MOG of Hell

Another day at work but today was the day that the new Morgan group MOG of Hell would be established. Finally meeting all the Morgan owners in the local area that had the same passion as i had, i was excited as a really excited person who had a special reason to be excited. 

I had set up an initial website www.mogofhell.com which still needs a lot of work but is a starting point. Never having set up a web site before it was surprisingly easy to get up and running. The aim is to record various events and have a central photo gallery. We also considered a technical page with any mechanical fixes we may do but since most of us seemed to be completely technically incompetent at fixing anything this page will probably be relatively empty. A Mechanical Genius provides ample proof of my amazing mechanical skills but hopefully someone in the MOG of Hell club has some skills. 

Living in central Norway we are fortunate enough to live right next to a small area called Hell. This gave us ample opportunity to come up with the cracking name MOG of Hell and be an offshoot to the Norwegian Morgan Club (FjordMog). Is it coincidence i drive on the road to Hell every day to and from work ?  

As can be imagined there aren't that many Morgans in the middle of Norway but there are 4 all with very keen drivers. On Wednesday evening at 6pm we met at the Statoil garage in Stjordal, probably the second largest gathering of Morgans in Stjordal since the Driven at Heart team drove through. The 4 MOGs immediately drew appreciative looks and i finally met all the future members of the MOG of Hell club.

The cars included a 1996 Plus 4, (mine), a 1985 Plus 8 with a rather splendid immaculate paint job and 2 modern 4/4s. 

The founding members included (left to right) Berit, Karl, Steiner and Hans whom i found out ran a car paint specialist workshop which explained the rather fine paint job on the plus 8.  Lastly there was me (taking the picture)!

Once intros had been concluded we drove to Hell station to get some pictures for the new web site. Hell is famous for the station and the famous sign that directly translates into a great saying. We drove onto the station platform for some quick shots of our cars in front of the station before the station master came out and threatened us with imprisonment for violating some law, a quick bit of bluffing by Berit saw us safely on our way.

We managed a few more photos of the cars and members at the side of the station before driving into Stjordal for coffee

As we arrived in Stjordal we where greeted by a group of girls twirling sticks and throwing them up in the air. A natural assumption was they had heard of the formation of MOG of Hell and had decided to welcome us!

However strangely this was not the case as they where shortly followed by some other cars, not my cup of tea but good to see. This group of cars where members of Hell Cruisers which seemed to be a range of American cars.

These corvettes where parked near the cafe. The right one seemed to be reasonable but the left one made me think the owner must have really small private parts as that was some serious engine over compensation.

The event ended with coffee and discussing future events to do in the near future. The next event is the Wooden Car Festival. Hans and myself will drive the 1500km round trip in the last weekend of August to meet with many of the other members of the Norwegian Morgan Club. Four days of blissful driving over the Norwegian mountains into southern Norway and back. I think ill finish as i started  i am excited as a really excited person who has a special reason to be excited..........