Mk2 1.8 HL Automatic update
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- Morris McKinnon
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Perseverance has paid off looking nice and driving right too. Well done.
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Looking nice mick she's a beaut
- Pont.skins
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Pont.Skins
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Thanks guys. Its been a journey! Do you know why I like Jade Green? The Mark 2 Marina Special in the 1976 brochures!
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I was just saying I liked Tara green
1974 Marina Tc Coupe - 1950CC
1982 Morris Ital HL Estate - 7600 miles from new
1992 Lada Niva Cossack - brilliant
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1982 Morris Ital HL Estate - 7600 miles from new
1992 Lada Niva Cossack - brilliant
2008 Ducati 1098R TB21 LE 200bhp/99lb/ft of a monster on two wheels. All from 1198cc
1998 Laverda 750 Formula-rare
1997 Ducati 916 Senna - Awesome
!974 Honda CD175-awaiting resto - now stripped
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I like tara green aswell
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- marinabuoy
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Looking good there out on the open road at last - Hurrah!
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Fantastic!
Glad you've actually got to enjoy driving it at last Mick! Will remember to check the exhaust should I encounter a poor running car in the future...
Glad you've actually got to enjoy driving it at last Mick! Will remember to check the exhaust should I encounter a poor running car in the future...
Matt
1974 1973 Tundra Black Tulip 1800 SDL TC Estate "Mud"- Freshly Franked rolling shell.
Really, really horrible 1974 Black Tulip 1300 DL- Basically compost.
1974 1973 Tundra Black Tulip 1800 SDL TC Estate "Mud"- Freshly Franked rolling shell.
Really, really horrible 1974 Black Tulip 1300 DL- Basically compost.
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Yes, I know....of course the other major frustration with this car, which was impossible for me to know about, was the fact that, according to my garage man, someone had put the wrong springs in the original distributor. Which is why the timing always seemed wrong after I'd set it. It now has a Lucas 45D of the correct type salvaged from some barn in Lutterworth, and it is fine.
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Well done! Looks great!
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1936 Ford Model Y- On loan from the CCLP
1967 Triumph Herald
1971 1.3 DL Coupe (VRU362J)
1971 1.3 SDL Coupe (JGC240K)
1971 1.3 SDL Saloon (OVW292K)
1971 1.8 SDL Coupe (MCU274K)
1980 Ital 1.3 HL (NPB34W)
1936 Ford Model Y- On loan from the CCLP
1967 Triumph Herald
1971 1.3 DL Coupe (VRU362J)
1971 1.3 SDL Coupe (JGC240K)
1971 1.3 SDL Saloon (OVW292K)
1971 1.8 SDL Coupe (MCU274K)
1980 Ital 1.3 HL (NPB34W)
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Thank you Josh
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I didn't know you had DBV Barry, that is the one that Matt and then Stu had isn't it?
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Nice to finally see it out and about.
Lumpy tick over built in at factory!
Lumpy tick over built in at factory!
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Hmm...I do wonder if it comes with extra lumps because it is an auto. A long time ago when I had my Mark 1, someone told me the tinny starter screech is down to a thinner flywheel than on a manual car. If it's true, it follows that there's less flywheel mass to even out the lumps. Also the engine tends to stop very abruptly when switched off, which is consistent with a light flywheel not being able to carry the engine round. It's just so long since I owned that Mark 1, I can't remember if it was the same.