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								by Marymorris » Sun May 31, 2020 10:16 pm
			
			
			
			
			Hi all, I'm Thomas and have a 1978 1.3 Special in the south east. "Mary" the morris has been in the family for around 15 years now but has been stood outside and inside for around 5 years due to running problems and not having the time. My brother and I inherited it from our late grandfather 3 years ago and both work on classic cars so luckily have had the interest to fix it and keep it in the family. A few pictures...
Going to go through the whole car to get it safe and roadworthy again  

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								by First-Car as Marina » Sun May 31, 2020 11:12 pm
			
			
			
			
			Welcome Thomas, looks like a great, tidy car! Looking forward to your updates on her 

. We're all very friendly and helpful on here as you'll soon find out so any questions just fire away 

1976 1.3 DL Coupe - Retired daily after 2.5 years, smashed up, now being fixed  (PDA 827R) (Lumpy)
1971 1.3 SDL Saloon - Rotting into the front garden, will resume in 2021 (VGV 616K) (Rusty)
1971 1.3 DL Coupe - MOT'ed and on the road, used as much as possible (REW 5K) (Tigger)
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								by Morris McKinnon » Mon Jun 01, 2020 12:17 am
			
			
			
			
			Welcome to the forum 

  You came to the right place 

   Nice looking car, always liked the mk2 Special.
 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
	
				
		
		
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								by balmy » Mon Jun 01, 2020 8:28 am
			
			
			
			
			A rare car is a 1.3 Special. Nice one. 

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								by MarinaCoupe » Mon Jun 01, 2020 8:31 am
			
			
			
			
			Welcome Thomas, good car - what are your plans for her?
			
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
	
				
		
		
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								by Marymorris » Mon Jun 01, 2020 9:32 am
			
			
			
			
			Thanks for the replies, i should probably start a thread in the members section?  I share it with my brother and our plans are to get it on the road, tinker and enjoy! We own quite a few other cars which weve modified but we plan to keep this original but dont mind the odd oem+ part and i guess also subject to what bits are available for these. Taking it to local car shows, country fairs and the odd weekend run will most likely be the use but i wouldnt mind using it as the daily commute haha
			
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
	
				
		
		
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								by SLOW ITAL » Mon Jun 01, 2020 10:05 am
			
			
			
			
			Morning Thomas, nice mk 2 & love the garage, see you at some of the shows.
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								by 1972TCCOUPE » Mon Jun 01, 2020 10:47 am
			
			
			
			
			Welcome to the forum. There are a few of us in the south east. I thought I’d seen this before, it was at the Helingly Festival of Transport,been through the photos and this was it in 2014,I was parked next but one!
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								by Marymorris » Mon Jun 01, 2020 11:43 am
			
			
			
			
			Ahh yes, thank you, we attend hellingly and both laughton shows every year. The marina was brought to most of them before running issues came along.
			
			
			
									
									
						 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
	
				
		
		
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								by JubileeNut » Tue Jun 02, 2020 4:30 pm
			
			
			
			
			Hi Thomas, were about in the South East are you?
I am in Worthing West Sussex.
Not many Marinas down this way so a rare sight here.
			
			
			
									
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								by Pont.skins » Tue Jun 02, 2020 6:12 pm
			
			
			
			
			Another one's just popped up on eBay!
			
			
			
									
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								by Marymorris » Tue Jun 02, 2020 10:07 pm
			
			
			
			
			JubileeNut wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 4:30 pm
Hi Thomas, were about in the South East are you?
I am in Worthing West Sussex.
Not many Marinas down this way so a rare sight here.
 
Hi, im located near Battle/Hastings area.
 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
	
				
		
		
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								by ScreamingLordStokes » Tue Jun 02, 2020 10:57 pm
			
			
			
			
			Cool  

  Brown vinyl roof looks really complements the sandglow doesn't it. Prefer the mk1 trims to the mk2 version as well.

 
		 
				
		
		 
	 
	
				
		
		
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								by JubileeNut » Wed Jun 03, 2020 7:56 pm
			
			
			
			
			Are so you are near to Glen rather than me then.
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								by 1972TCCOUPE » Thu Jun 04, 2020 6:23 pm
			
			
			
			
			I'm in Hastings,so not far at all.
			
			
			
									
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