Properly shaped and fitted wing stays are are vital. Without the wing stays, the wings would be cantilevered off the thin inner wings, held along most of its length by the tiny screws at the valence. Considering how many of these stays break, the forces on them are
non-negligible. We don't say want our Morgan wings to flap. (smile)

Yet poorly shaped or fitted wing stays can cause much damage as well.

There are two watch points, especially for Morgan made in the last few years. The first is to isolate the steel of the stay and the steel of its holding bolt from the alloy wing. The rubbing and the common grounding of the side light though the holding bolt to the wing is a recipe for an electrolytic reaction between the steel and the aluminum.

Secondly, as stressed to me by Bill Beck, the stay must be shaped to rise up to the bolt and immediately curve down. This simple shaping solves the issues. If it not thusly shaped and the stay runs along the underside of the wing, it will crack, rub, corrode the wing or crack the stay.

Sadly, the Factory slotted the stays' bolt holes a few years ago to save time fitting them to each car with a one-stay-fits-all. The slots allows the stays to shift, and wing/stay damage became epidemic. I went years with no stay problems and then, when my car returned from the Factory in 2003, my stays cracked five times in two years before I diagnosed the issue with the slots. I switched them for unslotted stays and haven't had an issue since.

With a strong arm, a big hammer, a drill and a table vice, stays are not difficult to make and/or shape. Those with the newer slotted stays would be wise to switch to made-to-measure stays like the older cars and the rest would be prudent to make sure their stays are shaped like the diagram below. 1. The stay must be flat where the lower bolt is fitted. 2. The stay must rise up to the upper bolt and touch only the wing only at D after which it stay must immediately curve down (C).  (3). Place a 1/4" thick rubber washer between the stay and the wing (A). 4. Coat the bolt with silicone to prevent steel and alloy contact. (One can also use a plastic sleeve over the bolt.)