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The Morgan Motor Company got its start by building three-wheeled motor vehicles in 1910. By 1935 it had entered the four-wheel market, and 1950 saw its first sports car. In this article, youars"ll find that, with a few exceptions, Morgan styling remained in the 1930s no matter what year a car was built.The Morgan 4/4 Series II arrived in 1955, already looking like a throwback to a bygone era. Mechanicals would change, and performance would be upgraded over the years, but for more than three decades, the 4/4 (four wheels, four cylinders) would retain its distinct styling and hand-built, steel-over-wood-frame construction. Not quite as long-lived, the 1950 Morgan Plus 4 was a more-powerful, more-sporty iteration of the 4/4, though it too looked like it rolled straight out of the 1930s.

The Morgan Sports Car Club of Northern California (MSCCNC) exists to support and further the appreciation of Morgan motoring and the related activities of its members and friends. Our common interests start with enthusiastic support of the Morgan sports car experience and extend to the friendship and camaraderie amongst all like-minded persons.

The Morgan Sports Car Club Holland has several members, who are very active indeed and are well known in their own country, as well as abroad. Both with racing and rallying Morgans, members have a long history. People such as Michael Lucassen, Peter Ecury and Gé Hofmans passed the chequered flag in previous years, while Adrian van der Kroft has been doing this for about a decade now and still is going strong. Nico Zonneveld, shown above, won the championship in his class in Holland in 2009 and spread his wings to more foreign tracks in 2010.

The late Hans van Doorn, Adrian van der Kroft and Jochem Kentgens also put Morgan on the map on the rallying front. A third aspect of Morgan competition, that of concours d'élégance, has also seen major wins for several Dutch Morganeers over the years. Jui Ching Ling scored well in the MSCC concours with his first, 1976, +8, Machiel Kalf has won major trophies with two 4/4s and his +4 Super Sports, while André van den Born also carried home a major MSCC concours trophy with the prototype 4/4 Series II 4-seater he used to own.