Another Marina..

Philip · Post by **Philip** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:52 pm

Hi, I now have two Harvest Gold Marina's.
The new one is unrestored, but the condition is quite unbelievable. It is showing 43000 miles and having driven it back from Manchester I can quite believe it, the suspension, steering, gearchange etc is spot on. The only big problem is that it consumed 4 litres of engine oil on the way back!

See for yourselves:

Not originally in the car but still quite nice..

Number 63 · Post by **Number 63** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 11:07 pm

Looks like a very straight car, a good base to work on.

Sounds like it's got a drinking problem though. :shock: Easily sorted though.

Philip · Post by **Philip** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 11:12 pm

It is really nice. The guy said he put 15W40 in it and hasn't used it since. I hope that is the reason.

ClaytonSpeed · Post by **ClaytonSpeed** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:45 pm

Hi Phillip,

Nice to see you are happy with your new purchase. At least you can say you have flushed all the rubbish out of the engine using a very thin oil! 15W/40 is a no go for these old A and B series. Get yourself some nice 20W/50 classic oil.

Best Regards,

Ben

Philip · Post by **Philip** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 1:28 pm

Cheers mate. I am changing the oil tonight. Hopefully the 15w40 being in there is the problem. I can't imagine though even with 15w40 it would use a litre to 50 miles?!
It has a couple of scabs here and there and it needs a new carpet, but other than that it is good!

ClaytonSpeed · Post by **ClaytonSpeed** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 1:40 pm

Phillip,

I wouldn't be surprised if it did but you could be right and have something else causing the problem. Best thing would be to check for any obvious leaks and maybe a compression test along with a sniff test?

Regards,

Ben

snowy · Post by **snowy** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 4:50 pm

Really nice. So that is what mine should have looked like before the previous owners played with the colour and interior.

I take it all the ash trays never line up on the mk1 marina dash??

Philip · Post by **Philip** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 5:43 pm

Thanks guys, Snowy the ash tray on my other one lines up fine. This one was worse than that when I got it, the cage was badly bent. I have since straightened it. Are your seats yellow too?

snowy · Post by **snowy** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 6:39 pm

No, brown for some reason.

ClaytonSpeed · Post by **ClaytonSpeed** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 6:46 pm

My first Marina was harvest gold with a brown interior and black dash. They came with blue interiors too.

Always a mix mash of combinations from BL dealers.

Phillip if you wanted a good deal on oil head over to eurocarparts.com free delivery!

Regards,

Ben

Philip · Post by **Philip** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 7:21 pm

Cheers Ben. Was yellow seating not an option then?

ClaytonSpeed · Post by **ClaytonSpeed** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 7:36 pm

Yellow was an option yes. I think more so on the early cars. What colour is your other mk1 trim?

When buyers went into the dealers they offered whatever they could to make a sale!

Regards,

Ben

JubileeNut · Post by **JubileeNut** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 7:59 pm

That is nice and clean! Good buy

If they are original carpets then you can reuse the sack backing and buy carpet to match.

Philip · Post by **Philip** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 8:15 pm

Hi Ben, my other one is black dash, blue seats, blue carpets.

Cheers Paul it seems very clean to me! I don't know if the carpet is original, it isn't trimmed the same as my other marina's. It definately needs a new one though.

mk2 golfer · Post by **mk2 golfer** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 9:35 am

thats in very good nick mate, and in a lot better condition than some of the 'new' cars around today

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