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by masterbodger
Fri Dec 11, 2009 5:49 pm
Forum: Morris Marina Forum
Topic: Foglights/Spotlights
Replies: 6
Views: 3395

Re: Foglights/Spotlights

thats one beautiful looking marina, id be proud of that :D i hope mine comes out like that :shock:
by masterbodger
Sun Nov 29, 2009 3:40 am
Forum: Morris Marina Forum
Topic: marina rally cars
Replies: 8
Views: 5424

Re: marina rally cars

i may decide to make my car in to a vague resemblance to a rally car, its the right colour for starters. i thought of Mgf minilights 4 8" spot lights some mud flaps and the rally markings as much as possible.

about 2" lower and seeing how that looks, ive seen some wide arch kits that may suit.

but ...
by masterbodger
Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:33 pm
Forum: Morris Marina Forum
Topic: marina rally cars
Replies: 8
Views: 5424

Re: marina rally cars

was there any reason why they didn't venture in to making a 2 door saloon? i suppose they'd got the coupe for that though. i was just thinking as the escort mk2 and the marina saloon are quite similar in style i wondered if they'd thought of a copy cat idea.

wasn't the marina designed by defected ...
by masterbodger
Fri Nov 27, 2009 7:17 pm
Forum: Morris Marina Forum
Topic: marina rally cars
Replies: 8
Views: 5424

marina rally cars

were all the Works - BL cars coupes? if so how come they never used the saloon?
by masterbodger
Fri Nov 27, 2009 6:31 pm
Forum: Morris Marina Forum
Topic: Water leak! Arghhhh!
Replies: 19
Views: 7932

Re: Water leak! Arghhhh!

guess what, ive got the same problem with mine too, ive had the dash board and heater box out of it for about a week now and to stop rain from coming in through the heater intake on the scuttle panel, i taped a tarp over the wind screen and trapped it between the doors and bonnet.

its absolutely ...
by masterbodger
Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:15 am
Forum: Morris Marina Forum
Topic: Reproduced Petrol Tanks.
Replies: 18
Views: 8807

Re: Reproduced Petrol Tanks.

it would be nice to have a fuel tank thats not full of cr4p, and have a reliable sender unit in it. which brings me on to wiring, is there a unified spec between sender and dash fuel gauges?

i.e with a modern sender will it read right on a 30+ fuel gauge?

other than that i thinks it would be a ...
by masterbodger
Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:29 pm
Forum: Morris Marina Forum
Topic: Reproduced Petrol Tanks.
Replies: 18
Views: 8807

Re: Reproduced Petrol Tanks.

just curious, are they a direct replacement like for like, or are they a sufficient to fit, like a rally one i once saw made from kevlar? i think.

ooh, and what would happen as far as senders go? same place or a more modern approach?


:D good idea mind
by masterbodger
Sun Aug 30, 2009 6:02 pm
Forum: Morris Marina Forum
Topic: Thank you Top Gear
Replies: 37
Views: 24812

Re: Thank you Top Gear

if this happens to any more of our cars, one is the insurance going to go up? and two, can we get some sort of action against the portrayal of our cars to the public?

as in compensation from the bbc for encouraging a hate of marinas?

if that make sence? :lol:
by masterbodger
Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:52 pm
Forum: Morris Marina Forum
Topic: Marina panels, NOS
Replies: 12
Views: 6313

Re: Marina panels, NOS

are fiber-glass wings still source able? although they can be rather flexible :( shame we couldn't get plastic ones :lol:
by masterbodger
Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:09 pm
Forum: Morris Marina Forum
Topic: It's back
Replies: 137
Views: 77416

Re: It's back

at the end of the day, people need to get a grip, ok so the marina had it problems as do All makes and types of car, but all the people who knock the marina are knocking a 30+year old car. yeah its gonna be a bit tatty and is a wonder its still here at all. but nether the less its part of the ...
by masterbodger
Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:41 pm
Forum: Morris Marina Forum
Topic: It's back
Replies: 137
Views: 77416

Re: It's back

as far as the "fast marina " name goes.....why not! although it would be a good as sub-section and then fill it full of well, fast marinas? if anything top gear are publicizing the fact that the marina is still with us and not confined to history, and now its finally been given a chance to redeem it ...