An example of one of the most desirable post-war Morgans, '801 YUG' has the 'high-line' bodywork standard prior to the introduction of the 'low-line' style in 1966.

This left-hand drive car - chassis number '4669', engine number 'TS79545ME' – left the factory on 2nd November 1960 and was delivered to Fergus Fine Cars Inc in the USA, where it was registered using Fergus' import tag '22831' as its identification number.

While in the United States the Morgan passed into the ownership of the Vought family, whose most famous member, Charles M Vought ( 1890-1930 ), had founded the eponymous aircraft-manufacturing company in 1917.

The Vought company's first aircraft - the VE-7 Bluebird - proved an immediate success, paving the way for future memorable designs such as the O2U Corsair in 1926.

The latter's introduction marked Vought's first use of the evocative Corsair name, which later would grace one of the most successful fighter aircraft of WW2, the gull-winged Chance Vought Corsair F4U...