Melvyn Rutter Ltd

Melvyn Rutter Ltd

About

Melvyn Rutter Ltd is the Morgan Main Dealer for the Hertfordshire and Essex region based in Little Hallingbury, near Bishop's Stortford.

2016 marked a very special milestone for us, as the firm celebrated 40 years in the Morgan business. The company has grown from humble beginnings in the dining room of my late mother’s house to becoming internationally recognised as one of the largest Morgan dealerships in the world. Delivering new and used Morgan's across the world, as far as Australia, USA and to most countries in Europe.

I bought the Hallingbury premises in 1982 and we have undergone a large programme of building expansion to allow the business to grow and meet the expectations of the demanding world that we live in today. Our latest project was the new Art Deco showroom situated at the front of the premises, which has all original restored Art Deco lighting; a tiled floor inspired by the basement in Alexandra Palace and framed Morgan artwork throughout. The building was officially opened by the MD of the Morgan Motor Company, Mr Steve Morris, who I have known for the last 34 years.

At the Morgan Garage we have a large workshop for service work, repairs and restoration, a paint shop, a trim shop, engineering, plus instrument restoration facilities for Morgan and all classic cars. The company is run by myself and my wife Sindy and a dedicated team of long serving employees. We are pleased to have our son Adam and daughter Mariella in the business.

Our garage is a one stop shop for all things Morgan and indeed all classic cars; whether you need an oil change for your car or to hire a Morgan for the day, we will have something to fit your requirements.

Company type: 
Employer

It is said we are the world’s No 1 Company for Morgan cars, carrying out virtually everything "in house", but don’t take our word for it, check out the images below.

We can also carry out sundry services such as machining brake discs, fitting bushes and reaming out customer’s own stub axles, making up brake lines and bead blasting alloy and steel components. Blasted items can then be sprayed in 2 pack paint materials and baked in our oven for the ultimate/durable finish.

We also carry out damage repairs – a Morgan never dies, it just gets repaired!

We have found that people who have owned their Morgan cars for some time get extremely attached to them and in some cases more than the kids and pets (A Morgan doesn’t talk back which may have something to do with it.)

Customers bring their cars to us from all over the world for partial or full ground up restorations, carried out to show
winning standards and illustrated here are just some of the cars that have had the "Rutter treatment".

The red Plus 4 Plus restoration was carried out by us for the Morgan Motor Company. The car being the first of only 26 made, was Peter Morgan's personal car and featured in all their promotional activity at the time.

Two extra bodyshells were never built into cars. One went to the USA in 1987, whilst the other was exported by us to South Africa in 2014. It is currently being built up as car number 27 using many new/old stock Morgan factory parts. These parts being purchased from the Morgan factory old stores by Melvyn in 2001 when they had a clear out. All enquiries to Melvyn for any such exciting and interesting projects are welcome.

 

Contact: 

Melvyn Rutter 
Director
01279 725725 / 726605
Morgan Main Dealer