1953 Morgan Plus 4 LeMans-TT Special

1953 Morgan Plus 4 LeMans-TT Special by DennisGlavis

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4/27/53 Left the Morgan Factory, chassis 2607, supplied new to Cavalier Motors, Los Angeles, Ca.
1979, Purchased by Gerry Willburn with a custom fiberglass body like the Tatem-Deigh special, and sold to Lee Spencer without the body.
1980-1983, Following 30 years of Southern California use, reconstructed by Lee Spencer as a recreation of the Morgan Factory 1938 LeMans/TT Specials (4 built by the MMC)
5/83, Shown at Morgans on the Lawn IV, awarded Judge’s Choice
7/83, Shown at Morgans at Morro Bay (Western National Morgan Meet); Best in Class, Limited Production
7/85, Purchased by Ferrari of Los Gatos, from Lee Spencer, sold by Dennis Glavis to Dan Dorzbach, Los Gatos, Ca.
9/96, Sold by Dan to Dennis Glavis, Santa Cruz, Ca.
7/97, Best in Class, Mogwest, National Western Morgan Meet, Limited Production
4/98, Visalia Motorsports Festival, PreWar Race Participant
10/98, PreWar Race Group, CSRG, Thunderhill
10/98, awarded Best Prepared PreWar car, CSRG
5/99, successful finisher, Pre War Race Group, CSRG, Sears Point
3/99, successful finisher, PreWar Race Group, VARA, ButtonWillow, All British Extravaganza
3/99, People’s Choice Award, Pre War cars, ButtonWillow All British Extravaganza
10/99, successful finisher, Pre War Race Group, HMSA, Leguna Seca
6/99,Displayed by invitation at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, 80th Anniversary of the Fairmont and kickoff of the California
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6/99, successful finisher, Pre War Race Class, CSRG Wings and Wheels, Concannon Field, Pleasanton, Ca.
7/99, Best in Class, Santa Cruz Wharf Concours, Active/Retired Race Car class
1999 Poster Car for the All British Car Meet, Monterey, Ca.
5/2000, Sucessful competitor, The Pan Pacific Road Race, Los Angeles to Visalia, 5/24-26.
5/2000, displayed at the rain sodden Hillsborough Concours, Active/Retired Racecars
5/2000, successful Pre War Racecar competitor, the Visalia Motorsports Festival
6/2000, shown by invitation, unjudged CSRG racecar class, Silverado Concours
6/2000, 2nd in Class, Visalia Motorsport Festival Concours
5/2001, 2nd in Class, Visalia Motorsport Festival Concours,
5/2001, VARA All British Extravaganza, Buttonwillow, Ca., Pre War Race Class, Qualified 3rd, finished 2nd in Pre War Class
7/01, Best in Class, Limited Production, MogWest, Western National Morgan Meet, Cambria, Ca.
10/2001, successful competitor, The Exeter Pre-War Road Race
10/2001, 1st in Class, the Santa Barbara Concours, Active/Retired Racecar Class
4/2002, 3rd in Class, International Rally/Road Racer Class, Celebration of Speed and Splendor, Long Beach, Ca.
5/2002, Successful competitor, VARA/Moss Motors All British Extravaganza, Pre War Race class
4/2002, Feature article in Veteran and SportsCar magazine
7/2002 shown in the Vintage Race Car class (non-judged), LaJolla Institute for Molecular Medicine Concours, Rancho Santa Fe, Ca.
8/2002, successful finisher, the Rolex Monterey Historics, Leguna Seca raceway, 1947-55 Class, under 2 liters
10/02, successful finsisher, the Chrysler Coronado Island Festival of Speed, ’47-55 racecars
5/2003, successful finisher, the VARA/Moss Motors All British Extravaganza, ButtonWillow, Ca., Pre War Class
3/2003m successful finisher, The Wine Country Classic, Sears Pt./Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, Ca., Pre War-55 Class
8/2003, successful finisher, the Rolex Monterey Historics, ’47-55 race/sportscars.
10/2003, successful finisher, the Dodge Coronado Island Festival of Speed, Pre War Class
5/2004, successful finisher, Pre War Class, VARA/Moss Motors All British Extravaganza, ButtonWillow, Ca.
6/2004, successful finisher, Pre War-54 Class, the Wine Country Classic, Sonoma, Ca., Infineon Raceway
8/2004, successful finisher, Monterey Historics, Leguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, Ca.
9/2004, successful competitor/finisher, VSCA Fall Classic/the First Peter Morgan Memorial Race at Elkhart Lake, finished 5th overall of 38 cars in class
10/2005, successful competitor/finisher, the Coronado Speed Festival, Pre War Class
8/2006, successful competitor/finisher, Rolex Monterey Historic Races, Leguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, Ca., 1947-1955 under 2 litre Class.
10/2006, successful competitor/finishing 9th of 21 entries, Coronado Festival of Speed, Coronado Island, Ca.
10/2006, Best in Class, the Carroll Shelby Invitational Fabulous Fifties Concours d’Provenance, Shelby facility, Gardena, Ca.
10/2007, 2nd in Class, the Carroll Shelby Invitational Fabulous Fifties Concours d’Provenance, Palos Verdes Botanical Gardens, Palos Verdes, Ca.
5/2008, successful competitor, finished 7th of 14 competitors, PreWar Class, VARA All British Extravaganza, Buttonwillow Raceway, Buttonwillow, Ca.
8/2008, successful competitor, finished 23rd of 33 entries, 1947-55 production sportscars, Rolex Monterey Historic Races, Leguna Seca
9/2008, successful competitor, 1947-1955 Production Sportscars, Coronado Festival of Speed, Coronado Island, Ca.
5/2009, successful competitior, Group 2, The Wine Country Classic and Mog 100, Morgan the featured Marque, Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, Ca.; finished 23rd of 31 entrants.
6/2010, successful competitor, 1948-1955 Sportscars and GTs, The First Annual Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival, Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, Ca. finished 24th of 34 entrants
8/2010, Entrant, Inaugural Rolex Monterey Reunion, 1947-55 Sportscars and GTS, DNS in final race due to unplanned conflict with Pebble Beach exhibit
8/2013, Entrant, Rolex Monterey Historic Reunion, 1947-55 Sportscars and Sports Racers, Class 5B; finished 21 of field of 46, having started last due to missing qualitying race due to commitment to The Quail event.

Date Added : Feb 18, 2017
Title : 1953 Morgan Plus 4 LeMans-TT Special
Make : Morgan
Model : Not Specified
Year : Not Specified
Work Done : Not Specified
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