• Overhead-valve Matchless engine • Present ownership since 1999 • An older restoration • Last used in 2024 • Well known in Morgan Club circles Its superior power-to-weight ratio enabled H F S Morgan's humble, three-wheeled cyclecar to outperform many a larger engined four-wheeler, and its maker was not slow to capitalise on his creation's competition potential.

A Gold Medal in the 1911 London-Exeter-London Reliability Trial with Morgan himself driving was followed by victory in the inaugural cyclecar race at Brooklands the following year, Harry Martin taking the chequered flag three minutes ahead of the field.

Racetrack successes led directly to road-going spin-off in the form of the Grand Prix model, introduced for 1914.

The first Aero sports model, inspired by the Grand Prix, followed immediately after WWI.

Subsequent technological developments included the fitting of front brakes, operated by hand lever, from 1924 and the adoption of a new chassis - the M-type - on the new Supe...