What did you do to your Marina today?
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- timspencer
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
Ahh the 80's under-seal line! Many of my cars had it.
Looks well, asides from a rather enormous towbar!
Looks well, asides from a rather enormous towbar!
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
Well not today, but sunday we took Marla to the cars and coffee meet at Down Royal and tried to park beside the most expensive car we could find.
Marla at the carts and coffee event at down racecourse 2nd April by Adam McCausland, on Flickr
Marla at the carts and coffee event at down racecourse 2nd April by Adam McCausland, on Flickr
- Morris McKinnon
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
Nice. I bet the Marina got more attention too I parked next to a Aston Martin a few years back and the guy next to me wasn't too pleased
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
Haha, I love seeing their faces when pulling up!
Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
Fitted a new steering bush to Alistair's car with Alistair and my brother Phil.
It's one tidy Mk 3 he's got! Great to meet with you again Alistair!
It's one tidy Mk 3 he's got! Great to meet with you again Alistair!
1974 Marina Tc Coupe - 1950CC
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
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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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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
Good stuff David how did it go?
I recommend the you get it professionally tracked up for best feel.
I recommend the you get it professionally tracked up for best feel.
Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
MarinaCoupe wrote:Good stuff David how did it go?
I recommend the you get it professionally tracked up for best feel.
Went ok. Fairly easy to do in situ.
Got Phil's ute to do next plus a couple of other jobs.
1974 Marina Tc Coupe - 1950CC
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
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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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
Is that a dent in the wing David or just the way the reflection is?
What did you do to your Marina today?
No dents. Must be just the reflection.Morris McKinnon wrote:Is that a dent in the wing David or just the way the reflection is?
Plenty of rust though!
And as you can see I haven't fitted the new purchase yet!
1974 Marina Tc Coupe - 1950CC
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
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
Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
BOP came back home yesterday!
Carl wanted to keep his recored rad so we popped one in I had painted up- great until we filled it up and water came pissing out of a small hole in the core! Dug out my others, had a knackered twin peg, a knackered 1.8 and a fairly clean 1.8. We removed the pegs, welded them in the 1.3 position, filled her up and all was good.
Carl also needs a tank for the MK2, fortunately I had a spare early tank so I cleaned that up and painted it so we removed the MK3 tank that had been fitted into BOP so that can go in the MK2.
Carl wanted to keep his recored rad so we popped one in I had painted up- great until we filled it up and water came pissing out of a small hole in the core! Dug out my others, had a knackered twin peg, a knackered 1.8 and a fairly clean 1.8. We removed the pegs, welded them in the 1.3 position, filled her up and all was good.
Carl also needs a tank for the MK2, fortunately I had a spare early tank so I cleaned that up and painted it so we removed the MK3 tank that had been fitted into BOP so that can go in the MK2.
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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)
- Morris McKinnon
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
c,mon now, it's four screws for goodness sake ..or is the grill hanging on the wall as it did look pretty cool as an ornament
Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
Handbrake testing Balmy?
Dunno about plenty of rust, it might not be mint but it's not exactly hanging...
Dunno about plenty of rust, it might not be mint but it's not exactly hanging...
Matt
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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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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
Went out into the garage and started the coupe for the first time in three months. After convertion to the electric pump it fired up on the first turn of the key. No more of that extended cranking for me, turn the key, wait for the ticking to stop and whoosh into life it sprang!
Glen
1972 TC Coupe....fun in a straight line
1974 Mumford Convertible.
1972 TC Coupe....fun in a straight line
1974 Mumford Convertible.
Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
Done about 100 miles in BOP so far. Have done a few little jobs- replacing bits of missing trim etc. She had also been fitted with the wrong clutch slave making the pedal rather fierce- a 22.2mm (as used on 1.8s and later 1.3s). Fortunately I have a couple of NOS 1 inch slaves on the shelf so I bought a seal kit from Earlpart and rebuilt one last night. Popped it in this morning (on early 1.3s the clutch fork doesn't get in the way) and the pedal feels much better. I will replace the master sometime as the one in there now has the wrong size bore so the pedal is still slightly sharper than it should be- early 1.3s should be really smooth and light. I only have one sitting around and that has a bit of a rusty bore so will have to get it lined unless I find a cheap NOS one that I can pop a new seal kit in.
The battery was also going flat quickly. Not a surprise really- the battery came with my Limeflower coupe, which had stood for a few years. The battery then stood for another two years in my shed, it was then topped up with ordinary tap water and has survived being boiled by an alternator with a failed regulator. I'm surprised it has survived this well! Sadly my new battery has the terminals on the wrong side (it was a £30 cheapie rather than a correct 038) so I had to lose the original screw top negative terminal.
Couple more jobs still to do- one of the rear tyres has perished slightly and the spare is ancient so will get a new tyre on the spare and put that on the back, and make the slightly perished one the spare. There's a couple of small holes in the driver's side sill to sort, she needs a fresh coat of underseal, also need to track down some smooth vinyl front seats and replace those hideous pressed number plates. Once that's all done it'll be time to think about giving her a bit of a paintwork. She's very straight but has a few areas of surface rust.
We've been making some good progress with the MK2 as well. We fitted a new rad, water pump, all new hoses and she's now leak free. Cleaned all the mould out of the interior Fitted a new battery too so we can start on the electrics- nothing major to do just the odd earthing issue. Next job is fit a better fuel tank, replace fuel hoses and replace the ignition parts- I believe Carl has ordered electronic ignition for her. He's also got all the bits to do the brakes. After that we just need to weld the floor, stick some new tyres on her then it's MOT time.
The battery was also going flat quickly. Not a surprise really- the battery came with my Limeflower coupe, which had stood for a few years. The battery then stood for another two years in my shed, it was then topped up with ordinary tap water and has survived being boiled by an alternator with a failed regulator. I'm surprised it has survived this well! Sadly my new battery has the terminals on the wrong side (it was a £30 cheapie rather than a correct 038) so I had to lose the original screw top negative terminal.
Couple more jobs still to do- one of the rear tyres has perished slightly and the spare is ancient so will get a new tyre on the spare and put that on the back, and make the slightly perished one the spare. There's a couple of small holes in the driver's side sill to sort, she needs a fresh coat of underseal, also need to track down some smooth vinyl front seats and replace those hideous pressed number plates. Once that's all done it'll be time to think about giving her a bit of a paintwork. She's very straight but has a few areas of surface rust.
We've been making some good progress with the MK2 as well. We fitted a new rad, water pump, all new hoses and she's now leak free. Cleaned all the mould out of the interior Fitted a new battery too so we can start on the electrics- nothing major to do just the odd earthing issue. Next job is fit a better fuel tank, replace fuel hoses and replace the ignition parts- I believe Carl has ordered electronic ignition for her. He's also got all the bits to do the brakes. After that we just need to weld the floor, stick some new tyres on her then it's MOT time.
Club archivist/chief anorak
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)
Re: What did you do to your Marina today?
What did I do?
Sold my Marina ute.
It has gone back to Christchurch, bought by an enthusiastic young chap, I told him of this site and recommended it to him.
One day I might well buy another Marina.
And I'll visit this site regularly.
Sold my Marina ute.
It has gone back to Christchurch, bought by an enthusiastic young chap, I told him of this site and recommended it to him.
One day I might well buy another Marina.
And I'll visit this site regularly.
'55 Ford F100 pickup truck
'66 FordThunderbird
'64 Anglia
'66 FordThunderbird
'64 Anglia