Fast Marina Magazine

Mandator wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2025 10:12 pm Has it been withdrawn as I tried looking it up but to no avail?

I rather fancy as the original post is five years back, the eBay listing will be long gone now

Brian

I run braided hoses, to bleed them I use a bleed pipe that has a non-return valve in it, dumping fluid into a large jar. I fill the reservoir and then work the pedal/master cylinder. The fluid is pushed out of the open bleed nipple, when the pedal comes up, the one way valve closes and the level ...

Then if you have an older master cylinder it will need new seals fitted after pushing the pedal all the way past the worn ridge in the cylinder! I only use a pressure bleeder to avoid this issue. Just wondering as I don't have braided hoses fitted.


I agree about the expelled fluid not being ...

With braided hoses how do you clamp off the pipe to work on them or do you loose the fluid? Or plug the hose when removed. As I use DOT 5 it is rather expensive to spill on the floor


Open the bleed nipple, push the brake pedal to the floor, and wedge it in the down position, this stops the ...

I went to see this about twenty years ago when it was for sale! I think the asking price was £3000 which would have been reasonable for a car in tip top condition but this wasn't the case.We still had a good weekend in Cornwall though and the loss of Biffa Lockey's eyebrows is a tale of it's own ...

Stored some more Rover parts on top of it



Brian

Just can't decide......... :)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y287/minispeedstar/iphone11532.jpg


http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y287/minispeedstar/iphone11533.jpg
Hey nice looking wheels there Gary, they look suspiciously like early Lotus wheels, almost ST but not quite, still better than ...

Uncle Frank wrote: Mmmmm....that interior would look lovely in a nice MK1 Russ

I think not Uncle Frank! Mk1's are only suitable for spares/donors for moggie minor boys! However, Itals do make nice plant pots :twisted:

What???

Text speak is as bad as 111010001001 1011 111 000 111 000 10 111 Binary.
Do you remember the ZX spectrum etc which used tapes to load games? If you turned up the volume all the cats in the surrounding area would go mental and nobody knew what it was saying either - well apart from 00111 ...

Sunday 2nd August, this is the application form:
BMC/BL Show August App Form

I will probably be there but very unlikely to be going in the Marina as my dad refuses to drive it that far :(
Around 90 miles each way? says a lot for your old man's confidence in the Marina, I regularly clocked up ...

Happened a lot soon than you think, around 1972 I believe :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Checksthis out on Fleabay at the minute
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=300303793343









Beckett Brothers, "it's a genuine one owner from new, only on ...

when I was using my pickup regularly for work, I used cheap 20/50 (formula one from kwiksave at £2.36 per gallon), never used flushing oil, changing both oil & filter every 4000 miles, 4000 miles however equated to every 2 to 3 weeks, depending on how busy I was!
I managed to get 280,000 miles ...

This gives more of an idea of the size of the second..
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y287/minispeedstar/DSC01865.jpg

I'm trying to let her indoors let me hang it indoors.. :lol:
Don't you think it's a bit big for the Mumford's bootlid Gary?
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Trawling through the picture archive & found this one, Doncaster custom show circa 1992.....

Obviously a pre release model with no door frames :twisted:

Nice eh?

I don't think the structural integrity of the Marina can be doubted; it was the first BMC/BL car designed with crumple zones and the torsional stiffness of the shell was only outclassed by the Landcrab. They are a very strong structure - I have been in two smashes with Marinas (first wrote off a ...