction of the Morgan AR Plus 4 |
89 | 3/2/2016 | Production model of Electric 3-wheeler Morgan shown |
90 | 7/25/2016 | Limited Edition of Selfridge EV3 by Morgan shown |
91 | 2/20/2017 | Charles Morgan settles dispute with family, MMC |
92 | 6/13/2017 | MMC buys its factory back |
93 | 5/4/2018 | Last Aero 8 chassis begins production at the factory |
94 | 3/5/2019 | MMC sells majority ownership to Italian investment group, Invesindustrial, which also owns Aston-Martin |
95 | 3/14/2019 | Introduction of the new Morgan Plus 6 at the Geneva Auto Show |
96 | 2/15/2019 | Morgan Roadster discontinued |
97 | 2/28/2019 | Morgan Plus 8 discontinued |
98 | 4/22/2019 | Plus 6 introduced |
99 | 12/10/2019 | 4/4 discontinued |
100 | 1/20/2020 | Plus 4 and all ladder chassis models discontinued |